20 Moses said to them in reply: “If you do this—if you march as troops before the Lord into battle
21 and cross the Jordan in full force before the Lord until he has driven his enemies out of his way
22 and the land is subdued before the Lord, then you may return here, free from every obligation to the Lord and to Israel, and this land will be your possession before the Lord.
23 But if you do not do this, you will have sinned against the Lord, and you can be sure that the consequences of your sin will overtake you.
24 Build the towns, then, for your families, and the folds for your flocks, but fulfill what you have promised.”
25 The Gadites and Reubenites answered Moses, “Your servants will do as my lord commands.
26 While our wives and children, our livestock and other animals remain there in the towns of Gilead,