^20 (A)So Moses said to them, “If you will do ^[a]this, if you will arm yourselves before the Lord for the war,

^12 (A)The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over in battle array before the sons of Israel, just as Moses had spoken to them; ¹³ about 40,000 equipped for war, crossed for battle before the Lord to the desert plains of Jericho.