Deuteronomy 3:19

19 However, your wives, your children and your livestock (I know you have much livestock) may stay in the towns I have given you,

Deuteronomy 3:19 in Other Translations

19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you;

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,

19 Your wives, children, and numerous livestock, however, may stay behind in the towns I have given you.

19 Only your wives, children, and livestock (I know you have much livestock) may go ahead and settle down in the towns I have already given you

19 But your wives, young children, and livestock-I know that you have a lot of livestock-will remain in the cities I have given you

Deuteronomy 3:19 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 3:19

But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle
These were to be left behind: for

I know that ye have much cattle;
which made the countries of Gilead and Bashan, so famous for pasturage, agreeable to them; see ( Numbers 32:1 ) these, under the care of servants, and also their wives and children,

shall abide in your cities which I have given you;
and which they rebuilt and repaired, ( Numbers 32:34-42 ) .

Deuteronomy 3:19 In-Context

17 Its western border was the Jordan in the Arabah, from Kinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea), below the slopes of Pisgah.

18 I commanded you at that time: “The LORD your God has given you this land to take possession of it. But all your able-bodied men, armed for battle, must cross over ahead of the other Israelites.

19 However, your wives, your children and your livestock (I know you have much livestock) may stay in the towns I have given you,

20 until the LORD gives rest to your fellow Israelites as he has to you, and they too have taken over the land that the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan. After that, each of you may go back to the possession I have given you.”

21 At that time I commanded Joshua: “You have seen with your own eyes all that the LORD your God has done to these two kings. The LORD will do the same to all the kingdoms over there where you are going.

Cross References

• 1. Joshua 1:14
• 2. S Numbers 32:16