25The children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, Your servants will do as my lord commands.
26Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead;
27but your servants will pass over, every man who is armed for war, before Yahweh to battle, as my lord says.
28So Moses gave charge concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers` [houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel.
29Moses said to them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man who is armed to battle, before Yahweh, and the land shall be subdued before you; then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
30but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
31The children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As Yahweh has said to your servants, so will we do.
