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The pledge before witnesses
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Numbers 32:28-32

The pledge before witnesses

The Inheritance East of the Jordan · Numbers 32

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28So Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the sons of Israel concerning them.

29And Moses said to them, “If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben cross the Jordan with you, every armed man for battle before Yahweh, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead as a possession.”

30But if they do not cross over armed with you, then they shall receive property among you in the land of Canaan.

31Then the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answered, saying, “As Yahweh has spoken to your servants, so we will do.”

32We ourselves will cross over, armed, before Yahweh into the land of Canaan, and with us will be the possession of our inheritance on this side of the Jordan.

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