2. they went to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest and the leaders of the multitude, and they said:
3. "Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
4. the land, which the Lord has struck in the sight of the sons of Israel, is a very fertile region for pasturing animals. And we, your servants, have very many cattle.
5. And so we beseech you, if we have found favor before you, that you give it to us, your subjects, as a possession, and that you not cause us cross the Jordan."
6. And Moses answered them: "Should your brothers go to battle, while you sit here?
7. Why do you subvert the minds of the sons of Israel, so that they might not dare to cross into the place which the Lord will give to them?
8. Did not your fathers act in the same way, when I sent them from Kadesh-Barnea to explore the land?
9. And when they had gone all the way to the Valley of the Cluster of Grapes, having viewed the entire region, they subverted the hearts of the sons of Israel, so that they would not enter into the parts that the Lord gave to them.
10. And being angry, the Lord swore an oath, saying: