Joshua 8:27

And the children of Israel divided among them the cattle and the prey of the city, as the Lord had commanded Josue.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

26But Josue drew not back his hand, which he had stretched out on high, holding the shield, till all the inhabitants of Hai were slain.

28And he burned the city, and made it a heap for ever:

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Cross References

Numbers 31:22Gold, and silver, and brass, and iron, and lend, and tin,

Deuteronomy 3:7But the cattle and the spoils of the cities we took for our prey.

Joshua 11:4And they all came out with their troops, a people exceeding numerous as the sand that is on the sea shore, their horses also and chariots a very great multitude,

Matthew 20:15Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will? is thy eye evil, because I am good?

Matthew Henry on Joshua 8:24-30

23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. 24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword. 25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai. 26 For Joshua drew not… Read the whole commentary →

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