23. But if you don't keep your promise, you will sin against the Lord and be punished.
24. Go ahead and build towns for your wives and children, and places for your sheep and goats. Just be sure to do what you have promised.
25. The men from Reuben and Gad answered:Sir, we will do just what you have said.
26. Our wives and children and sheep and cattle will stay here in the towns in Gilead.
27. But those of us who are prepared for battle will cross the Jordan and fight for the Lord.
28. Then Moses said to Eleazar, Joshua, and the family leaders,
29. “Make sure that the tribes of Gad and Reuben prepare for battle and cross the River Jordan with you. If they do, then after the land is in your control, give them the region of Gilead as their tribal land.
30. But if they break their promise, they will receive land on the other side of the Jordan, like the rest of the tribes.”
31. The tribes of Gad and Reuben replied, “We are your servants and will do whatever the Lord has commanded.
32. We will cross the River Jordan, ready to fight for the Lord in Canaan. But the land we will inherit as our own will be on this side of the river.”