They took all the captives, and all the plunder, both of man and of animal.
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They took all the captives, and all the plunder, both of man and of animal.
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And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
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And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast.
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Passages linked to Numbers 31:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 20:14 but the women, the little ones, the livestock, and all that is in the city, even all its plunder, you shall take for plunder for yourself. You may use the plunder of your enemies, which Yahweh your God has given you.
- 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.”
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they took all the spoil,.... In their cities…
And they took all the spoil,.... In their cities and castles; and all the prey, both of men and of beasts; all sorts of cattle, oxen, sheep, and asses.
And they took all the spoil,.... In their cities and castles; and all the prey, both of men and of beasts; all sorts of cattle, oxen, sheep, and asses.
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num 31:12The women and children, who were the captives, and the beasts which were the prey, and the gold, silver, &c. which were the spoil:
unto Moses and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel; that is, they were bringing the above persons things unto them, returning from the war with Midian:
unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho: see Num 22:1, but they were stopped, and were not admitted into the camp until seven days after.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The “prey” refers to the captives and live-stock: the…
The “prey” refers to the captives and live-stock: the “spoil” to the ornaments and other effects.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 11. Prey… of men — Human beings, women and…
11. Prey… of men — Human beings, women and children, prisoners of war.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The spoil. llVh. Septuagint, thn . The booty in…
The spoil. llVh. Septuagint, thn . The booty in goods. The prey. jwOqlMh. Septuagint, ta skula . The booty in livestock, here including the women and children, who are distinguished as "captives" (ybiv) in the next verse.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 They took
They took
"The army of Israel took"
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plunder
This refers to the material goods they recovered from killing the Midianite men.
plains
a large area of flat land
translationWords
prison
Moses
Eleazar
priest
Moab
Jordan River
Jericho
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