The tribes of Reuben and Gad had a lot of livestock. When they saw how suitable the land of Jazer and Gilead was for cattle,

"This region which the LORD has helped the Israelites occupy---the towns of Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sibmah, Nebo, and Beon---is good land for livestock, and we have so much livestock.

Please give us this land as our property, and do not make us cross the Jordan River and settle there."

Everyone else is concerned only with their own affairs, not with the cause of Jesus Christ.

They are going to end up in hell, because their god is their bodily desires. They are proud of what they should be ashamed of, and they think only of things that belong to this world.

The leaders of Issachar came with Deborah; yes, Issachar came and Barak too, and they followed him into the valley. But the tribe of Reuben was divided; they could not decide to come.

Tremble with fear and stop sinning; think deeply about this, when you lie in silence on your beds.

I spend the night in deep thought; I meditate, and this is what I ask myself:

Let us examine our ways and turn back to the LORD.

Let us open our hearts to God in heaven and pray,