Jazer

And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its pasture lands, Jahaz with its pasture lands, Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Nerath with its pasture lands, four cities.

And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim with its pasture lands, Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands, four cities in all.

As for the cities of the several Merarite clans, that is, the remainder of the clans of the Levites, those allotted to them were in all twelve cities.

Verse forty-one: The cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the people of Israel were in all forty-eight cities with their pasture lands.

These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the Reubenites according to their clans.

This is what Moses had given to the tribe of Gad according to its clans, the territory of Jazer, all of the towns of Gilead, and half of the Ammonite country as far as Aror, near Rabah.

and from Heshbon to Rameth Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanim to the territory of Debir, and in the valley of Beth Haram, Beth Nimra, Sukkot, Zaphon, and the rest of the realm of Sion, king of Heshbon, the east side of the Jordan, the territory up to the end of the Sea of Galilee." These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the Gadites according to their clans.

And this is what Moses had given to the half-tribe of Manasseh, that is, to half the family of the descendants of Manasseh according to its clans.

Let everyone wail, mourn, utterly stricken.

For the raisin cakes of Kir Haraseth, for the fields of Heshbon Languish, and the vine of Sittmah, The lords of the nations have struck down its branches, which reached to Jazer and strayed to the desert.

Its shoots spread abroad and passed over the sea.

Therefore I weep with the weeping of Jazer, for the vine of Sibma.

I drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Eliela.

For over your summer fruit and your harvest the shout has ceased, and joy and gladness are taken away from the fruitful field, and in the vineyards no songs are sung, no cheers are raised, no treader treads outwind in the presses.

The fields of Heshbon are dying, and the vineyards of Sibmah are drying up.

Rulers of nations once cut down its finest vines that reached all the way to Jazer and stretched into the desert.

Their branches even spread across the sea.

So I weep for the vineyards of Sibmah as Jazer weeps.

I drench you with tears, Heshbon and Elealeh, because there's no singing or harvest celebration anymore.

Joy and gladness have disappeared from the fields.

Again, it's in Numbers, chapter 32, the beginning.

And Reuven and Gad had very large herds and flocks, and they saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilad were suitable for their livestock.

That's the east side of the Jordan River, Gilad.

So they came to Moses and Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the community, and they said...

Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl for the foundations of Kir-hareseth, shall ye mourn, surely, they are stricken.

For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even to Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.

Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting of thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.

And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.

Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh.

So they left the presence of the king to enroll the fighting men of Israel.

After crossing the Jordan, they camped near Arora, south of the town in the gorge, and then went through Gad and on to Jazer.

They went to Gilead and the region of Tartim-Hodshi, and on to Dan-Ja'an, and around towards Sidon.

Then they went towards the fortress of Tyre and all the towns of the Hivites and the Canaanites.

And on the other side of the Jordan, across from Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, they were given from the tribe of Reuben, Beza in the wilderness with its common land, Jaza with its common land, Kedemoth with its common land, and Mepheth with its common land.

And from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its common land, Mehanim with its common land, Heshbon with its common land, and Jazer with its common land.

Chapter 7 The sons of Issachar were Tola, Pua, Jashub, and Shimron, four in all.

The sons of Tola were Uzi, Rephiah, Jeriel, Jammai, Jibzam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house.

Okay, so Numbers chapter 32, verse one.

The Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were more suitable for livestock than So then fast forward, I'm just gonna kind of paraphrase and go down to verse five.

They come to Moses and they say, please, don't make us go into the promised land.

We wanna settle on this side of the promised land.