And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession — Moses instructs the leadership: if Reuben and Gad fulfill their oath by crossing the Jordan armed and fighting with the other tribes until Canaan is subdued, then they are to grant them the Gilead territory as their permanent inheritance. The conditional structure ensures that conquest precedes settlement.

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