16 Then the tribes of Gad and Reuben came up to Moses and said, |Allow us to build stone fences for our livestock and cities for our families here.

17 Then we'll be ready [to march] in battle formation?to march[ ahead quickly.|> ahead of the other Israelites until we have brought them to their land. Meanwhile our families will live in walled cities, safe from the other people who live here.]

Numbers 32:16-17, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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