Numbers 32:15-17

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁵ If you turn back from following him,^(A) he will once again leave this people in the wilderness, and you will destroy all of them.’

¹⁶ Then they approached him and said, ‘We want to build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our dependents. ¹⁷ But we will arm ourselves and be ready to go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them into their place.^(B) Meanwhile, our dependents will remain in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.