the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Ele-a´zar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,
When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the Lord his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gil´e-ad, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;