14. And, hinei, ye are risen up in the place of Avoteichem a brood of anashim chatta'im to add even more to charon af Hashem against Yisroel.
15. For if ye turn away from after Him, He will yet again leave them in the midbar; and ye shall destroy kol HaAm Hazeh.
16. And they came near unto him, and said, We will build gidrot tzon here for our mikneh, and towns for our little ones;
17. But we ourselves will go ready armed ahead of the Bnei Yisroel, until we have brought them unto their makom; and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of HaAretz.
18. We will not return unto bateinu, until the Bnei Yisroel have inherited every ish his nachalah.
19. For we will not inherit with them across the Yarden, or beyond; because our nachalah is fallen to us on this side of the Yarden eastward.
20. And Moshe said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before Hashem to milchamah,