Numbers 32:15-17

International Standard Version

¹⁵ If you stop following him, he will once again abandon them in the wilderness. You’ll end up destroying this entire people.”

A Compromise is Offered

¹⁶ Then they approached him and said, “Here’s where we’re going to build corrals for our cattle and cities for our families,^{[a] 17} but we will keep ourselves armed and stay ready to go with the Israelis until we’ve brought them to their own places. Our families intend to live in fortified cities in the presence of the inhabitants of the land,