Numbers 32:5-7

New Catholic Bible

⁵ They continued, “If we have found favor in your sight, then let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not bring us over the Jordan.”

Moses’ Response. ⁶ Moses said to the Gadites and the Reubenites, “Shall your brothers go to war while you rest here? ⁷ Why are you discouraging the people of Israel from going over into the land that the Lord has given them?