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?
7. Why do you wish to discourage the Israelites from crossing to the land the Lord has given them?
8. That is just what your ancestors did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to reconnoiter the land.