24. Build cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.
25. And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben spoke unto Moses, saying, Thy slaves will do as my lord commands.
26. Our little ones, our wives, our livestock, and all our beasts, shall be there in the cities of Gilead;
27. but thy slaves, each one armed for war, will pass before the Lord to battle, as our lord saith.
28. So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar, the priest, and Joshua, the son of Nun, and the princes of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel.
29. And Moses said unto them, If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben will pass the Jordan with you, each one armed to battle, before the Lord, after the land shall be subdued before you, then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession.
30. But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
31. And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answered, saying, As the Lord has said unto thy slaves, so will we do.