Deuteronomy 2:35

All we took for ourselves was the livestock and plunder from the towns we'd captured.

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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

34We also captured all his towns, and set apart for destruction the people of every town: men, women, and children. We didn't leave any survivors.

36No town had walls too high for us to conquer—from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Valley, the town in the valley, all the way to Gilead. The Lord our God handed them all over to us.

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Cross References

Numbers 31:9The Israelites captured the Midianite women and children, and they took as plunder all their herds, flocks, and possessions.

Deuteronomy 20:14But you can take as plunder the women, children, livestock, and everything else in the town. You can take and use all your enemies' possessions the Lord your God gives you.

Joshua 8:27Only the livestock and plunder were taken from the town by the Israelites, as the Lord had instructed 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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