2 So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community and said:
3 “The territory of Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
4 which the Lord struck down before the community of Israel, is good land for livestock, and your servants own livestock.”
5 They said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Don’t make us cross the Jordan.”
6 But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Should your brothers go to war while you stay here?
7 Why are you discouraging the Israelites from crossing into the land the Lord has given them?
8 That’s what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.