Israel took for themselves only the livestock and the goods of that city, according to Yahweh’s word which he commanded Joshua.
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Israel took for themselves only the livestock and the goods of that city, according to Yahweh’s word which he commanded Joshua.
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Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.
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Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which He commanded Joshua.
Cross-references (6)
Passages linked to Joshua 8:27 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Joshua 8:2 You shall do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and her king, except you shall take its goods and its livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush for the city behind it.”
- Numbers 31:22 however the gold, and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
- Numbers 31:26 “Count the plunder that was taken, both of man and of animal, you, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the congregation;
- Joshua 11:4 They went out, they and all their armies with them, many people, even as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with very many horses and chariots.
- Psalms 50:10 For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills.
- Matthew 20:15 Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jos 8:27 Only the cattle and the spoil of…
Jos 8:27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.
Ver. 27. Only the cattle and the spoil.] For encouragement of the soldiers: so at the sack of Constantinople, Mohammed, the great Turk, caused proclamation to be made through his camp that he would freely give all the spoil of the city for three days unto his soldiers, if they could win it, which also they soon did, and were so enriched therewith, that it is a proverb amongst them at this day, if any grow suddenly rich, to say, He hath been at the sacking of Constantinople. {a}
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{a} Turk. Hist., 347.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Only the cattle, and the spoil of the city,…
Only the cattle, and the spoil of the city, Israel took for a prey unto themselves,.... Even all their substance, as besides their cattle, also their gold, silver, household goods, merchandise, &c.
according unto the word of the Lord which he commanded Joshua, Jos 8:2.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 27. Only the cattle and the spoil] In…
Verse 27. Only the cattle and the spoil] In the case of Jericho these were all consigned to destruction, and therefore it was criminal to take any thing pertaining to the city, as we have already seen; but in the case before us the cattle and spoils were expressly given to the conquerors by the order of God. See Jos 8:2.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 27. A prey unto themselves — Joshua’s army was…
27. A prey unto themselves — Joshua’s army was now, like Sherman’s on his grand march to the sea, a moving column cut off from its base of supplies. Hence it must live upon spoils.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 27. which he commanded Joshua] See Jos_8:2, and comp.…
27. which he commanded Joshua] See Jos_8:2, and comp. Num_31:22-26.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (27) The spoil of that city Israel took.—The spoil…
(27) The spoil of that city Israel took.—The spoil of Ai was assigned to Israel, the spoil of Jericho had been claimed for Jehovah alone.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Only the cattle (see ver. 2).
Only the cattle (see ver. 2).
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 an abandoned place
an abandoned place
It is a place where people once lived, but now, no one lives there.
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