the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses and Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the community and said,
Should a tribal leader do wrong inadvertently by violating any one of the prohibitions of the Lord his God, and thus be guilty,
Now the Reubenites and Gadites had a very large number of livestock. Noticing that the land of Jazer and of Gilead was a place suited to livestock,
“The region of Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo and Baal-meon—
Now, therefore, apportion among the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh the land which is to be their heritage. The Eastern Tribes.
These cities with their pasture lands the Israelites gave by lot to the Levites, as the Lord had commanded through Moses. Cities of the Priests.
Why did you stay beside your hearths listening to the lowing of the herds? Among the clans of Reuben great were the searchings of heart!