12 Joshua said to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, r 13 “Remember what Moses the Lord’s servant commanded you when he said, ‘The Lord your God will give you rest, and he will give you this land.’s 14 Your wives, dependents, and livestock may remain in the land Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But your best soldiers must cross over in battle formationC ahead of your brothers and help them 15 until the Lord gives your brothers rest, as he has given you, and they too possess the land the Lord your God is giving them. You may then return to the land of your inheritancet and take possession of what Moses the Lord’s servantu gave you on the east side of the Jordan.”