Deuteronomy 20:14

but the women and the little ones and the cattle and all that shall be in the city—all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take as thy prey,—so shalt thou eat the spoil of thine enemies, whom Yahweh thy God hath delivered unto thee.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

In Context

13and Yahweh thy God will deliver it into thy hand,—and thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword;

15Thus, shalt thou do unto all the cities that are very far away from thee,—which are not of the cities of those nations.

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Cross References

Numbers 31:12and brought in unto Moses and unto Eleazar the priest and unto the assembly of the sons of Israel—the captives and the booty, and the spoil unto the camp,—unto the waste plains of Moab, which are by Jordan, near Jericho.

Numbers 31:35and, of the human persons, even of the woman-kind who had not cohabited with man,—all the persons, thirty-two thousand.

Deuteronomy 2:35only the cattle, made we our prey,—and the spoil of the cities which we captured.

Joshua 11:14But, all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, did the sons of Israel take as their prey,—nevertheless, all the human beings, smote they with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, they left remaining no breathing thing.

2 Chronicles 14:13And Asa and the people that were with him pursued as far as to Gerar, and the Ethiopians fell, so that there was no way for them to recover, for they were routed before Yahweh, and before him host,—and they carried away exceeding much spoil.

Psalms 68:12Kings of armies, they flee! they flee! And, she that stayeth at home, shall share the spoil.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 20:11-20

Proclamations of War; Directions Concerning War. ( b. c. 1451.) 10 When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. 11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. 12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it: 13 And when the Lord thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou… Read the whole commentary →

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