Numbers 32:1-5

1The people in the tribes of Reuben and Gad had very many animals. They saw that the land in Jazer and Gilead was good for their animals.

2They went to speak to Moses, Eleazar and the other leaders of the Israelites.

3They said, ‘The land at Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo and Beon

4is good for animals. The Lord has given all this land to us Israelites. We have very many animals,

5so please let us have this land for our animals. Let us have this land to live on, instead of land on the other side of the Jordan River.’