28 So concerning them, Moses [a]commanded Eleazar the Priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel.

29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will go with you over Jordan, all armed to fight before the Lord, then when the land is subdued before you, ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:

30 But if they will not go over with you armed, then they shall have their possessions among you in the land of Canaan.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 32:28 Moses gave charge that his promise made to the Reubenites, and others, should be performed after his death, so that they brake not theirs.

28 Then Moses gave orders about them(A) to Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun(B) and to the family heads of the Israelite tribes.(C) 29 He said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites, every man armed for battle, cross over the Jordan with you before the Lord, then when the land is subdued before you,(D) you must give them the land of Gilead as their possession.(E) 30 But if they do not cross over(F) with you armed, they must accept their possession with you in Canaan.(G)

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