Numbers 32:5-7

Amplified Bible

⁵ They said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not take us across the Jordan [River].”

⁶ But Moses said to the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here? ⁷ Now why are you discouraging the hearts of the Israelites from crossing over into the land which the Lord has given them?