1. Now the Reubenites and Gadites had a very large number of livestock. Noticing that the land of Jazer and of Gilead was a place suited to livestock,
2. the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses and Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the community and said,
3. “The region of Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo and Baal-meon—
4. the land which the Lord has laid low before the community of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock.”
5. They continued, “If we find favor with you, let this land be given to your servants as their possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.”
6. But Moses answered the Gadites and Reubenites: “Are your kindred, then, to go to war, while you remain here?