3. [The country around] Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
4. The land the Lord smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and your servants have cattle.
5. And they said, If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Do not take us over the Jordan.
6. And Moses said to the sons of Gad and of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war while you sit here?
7. Why do you discourage the hearts of the Israelites from going over into the land which the Lord has given them?
8. Thus your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land!