... > Bible > Old Testament > Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua: from the bondage of the Israelites in Egypt to their settlement in Canaan > Numbers: the wandering in the wilderness, the Israelites leave Mount Sinai and reach Canaan > Numbers (part III): events in Moab > before crossing the Jordan (Numbers 32-36) > the country east of the Jordan is given to the tribes of Reuben, Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh > petition of the Reubenites and Gadites; they ask permission to stay in the country east of the Jordan; Moses becomes furious at this demand