1Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that behold, the place was a place for cattle;
2the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying,
3Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
4the land which Yahweh struck before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle; and your servants have cattle.
5They said, If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession; don`t bring us over the Jordan.
6Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brothers go to the war, and shall you sit here?
7Why discourage you the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which Yahweh has given them?
