while your servants,everyonewho is armedfor war,will crossoverin the presenceof the LORDto battle,justas my lordsays."
Then Joshuathe sonof Nun,the attendantof Mosesfrom his youth,said,"Moses,my lord,restrainthem."
Then Aaronsaidto Moses,"Oh,my lord,I begyou, do not account[this] sinto us, in whichwe have actedfoolishlyand in whichwe have sinned.
but we ourselveswill be armedready[to go] beforethe sonsof Israel,untilwe have broughtthem to their place,while our littleoneslivein the fortifiedcitiesbecauseof the inhabitantsof the land.
So Mosesgavecommandconcerning them to Eleazarthe priest,and to Joshuathe sonof Nun,and to the headsof the fathers'[households] of the tribesof the sonsof Israel.
and they said,"The LORDcommandedmy lordto givethe landby lotto the sonsof Israelas an inheritance,and my lordwas commandedby the LORDto givethe inheritanceof Zelophehadour brotherto his daughters.
The sonsof Reubenand the sonsof Gadand the half-tribeof Manassehcrossedoverin battlearraybeforethe sonsof Israel,justas Moseshad spokento them;