Numbers 32:20–32

^20aSo Moses said to them, “If you will do ¹this, if you will arm yourselves before Yahweh for the war,

²¹and all of you armed men cross over the Jordan before Yahweh until He has dispossessed His enemies from before Him,

^22aand the land is subdued before Yahweh, then afterward you shall return and be free of obligation toward Yahweh and toward Israel, and this land shall be yours for a possession before Yahweh.

²³“But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against Yahweh, and be sure ^ayour sin will find you out.

²⁴“Build yourselves cities for your little ones and sheepfolds for your sheep, and ^ado ¹what you have promised.”

²⁵And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, “Your servants will do just as my lord commands.

²⁶“^aOur little ones, our wives, our livestock, and all our cattle shall ¹remain there in the cities of Gilead;

²⁷but your servants, everyone who is armed for war, will ^across over in the presence of Yahweh to battle, just as my lord says.”

²⁸So Moses gave a command concerning them to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua the son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers’ households of the tribes of the sons of Israel.

²⁹And Moses said to them, “If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben, everyone who is armed for battle, will cross with you over the Jordan in the presence of Yahweh, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession;

³⁰but if they will not cross over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.”

³¹And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answered, saying, “As Yahweh has said to your servants, so we will do.

³²“We ourselves will cross over armed in the presence of Yahweh into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us across the Jordan.”