⁸ as well as all the household of Joseph, his brothers, and his father's household. Only their children, their flocks, and their herds were left ^(A)in the land of Goshen.

^24 (A)Build cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep, and do what you have promised.” ²⁵ And the people of Gad and the people of Reuben said to Moses, “Your servants will do as my lord commands. ^26 (B)Our little ones, our wives, our livestock, and all our cattle shall remain there in the cities of Gilead, ^27 (C)but your servants will pass over, every man who is ^(D)armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord orders.”

²⁶ Our livestock also must go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind, for we must take of them to serve the Lord our God, and we do not know with what we must serve the Lord until we arrive there.”

⁸ So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. And he said to them, ^(A)“Go, serve the Lord your God. But which ones are to go?” ⁹ Moses said, “We will go with our young and our old. We will go with our sons and daughters and with our flocks and herds, for ^(B)we must hold a feast to the Lord.”