And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manas´seh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:
and they said, The Lord commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelo´phehad our brother unto his daughters.
but we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities, because of the inhabitants of the land.