2 So they came to Moses, the priest Eleazar, and the leaders of the community, and said to them,
3 “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
4 the land that the Lord won for the community of Israel, is a good place for livestock. Gentlemen, we have livestock.
5 Please give us this land as our property. Don’t make us cross the Jordan River.”
6 Moses asked the tribes of Gad and Reuben, “Are you going to stay here while the rest of the Israelites go to war?
7 That might discourage them from entering the land the Lord has given them.
8 That’s what your ancestors did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to take a look at the land.