NUM386 The Reubenites and Gadites made it clear that they were willing to be in the front line of the troops and would not return to the far side of the Jordan until the land had been fully conquered. Moses accepted the proposal, saying that if they kept their word, they would be "clear [veheyitem nekiyim] before the Lord and before Israel" [this verse]. This phrase entered Jewish law as the principle that "one must acquit oneself before one's fellow human beings as well as before God" (Mishna Shekalim 3:2). It is not enough to do right. We must be seen to do right, especially when there is room for rumor and suspicion.