Numbers 32:16-18

New Catholic Bible

¹⁶ Another Request. So they came up to him and said, “Let us build enclosures here for our herds and flocks and cities for our little ones. ¹⁷ We will still arm ourselves, going before the people of Israel, to bring them into their dwelling place. Our little ones will be sheltered from the inhabitants of the land in the fortified cities. ¹⁸ We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has received his inheritance.