19Only your wives, your little ones, and your livestock (I know that you have much livestock) shall remain in the cities that I have given you,
Since the Transjordan tribes already possessed their allotted land, the men could leave their wives, children, and livestock behind. Their livestock were the spoil from the campaign (Deuteronomy 2:35).
19 Only your wives, your little ones, and your livestock (I know that you have much livestock) shall remain in the cities that I have given you,