²⁶ Our children and wives, our flocks and herds will remain here in the cities of Gilead.^(A)

¹⁴ Your wives,^(A) your children and your livestock may stay in the land^(B) that Moses gave you east of the Jordan, but all your fighting men, ready for battle,^(C) must cross over ahead of your fellow Israelites.^(D) You are to help them