19. For we will not take possession with them from across the Jordan and beyond because our inheritance has come to us from across the Jordan to the east.”
20. So Moses said to them, “If you do this thing, if you arm yourselves before Yahweh for the war,
21. and everyone of you armed cross the Jordan before Yahweh until he has driven out his enemies from before him,
22. and the land is subdued before Yahweh, then afterward you will return and be free of obligation from Yahweh and from Israel, and this land will be your property before Yahweh.
23. But if you do not do so, behold, you have sinned against Yahweh, and know that your sin will find you.
24. Build for yourselves cities for your little children and sheep pens for your flocks; what has gone out from your mouth you will do.”
25. So the descendants of Gad and the descendants of Reuben said to Moses, saying, “Your servants will do just as my lord commands.