2 So the Gadites and the Reubenites came and said to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the chiefs of the community:
3 "Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon is
4 the land that the Lord struck down before the Israelite community. It is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock."
5 They said, "If you approve our request, give this land to your servants as property. Don’t make us cross the Jordan."
6 Moses said to the Gadites and the Reubenites, "Should your brothers go to war, while you stay here?
7 Why would you destroy the Israelites’ resolve to cross into the land that the Lord gave them?
8 Your ancestors did this, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.