Numbers 32:16–27

¹⁶And they come nigh unto him, and say, ‘Folds for the flock we build for our cattle here, and cities for our infants; ¹⁷and we—we are armed hasting before the sons of Israel till that we have brought them in unto their place; and our infants have dwelt in the cities of defence because of the inhabitants of the land; ¹⁸we do not turn back unto our houses till the sons of Israel have inherited each his inheritance, ¹⁹for we do not inherit with them beyond the Jordan and yonder, for our inheritance hath come unto us beyond the Jordan at the sun -rising.’ ²⁰And Moses saith unto them, ‘If ye do this thing: if ye are armed before Jehovah for battle, ²¹and every armed one of you hath passed over the Jordan before Jehovah, till his dispossessing His enemies from before Him, ²²and the land hath been subdued before Jehovah—then afterwards ye do turn back, and have been acquitted by Jehovah, and by Israel; and this land hath been to you for a possession before Jehovah.

²³‘And if ye do not so, lo, ye have sinned against Jehovah, and know ye your sin, that it doth find you; ²⁴build for yourselves cities for your infants, and folds for your flock, and that which is going out from your mouth do ye.’ ²⁵And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben speak unto Moses, saying, ‘Thy servants do as my lord is commanding; ²⁶our infants, our wives, our cattle, and all our beasts, are there in cities of Gilead, ²⁷and thy servants pass over, every armed one of the host, before Jehovah, to battle, as my lord is saying.’