^20 (A)So Moses said to them, “If you will do ^[a]this, if you will arm yourselves before the Lord for the war,

^12 (A)The sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over in battle formation before the sons of Israel, just as Moses had spoken to them;

¹³ about forty thousand equipped for war, crossed for battle before the Lord to the desert plains of Jericho.