Moses said to them, “I will ask the Lord what he says about this.”

So tell them, ‘The Lord says that he will surely do all those things to you that you complained about. This is what will happen to you:

If Joshua needs to make a decision, he will go to Eleazar the priest. Eleazar will use the Urim to learn the Lord’s answer. Then Joshua and all the Israelites will do the things God says. If he says, ‘go to war,’ they will go to war. And if he says, ‘go home,’ they will go home.”

But we, your servants, will cross the Jordan River. We will march before the Lord into battle, as our master says.”