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A modern midrash: It is the night before the Gadites and Reubenites were approaching the priests and judges to request they stay on the other side of the Jordan River. They planned for weeks, unsure and anxious how their new plan would be received. Their real struggle was facing Moses. Their leader for all these decades, Moses was banned from entering the Promised Land. How could they tell him so close to the land itself that they <\/span>could<\/span><\/em> enter the land but did not want to, and all for a lot of cows, what Moses might consider a bovine misdemeanor?<\/span><\/p>\n

Having amassed cattle in a scrimmage in Jazer and Gilead, these tribes knew that a financial boon on four legs was hard to move; the grazing land on this side of the Jordan was excellent. They knew little about Canaan, but rumors flooded the camp. The land would never be as good. They were sure of it, even willing to give up on the community altogether for their recent good fortune. In the Gadite leadership tent, the Reubenites, ancestors of the firstborn spurned son of Jacob, and Gadites discussed their strategy. <\/span><\/p>\n

The time came for the fateful meeting. Moses did not mention his personal or emotional stake in the matter. He did not chastise them for putting their immediate, material gains above their joint spiritual dream. As a leader, his concern was always for the impact every decision would have on the rest of the wilderness community: \u201cAre your brothers to go to war while you stay here?\u201d The repercussions for the others were obvious.<\/span><\/p>\n

The tribes assured Moses that they would fight; indeed, they would settle their families and cattle and go out to the front line. Moses, perhaps tired of fighting or aware that they were going to act on this plan regardless of his warnings, hesitatingly and shockingly agreed. But fighting together and living together are not the same. <\/span><\/p>\n

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