World English Bible
"the land which Yahweh struck before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock; and your servants have livestock.""
— Numbers 32:4, World English Bible
“Even the country which the Lord smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:”
“the land which Jehovah smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle; and thy servants have cattle. ”
“the land that the LORD subdued before the community of Israel, is ideal for cattle, and your servants have cattle.””
“The land, which the Lord hath conquered in the sight of the children of Israel, is a very fertile soil for the feeding of beasts: and we thy servants have very much cattle:”
“The land which the Lord gave into the hands of the children of Israel, is a land for cattle, and your servants have cattle.”
“Even the country which the Lord smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:”
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that behold, the place was a place for livestock;
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,
"Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
the land which Yahweh struck before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock; and your servants have livestock."
They 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."
Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, "Shall your brothers go to the war, and shall you sit here?
Why do you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which Yahweh has given them?