15. For if ye turn away from after Him, He will yet again leave them in the midbar; and ye shall destroy kol HaAm Hazeh.
16. And they came near unto him, and said, We will build gidrot tzon here for our mikneh, and towns for our little ones;
17. But we ourselves will go ready armed ahead of the Bnei Yisroel, until we have brought them unto their makom; and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of HaAretz.
18. We will not return unto bateinu, until the Bnei Yisroel have inherited every ish his nachalah.
19. For we will not inherit with them across the Yarden, or beyond; because our nachalah is fallen to us on this side of the Yarden eastward.
20. And Moshe said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before Hashem to milchamah,
21. And will go all of you armed over Yarden before Hashem, until He hath driven out His oyevim from before Him,
22. And HaAretz be subdued before Hashem; then afterward ye shall return, and be nekiyim before Hashem, and before Yisroel; and HaAretz Hazot shall be your achuzzah before Hashem.
23. But if ye will not do so, hinei, ye have sinned against Hashem and be sure chattatechem (your sin) will find you out.
24. Build you towns for your little ones, and your gidrot tzon; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
25. And the Bnei Gad and the Bnei Reuven spoke unto Moshe saying, Thy avadim will do as adoni commandeth.
26. Our little ones, our nashim, our mikneh, and all behemeteinu, shall stay there in the cities of Gil`ad;
27. But thy avadim will cross over, every man armed for war, before Hashem to battle, as adoni saith.
28. So concerning them Moshe commanded Eleazar HaKohen, and Yehoshua Ben Nun, and the Rashei Avot HaMattot of the Bnei Yisroel;