Numbers 32:25-27

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁵ And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben said to Moses, “Your servants will do as my lord commands. ²⁶ Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall remain there in the cities of Gilead; ²⁷ but your servants will pass over, every man who is armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord orders.”