And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the Lord hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.
but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
We will pass over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.
Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.
And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.