28-30 So Moses issued orders for them to Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the ancestral tribes of the People of Israel. Moses said, “If the families of Gad and Reuben cross the Jordan River with you and before God, all armed and ready to fight, then after the land is secure, you may give them the land of Gilead as their inheritance. But if they don’t cross over with you, they’ll have to settle up with you in Canaan.”

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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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