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Numbers 32:21-33 Amplified Bible (AMP)

21. And every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before the Lord until He has driven out His enemies before Him

22. And the land is subdued before the Lord, then afterward you shall return and be guiltless [in this matter] before the Lord and before Israel, and this land shall be your possession before the Lord.

23. But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord; and be sure your sin will find you out.

24. Build settlements for your little ones, and folds for your sheep, and do that of which you have spoken.

25. And the sons of Gad and of Reuben said to Moses, Your servants will do as my lord commands.

26. Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle shall be there in the cities of Gilead.

27. But your servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord says.

28. So Moses gave command concerning them to Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of Israel.

29. And Moses said to them, If the sons of Gad and Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man armed to battle before the Lord, and the land shall be subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession.

30. But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.

31. The sons of Gad and Reuben answered, As the Lord has said to your servants, so will we do.

32. We will pass over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side of the Jordan may be ours.

33. Moses gave to them, to the sons of Gad and of Reuben and to half the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan–the land with its cities and their territories, even the cities round about the country.