Then the children of Gaḏ and the children of Re’uḇĕn answered, saying, “As יהוה has said to your servants, so we do.
But if they do not pass over armed with you, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Kena‛an.
We ourselves are passing over armed before יהוה into the land of Kena‛an, but the possession of our inheritance remains with us beyond the Yardĕn.
Let Re’uḇĕn live, and not die, and let his men be numbered.
And they answered Yehoshua, saying, “All that you have commanded us we do, and wherever you send us we go.