Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;
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Gill's Exposition
Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan,.... This was what they themselves proposed, agreed unto, and confirmed, Num 32:16,…
Barnes' Notes
Armed - Rather, “arrayed” (see Exo 13:18 note). On this side Jordan - Compare Deu 1:1, note.
Adam Clarke
Your wives, your little ones - And with these it appears, from Num 32:17, were left behind 70,580 effective men to guard them and their property; only 40,000 having passed over Jordan to assist the…
Joshua, being settled in the government, immediately applies himself to business; not to take state or to take his pleasure, but to further the work of God among, the people over whom God had set him.…
Cambridge Bible
ye shall pass over According to the promise solemnly given, Num 32:17; Num 32:27; Num 32:32.
all the mighty men of valour Not the whole of the adults who were fit for war, and who numbered, according…