1Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a great number of cattle: and when they saw that the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead was a good place for cattle;
2The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the chiefs of the meeting,
3Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
4The land which the Lord gave into the hands of the children of Israel, is a land for cattle, and your servants have cattle.
5And they said, With your approval, let this land be given to your servants as their heritage: do not take us over Jordan.
6And Moses said to the children of Gad and the children of Reuben, Are your brothers to go to the war, while you take your rest here?
7Why would you take from the children of Israel the desire to go over into the land which the Lord has given them?
