5 If it pleases you, we would like this land to be given to us. Don’t make us cross the Jordan River.”
6 Moses told the people of Gad and Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to war while you stay behind?
7 You will discourage the Israelites from going over to the land the Lord has given them.
8 Your ancestors did the same thing. I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to look at the land.
9 They went as far as the Valley of Eshcol, and when they saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from going into the land the Lord had given them.
10 The Lord became very angry that day and made this promise:
11 ‘None of the people who came from Egypt and who are twenty years old or older will see the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. These people have not followed me completely.