Numbers 32:16-19

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁶ But they coming near, said: We will make sheepfolds, and stalls for our cattle, and strong cities for our children:

¹⁷ And we ourselves will go armed and ready for battle before the children of Israel, until we bring them in unto their places. Our little ones, and all we have, shall be in walled cities, for fear of the ambushes of the inhabitants.

¹⁸ We will not return into our houses until the children of Israel possess their inheritance:

¹⁹ Neither will we seek any thing beyond the Jordan, because we have already our possession on the east side thereof,