Deuteronomy 3:17-19

The Voice

¹⁷ and west to the Jordan River Valley, from the Sea of Galilee^[a] down to the Dead Sea,^[b] beneath where Mount Pisgah rises to the east. ¹⁸ Do you remember what I commanded you at the time? I told the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, “The Eternal your God has given you this land, and now it belongs to you. I want all of your warriors to cross the Jordan, fully armed, ahead of your fellow Israelites. ¹⁹ Only your wives and children and cattle (I know you have a lot of cattle thanks to the plunder you earned) will stay behind in the cities I’ve given you.