04:032:016 And they came near unto him, and said,
We will build
sheepfolds
here for our cattle, and cities for our little
ones:
04:032:017 But we ourselves will go ready armed before
the children of
Israel,
until we have brought them unto their place: and
our
little
ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the
inhabitants
of the land.
04:032:018 We will not return unto our houses, until
the children of
Israel
have inherited every man his inheritance.
04:032:019 For we will not inherit with them on yonder
side Jordan, or
forward;
because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side
Jordan
eastward.
04:032:020 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do
this thing, if ye will
go
armed before the lord to war,
04:032:021 And will go all of you armed over Jordan
before the lord,
until
he hath driven out his enemies from before him,
04:032:022 And the land be subdued before the lord:
then afterward ye
shall
return, and be guiltless before the lord, and
before
Israel;
and this land shall be your possession before the
lord.
04:032:023 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have
sinned against the
lord:
and be sure your sin will find you out.
04:032:024 Build you cities for your little ones,
and folds for your
sheep;
and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
04:032:025 And the children of Gad and the children
of Reuben spake unto
Moses,
saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
04:032:026 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks,
and all our cattle,
shall
be there in the cities of Gilead:
04:032:027 But thy servants will pass over, every
man armed for war,
before
the Lord to battle, as my lord saith.
04:032:028 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar
the priest, and
Joshua
the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes
of
the
children of Israel:
04:032:029 And Moses said unto them, If the children
of Gad and the
children
of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man
armed
to battle, before the lord, and the land shall
be
subdued
before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead
for
a possession:
04:032:030 But if they will not pass over with you
armed, they shall have
possessions
among you in the land of Canaan.
04:032:031 And the children of Gad and the children
of Reuben answered,
saying,
As the lord hath said unto thy servants, so will
we
do.
04:032:032 We will pass over armed before the lord
into the land of
Canaan,
that the possession of our inheritance on this side
Jordan
may be our’s.


