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is good for animals. The Lord has given all this land to us Israelites. We have very many animals, so please let us have this land for our animals. Let us have this land to live on, instead of land on the other side of the Jordan River.’[a]

Moses said to the men of Reuben and Gad, ‘The other Israelite tribes will go across the river to fight against the people who live there. It is not fair that you should stay here!

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Footnotes

  1. 32:5 The Israelites were getting near to Canaan from the south-east. They already had power over much of the land east of the Jordan River.