The land that YHWH struck down before the congregation of Israel is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock.
Numbers 32:4

This says that God struck the land of the Canaanites, but the land remained pleasant and fertile. He owns the cattle and the hills beneath them. Use his resources wisely, because he can turn even your wealth against you.

The destiny of a people is tied to their land. God struck the land of the Canaanites because of their sin and they died. He blessed the land of Israel (the same land!) and the Israelites prospered.