¹⁷ But we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel till we have taken them to their place: but our little ones will be safe in the walled towns against the people of the land.

¹² And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh went over armed before the children of Israel as Moses had said to them:

¹³ About forty thousand armed for war went over before the Lord to the fight, to the lowlands of Jericho.

²⁹ And Moses said to them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben go with you over Jordan, every man armed for the fight before the Lord, and all the land is given into your hands, then let them have the land of Gilead for a heritage:

³⁰ But if they do not go over with you armed, they will have to take their heritage with you in the land of Canaan.

³¹ Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said, As the Lord has said to your servants, so will we do.

³² We will go over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, and you will give us our heritage on this side of Jordan.

¹⁸ At that time I gave you orders, saying, The Lord has given you this land for your heritage: all the men of war are to go over armed before your brothers the children of Israel.

¹⁹ But your wives and your little ones and your cattle (for it is clear that you have much cattle) may go on living in the towns I have given you;

²⁰ Till the Lord has given rest to your brothers as to you, and till they have taken for themselves the land which the Lord your God is giving them on the other side of Jordan: then you may go back, every man of you, to the heritage which I have given you.