And when they saw the land of Iaeser
and the land of Gilead that it was an apt place for cattle, they
came and spake unto Moses and Eleazer the priest and unto the
lords of the congregation saying. The land of Ataroth, Dibo and
Beon, which country the LORD smote before the congregation of
Israel: is a land for cattle and we thy servants have cattle
wherefore (said they) if we have found grace in thy sight, let
this land be given unto thy servants to possess, and bring us not
over Iordan. And Moses said unto the children of Gad and of Ruben:
shall your brethren go to war and ye tarry here? Wherefore
discourage ye the hearts of the children of Israel for to go over
into the land which the LORD hath given them? This did your
fathers, when I sent them from Cades bernea to see the land. And
they went up even unto the river of Escol and saw the land, and
discouraged the hearts of the children of Israel, that they should
not go into the land which the LORD had given them. And the LORD
was wroth the same time and sware saying: None of the men that
came out of Egypt from twenty years old and above, shall see the
land which I swore unto Abraham, Isaac and Iacob, because they
have not continually followed me: save Caleb the son of Iephune
the Kenesite, and Iosua the son of Nun, for they have followed me
continually.
Pages:
463
464
465
466
467
468
469
470
471
472
473
474
475
476
477
478
479
480
481
482
483
484
485
486
487