32:28Numbers 32:28

Concerning the tribes of Gad and Reuben, Moses entrusted their agreement to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel.ST May 5, 1881 By that charge he made those leaders witnesses of the compact and parties responsible for seeing it kept.ST May 5, 1881 The promise thus secured was that the two tribes would cross over and fight alongside their brethren until those brethren had received their inheritance.ST May 5, 1881 The arrangement therefore teaches that professed believers must not seek ease for themselves while others bear the burdens of God's cause, for all alike are responsible to share in its work.ST May 5, 1881