They told Joshua, “We will do everything you say. We will go wherever you send us.

The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the Israelite clans:

They said to Joshua, “It was carefully reported to your subjects how the Lord your God commanded Moses his servant to assign you the whole land and to destroy all who live in the land from before you. Because of you we were terrified we would lose our lives, so we did this thing.