1. The descendants of Reuben and the descendants of Gad had a very large number of livestock. And they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, and behold it was a place for livestock.
2. The descendants of Gad and the descendants of Reuben came, and they said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the community, saying,
3. “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
4. the land that Yahweh struck before the community of Israel, is a land of livestock, and your servants have livestock.”
5. They said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as property; do not lead us across the Jordan.”
6. But Moses said to the descendants of Gad and to the descendants of Reuben, “Will your brothers go to war while you yourselves live here?
7. Why are you discouraging the hearts of the Israelites from crossing into the land that Yahweh gave to them?