Bring us not over Jordan To give us our possession there; but let this land, on this side Jordan, be our whole possession. Shall ye sit here? In ease and peace, while your brethren are engaged in war. Wherefore discourage ye the heart of Israel Their words were ambiguous, and Moses suspected that mere cowardice, and a love of ease, made them desire to stay where they were; which ill example might have disheartened the rest of their brethren.
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Numbers 32:5-7
5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.
6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?