Numbers 32:18

¹⁶And they came to him, and said, We will build here folds for our cattle, and cities for our possessions;

¹⁷and we will arm ourselves and go as an advanced guard before the children of Israel, until we shall have brought them into their place; and our possessions shall remain in walled cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

— Numbers 32:18 —

¹⁹And we will not any longer inherit with them from the other side of Jordan and onward, because we have our full inheritance on the side beyond Jordan eastward.

²⁰And Moses said to them, If ye will do according to these words, if ye will arm yourselves before the Lord for battle,