16 They came near to him and said, “We will build sheep pens here for the flock of our livestock and cities for our little children;
17 but we ourselves will become armed and ready before the Israelites until we have brought them to their place, and our little children will live in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
18 We will not return to our houses until the Israelites each obtain their inheritance for themselves.
19 For we will not take possession with them from across the Jordan and beyond because our inheritance has come to us from across the Jordan to the east.”
20 So Moses said to them, “If you do this thing, if you arm yourselves before Yahweh for the war,
21 and everyone of you armed cross the Jordan before Yahweh until he has driven out his enemies from before him,
22 and the land is subdued before Yahweh, then afterward you will return and be free of obligation from Yahweh and from Israel, and this land will be your property before Yahweh.