Numbers
Chapters 32:2-8
New International Version Anglicized
2So they came to Moses and Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the community, and said,
3‘Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo and Beon –
4the land the Lord subdued before the people of Israel – are suitable for livestock, and your servants have livestock.
5If we have found favour in your eyes,’ they said, ‘let this land be given to your servants as our possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.’
6Moses said to the Gadites and Reubenites, ‘Should your fellow Israelites go to war while you sit here?
7Why do you discourage the Israelites from crossing over into the land the Lord has given them?
8This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to look over the land.