Numbers 32:20–28

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.”

²⁸So ^vMoses gave command concerning them to Eleazar the priest and to ^wJoshua the son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the people of Israel.