Numbers 32:4-6

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁴ The land, which the Lord hath conquered in the sight of the children of Israel, is a very fertile soil for the feeding of beasts: and we thy servants have very much cattle:

⁵ And we pray thee, if we have found favour in thy sight, that thou give it to us thy servants in possession, and make us not pass over the Jordan.

⁶ And Moses answered them: What, shall your brethren go to fight, and will you sit here?