13. And the Lord’s anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the Lord was consumed.
14. And, behold, ye are risen up in the place of your fathers, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the Lord toward Israel.
15. For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave you in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
16. Then they came near unto him and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our little ones,
17. but we ourselves will go arm ourselves and go with diligence before the sons 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.
18. We will not return unto our houses until the sons of Israel have inherited each man his inheritance.
19. For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan or forward because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of Jordan eastward.
20. Then Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will prepare yourselves to go before the Lord to the war
21. and will all pass the Jordan armed before the Lord until he has driven out his enemies from before him
22. and the land is 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.
23. But if ye will not do so, behold, ye shall have sinned against the Lord, and be sure your sin will catch up with you.
24. Build cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.