3-4. “This region which the Lord has helped the Israelites to occupy — the towns of Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sibmah, Nebo, and Beon — is good land for livestock, and we have so much livestock.
5. Please give us this land as our property, and do not make us cross the River Jordan and settle there.”
6. Moses replied, “Do you want to stay here while your fellow-Israelites go to war?