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.”

But Moses said to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to war while you yourselves sit here? (A)Now why are you [a]discouraging the sons of Israel from crossing over into the land which the Lord has given them?

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 32:7 Lit restraining the hearts of