Then the Gadites and the Reubenites answered, “Your servants will do what the Lord has spoken.
But if they do not cross over with you armed, they must receive possessions among you in Canaan.”
We will cross armed in the Lord’s presence into the land of Canaan, and then the possession of our inheritance that we inherit will be ours on this side of the Jordan River.”
May Reuben live and not die, and may his people multiply.
They told Joshua, “We will do everything you say. We will go wherever you send us.