Deuteronomy 2:35

We only took the cattle for a prey to ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we had taken.

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In The King James Version

Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.

In Context

34And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones; we left none remaining.

36From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and [from] the city that is in the valley, even to Gilead, there was not a city too high for us. LORD our God delivered up all before us.

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Cross References

Numbers 31:9And the sons of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones. And all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they took for a prey.

Deuteronomy 20:14but the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil of it, thou shall take for a prey to thyself. And thou shall eat the spoil of thine enemies, which LORD thy God has given thee.

Joshua 8:27Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for prey to themselves, according to the word of LORD which he commanded Joshua.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 2:25-37

History of the Moabites. ( b. c. 1451.) 24 Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle. 25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee. 26 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto… Read the whole commentary →

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