Numbers 32:20–28

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

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

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

²³“But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, 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.”

²⁵The 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;

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

²⁸So Moses gave 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.