וַיִּפְנ֖וּ וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּ וַיָּשִׂ֨ימוּ אֶת־הַטַּ֧ף וְאֶת־הַמִּקְנֶ֛ה וְאֶת־הַכְּבוּדָּ֖ה לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the goods before them.
Read midrashic interpretation of Judges 18:21: and classical rabbinic exegesis.