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