Joshua 1:11-16

¹¹“Go through the whole camp and tell the people, ‘Get everything ready, because in three days time we will cross the Jordan, to go and take the land God is giving to you to possess.’”

¹²But to the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said,

¹³“Remember what Moses, the servant of the Lord, ordered you to do: ‘The Lord your God is giving you rest, and will give you this land.’

¹⁴Your wives and children, and your livestock will remain here in the land that Moses allotted you on the east side of the Jordan. But all your armed men, ready for battle, will cross over ahead of your brothers to help them,

¹⁵until the Lord lets them rest, as he has let you rest, and they too have taken possession of the land that the Lord is giving to you. Then you can return and occupy your own land which Moses allotted to you on the east side of the Jordan.”

¹⁶They said to Joshua, “We will do everything you have ordered us to do, and we will go wherever you send us.