16. Then they came near to him and said, “Let us build sheep-enclosures here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones,
17. but let us ourselves be armed, hastening before the children of Yisra’ĕl until we have brought them to their place. And our little ones shall dwell in the walled cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
18. “We shall not return to our homes until every one of the children of Yisra’ĕl has received his inheritance.
19. “For we shall not inherit with them on the other side of the Yardĕn and beyond, because our inheritance has fallen to us on this eastern side of the Yardĕn.”