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1 Now the Reubenites and the Gadites possessed a very large number of cattle. When they saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were ideal for cattle, 2 the Gadites and the Reubenites came and addressed Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community. They said, 3 Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon, 4 the land that the LORD subdued before the community of Israel, is ideal for cattle, and your servants have cattle.| 5 So they said, |If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for our inheritance. Do not have us cross the Jordan River.| 6 Moses said to the Gadites and the Reubenites, |Must your brothers go to war while you remain here? Numbers 32:1-6, New English Translation. Copyright © 1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press.
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