12. This included everyone, except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun; they remained loyal to the Lord.
13. The Lord was angry with the people and made them wander in the wilderness for forty years until that whole generation that had displeased him was dead.
14. And now you have taken your fathers' place, a new generation of sinful men ready to bring down the fierce anger of the Lord on Israel again.
15. If you people of Reuben and Gad refuse to follow him now, he will once again abandon all these people in the wilderness, and you will be responsible for their destruction.”
16. They approached Moses and said, “First, allow us to build stone enclosures here for our sheep and fortified towns for our dependants.