2. So the sons of Reuben and Gad came and said to Moses, Eleazar the kohen, and the princes of the community saying,
3. “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo and Beon—
4. the territory Adonai conquered before the community of Israel—are suitable for livestock, and your servants have livestock.”
5. Then they said, “If we have found favor in your eyes, let this territory be given to your servants as a possession. Don’t make us cross the Jordan.”
6. Moses replied to the sons of Gad and Reuben, “Should your countrymen go to war while you dwell here?
7. Why do you dishearten Bnei-Yisrael from going across to the land that Adonai has given to them?