2. So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community and said:
3. “The territory of Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
4. which the Lord struck down before the community of Israel, is good land for livestock, and your servants own livestock.”
5. They said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Don’t make us cross the Jordan.”
6. But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Should your brothers go to war while you stay here?
7. Why are you discouraging the Israelites from crossing into the land the Lord has given them?
8. That’s what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
9. After they went up as far as Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land the Lord had given them.
10. So the Lord’s anger burned that day, and He swore an oath:
11. ‘Because they did not follow Me completely, none of the men 20 years old or more who came up from Egypt will see the land I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob —
12. none except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, because they did follow the Lord completely.’