Numbers 32:15-17

Expanded Bible

¹⁵ If you quit following him, it will add to their stay in the ·desert [wilderness], and you will destroy all these people.”

¹⁶ Then ·the Reubenites and Gadites [^Lthey] came up to Moses and said, “We will build ·pens for our animals [sheepfolds for our flocks] and cities for our children here. ¹⁷ Then our children will be in strong, walled cities, safe from the people who live in this land. Then we will prepare for war. We will help the other ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] get their land,