Joshua continues speaking to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
## your little ones ##
"your little children"
## beyond the Jordan ##
This refers to the east side of the Jordan River. Later most of the Israelites would live west of the Jordan, so they called the east side "beyond the Jordan." But at this time they were all still on the east side. AT: "east of the Jordan River"