2 the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the assembly, saying,
3 “Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
4 the land which the Lord defeated before the assembly of Israel is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock.”
5 And they said, “If we have found mercy in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession, and do not take us over the Jordan.”
6 Moses said to the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, “Will your brothers go to war, and you will dwell here?
7 And why would you discourage the hearts of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord has given to them?
8 Thus your fathers did, when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land.