he tribes of Reuben and Gad have a ton of livestock and decide that the land east of the Jordan is better suited for it. They ask Moses if they can settle there. Moses gets mad and thinks this might be a ruse for getting out of fighting in the campaign for Canaan. The tribes say they will send their men to fight with the rest of the tribes, but their families and livestock will remain and be protected in the east. Moses is happy with this arrangement.
Half of the tribe of Manasseh decides to join them in the east. The land apparently is the same land that belonged to the Amorites, who the entire Israelites defeated earlier.
It seems that the conquest has begun and the 40 years have flown by. However, we still have an entire another book to read before Joshua's military campaign.
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