Numbers 32:16–27

¹⁶Then they came near to him and said, ^j“We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones, ¹⁷but ^kwe will take up arms, ready to go before the people of Israel, until we have brought them to their place. And our little ones shall live in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land. ^18lWe will not return to our homes until each of the people of Israel has gained his inheritance. ¹⁹For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond, ^mbecause our inheritance has come to us on this side of the Jordan to the east.” ²⁰So ⁿMoses said to them, “If you will do this, if you will take up arms to go before the Lord for the war, ²¹and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before the Lord, until he has ^odriven out his enemies from before him ²²and the land is subdued before the Lord; then after that you shall return and be free of obligation to the Lord and to Israel, and ^pthis land shall be your possession before the Lord. ²³But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, and ^qbe sure your sin will find you out. ^24rBuild cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep, and do what you have promised.” ²⁵And the people of Gad and the people of Reuben said to Moses, “Your servants will do as my lord commands. ^26sOur little ones, our wives, our livestock, and all our cattle shall remain there in the cities of Gilead, ^27tbut your servants will pass over, every man who is ^uarmed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord orders.”