And the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh crossed over in battle array before the sons of Israel, as Moses had spoken to them;
Of the sons of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ house, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone able to go out to war:
And we ourselves shall go armed, hurrying before the sons of Israel, until we have brought them to their place. And our little ones shall live in the fortified cities because of those living in the land.
And I commanded you at that time, saying, Jehovah your God has given you this land to possess it. And you shall pass over armed before your brothers, the sons of Israel, all the sons of strength.
And he eyes the first part for himself, for there was the portion of the lawgiver hidden; and he came with the peoples’ rulers; he did the justice of Jehovah, and His judgments with Israel.
Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock shall remain in the land which Moses has given to you beyond the Jordan. But you shall cross over armed before your brothers, all the mighty ones of strength and shall help them,