“the land which Yahweh struck before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock; and your servants have livestock.”
Numbers 32:4 (WEB)
Context Reading
2Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying, 3“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon, 4the land which Yahweh struck before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock; and your servants have livestock.” 5They said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Don’t bring us over the Jordan.” 6Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?