Deuteronomy 3:18-20

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Then I commanded you: Although the Lord your God has given you this land to possess, you must now cross over before the rest of your Israelite relatives as a fighting force ready for battle! ¹⁹ However, your wives, children, and herds—I know you have lots of herds!—may remain in the towns that I have given to you. ²⁰ Once the Lord settles your relatives, as you have been settled, and they also possess the land that the Lord your God is giving them across the Jordan River, each of you can return to the property that I have given to you.