Numbers 32:4-6

New International Version

⁴ the land the Lord subdued^(A) before the people of Israel—are suitable for livestock,^(B) and your servants have livestock. ⁵ If we have found favor in your eyes,” they said, “let this land be given to your servants as our possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.^(C)”

⁶ Moses said to the Gadites and Reubenites, “Should your fellow Israelites go to war while you sit here?