Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 3:19
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. much cattle ] Cp. Num 32:1. In the O.T. Mo‘ab, Gile‘ad and Bashan, the seats of the two and a half tribes, are celebrated for their cattle, imported thence to W. Palestine, which has inferior pastures. See the writer’s Jerusalem, i. 307, 321 ff. and HGHL, 523 f.
which I have given you ] Deu 3:12 f.; so Num 32:29; Num 32:33; Num 32:40.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
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 Nu 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, Nu 32:34.