And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answer, saying, ‘That which Jehovah hath spoken unto thy servants — so we do;
and if they do not pass over armed with you, then they have possessions in your midst in the land of Canaan.’
we — we pass over armed before Jehovah [to] the land of Canaan, and with us [is] the possession of our inheritance beyond the Jordan.’
Let Reuben live, and not die, And let his men be a number.
And they answer Joshua, saying, ‘All that thou hast commanded us we do; and unto every [place] whither thou dost send us, we go;