Leeser(i)
20 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will arm yourselves before the Lord for the war;
21 And every armed man of you will go over the Jordan before the Lord, until he have driven out his enemies from before him;
22 And when, only after the land hath been subdued before the Lord, ye will return, and ye be thus guiltless before the Lord, and before Israel: then shall this land be yours for a possession before the Lord.
23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord; and ye shall experience the punishment of your sin which will overtake you.
24 Build yourselves cities for your little ones, and folds for your flocks; and that which hath proceeded out of your mouth shall ye do.
25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said unto Moses, as followeth, Thy servants will do as my Lord commandeth.
26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall remain there in the cities of Gil’ad;
27 But thy servants will pass over, every one that is armed for the army, before the Lord, to the war, as my Lord speaketh.
28 And Moses commanded concerning them Elazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chiefs of the families of the tribes of the children of Israel;
29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben do pass with you over the Jordan, every one that is armed for the war, before the Lord, and the land shall be subdued before you: then shall ye give to them the land of Gil’ad for a possession;
30 But if they should not pass over armed with you, they shall take possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, That which the Lord hath spoken concerning thy servants, even so will we do.
32 We will indeed pass over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, while ours remaineth the possession of our inheritance on this side of the Jordan.