Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan — they request that Moses grant them Transjordan as their permanent inheritance, explicitly asking to be exempt from crossing the Jordan to conquer western Canaan. Their petition assumes that what the LORD has defeated in battle can be permanently divided before the full conquest is complete.

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