On the south, those under the banner of the division of Reuben shall camp in their groups, under their leaders, as follows: (Tribe: Leader: Number); Reuben: Elizur son of Shedeur: 46,500; Simeon: Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai: 59,300; Gad: Eliasaph son of Deuel: 45,650; Total: 151,450. The division of Reuben shall march second.

(SEE 2:10)

(SEE 2:10)

The tribe of Reuben (Reuben was the oldest son of Jacob): the clans of Hanoch, Pallu,

These clans numbered 43,730 men.

The tribe of Gad: the clans of Zephon, Haggi, Shuni,

Arod, and Areli.

Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She said, "The LORD has seen my trouble, and now my husband will love me"; so she named him Reuben.

Then Zilpah bore Jacob a son.

Leah said, "I have been lucky"; so she named him Gad.

"This region which the LORD has helped the Israelites occupy---the towns of Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sibmah, Nebo, and Beon---is good land for livestock, and we have so much livestock.

Atroth Shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,

and Moses sent men to find the best way to attack the city of Jazer. The Israelites captured it and its surrounding towns and drove out the Amorites living there.

Their territory included Jazer and all the cities of Gilead, half the land of Ammon as far as Aroer, which is east of Rabbah;

They crossed the Jordan and camped south of Aroer, the city in the middle of the valley, in the territory of Gad. From there they went north to Jazer,

The farms near Heshbon and the vineyards of Sibmah are destroyed---those vineyards whose wine used to make the rulers of the nations drunk. At one time the vines spread as far as the city of Jazer, and eastward into the desert, and westward to the other side of the Dead Sea.

Now I weep for Sibmah's vines as I weep for Jazer. My tears fall for Heshbon and Elealeh, because there is no harvest to make the people glad.

Our wives and children and our cattle and sheep will remain here in the towns of Gilead.

Abram was a very rich man, with sheep, goats, and cattle, as well as silver and gold.

Lot also had sheep, goats, and cattle, as well as his own family and servants.

Lot looked around and saw that the whole Jordan Valley, all the way to Zoar, had plenty of water, like the Garden of the LORD or like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD had destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.)

So Lot chose the whole Jordan Valley for himself and moved away toward the east. That is how the two men parted.

"We have come to live in this country, because in the land of Canaan the famine is so severe that there is no pasture for our flocks. Please give us permission to live in the region of Goshen."

I will restore the people of Israel to their land. They will eat the food that grows on Mount Carmel and in the region of Bashan, and they will eat all they want of the crops that grow in the territories of Ephraim and Gilead.

Be a shepherd to your people, LORD, the people you have chosen. Although they live apart in the wilderness, there is fertile land around them. Let them go and feed in the rich pastures of Bashan and Gilead, as they did long ago.

Everything that belongs to the world---what the sinful self desires, what people see and want, and everything in this world that people are so proud of---none of this comes from the Father; it all comes from the world.