10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people saying 11 Pass through the host and command the people saying Prepare you victuals for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it
12 And to the Reubenites and to the Gadites and to half the tribe of Manasseh spake Joshua saying 13 Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you saying The LORD your God hath given you rest and hath given you this land 14 Your wives your little ones and your cattle shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan but ye shall pass before your brethren armed all the mighty men of valour and help them 15 Until the LORD have given your brethren rest as he hath given you and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them then ye shall return unto the land of your possession and enjoy it which Moses the LORD'S servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising __
16 And they answered Joshua saying All that thou commandest us we will do and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go 17 According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things so will we hearken unto thee only the LORD thy God be with thee as he was with Moses 18 Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him he shall be put to death only be strong and of a good courage