New Living Translation (NLT)
Numbers 31
52 In all, the gold that the generals and captains presented as a gift to the LORD weighed about 420 pounds.
53 All the fighting men had taken some of the plunder for themselves.
54 So Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted the gifts from the generals and captains and brought the gold to the Tabernacle as a reminder to the LORD that the people of Israel belong to him.
Numbers 32
1 The tribes of Reuben and Gad owned vast numbers of livestock. So when they saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were ideally suited for their flocks and herds,
2 they came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the other leaders of the community. They said,
3 “Notice the towns of Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sibmah, Nebo, and Beon.
4 The LORD has conquered this whole area for the community of Israel, and it is ideally suited for all our livestock.
5 If we have found favor with you, please let us have this land as our property instead of giving us land across the Jordan River.”
6 “Do you intend to stay here while your brothers go across and do all the fighting?” Moses asked the men of Gad and Reuben.
7 “Why do you want to discourage the rest of the people of Israel from going across to the land the LORD has given them?
8 Your ancestors did the same thing when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to explore the land.
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