Numbers 32:20-28
20So aMoses said to them, “If you will do this, if you will take up arms to go before the Lord for the war, 21and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before the Lord, until he has bdriven out his enemies from before him 22and the land is subdued before the Lord; then after that you shall return and be free of obligation to the Lord and to Israel, and cthis land shall be your possession before the Lord. 23But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, and dbe sure your sin will find you out. 24 eBuild cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep, and do what you have promised.” 25And the people of Gad and the people of Reuben said to Moses, “Your servants will do as my lord commands. 26 fOur little ones, our wives, our livestock, and all our cattle shall remain there in the cities of Gilead, 27 gbut your servants will pass over, every man who is harmed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord orders.”28So iMoses gave command concerning them to Eleazar the priest and to jJoshua the son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the people of Israel.
Deuteronomy 3:18
18“And I commanded you at that time, saying, ‘The Lord your God has given you this land to possess. kAll your men of valor shall cross over armed before your brothers, the people of Israel.Joshua 22:1-4
The Eastern Tribes Return Home
1At that time Joshua summoned the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, 2and said to them, “You have kept lall that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you mand have obeyed my voice in all that I have commanded you. 3You have not forsaken your brothers these many days, down to this day, but have been careful to keep the charge of the Lord your God. 4 nAnd now the Lord your God has given rest to your brothers, as he promised them. Therefore turn and go to your tents in the land where your possession lies, owhich Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side of the Jordan.
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