²⁰And ^uMoses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the Lord to war, ²¹And will go all of you ^warmed over Jordan before the Lord, until he hath ^xdriven out his enemies from before him, ²²And the land be subdued before the Lord: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the Lord. ²³But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure ^yyour sin will find you out. ²⁴^zBuild you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth. ²⁵And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth. ²⁶Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead: ²⁷But thy servants will pass over, every man ^aarmed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord saith. ²⁸So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and ^bJoshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:

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Footnotes

wver. 27, 29, 30, 32. ch. 31:5. Deut. 3:18. Jos. 4:13 (Heb.).
xver. 39 (Heb.). ch. 33:52. See Ex. 15:9.
ySo Gen. 44:16. Isai. 59:12.
zver. 16, 34–38.
aSee ch. 31:5.
bch. 27:18, &c.

Cross references

u Deut. 3:18. Josh. 1:13, 14.

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