Joshua 8:27

27 Israel took the loot and the livestock of that city for themselves, as the LORD had commanded Joshua.

Joshua 8:27 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 8:27

Only the cattle, and the spoil of the city, Israel took for a
prey unto themselves
Even all their substance, as besides their cattle, also their gold, silver, household goods, merchandise

according unto the word of the Lord which he commanded Joshua,
( Joshua 8:2 ) .

Joshua 8:27 In-Context

25 Twelve thousand men and women from Ai died that day.

26 Joshua did not lower his hand holding the spear until he had completely destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

27 Israel took the loot and the livestock of that city for themselves, as the LORD had commanded Joshua.

28 So Joshua burned Ai and made it a deserted mound of ruins. It is still in ruins today.

29 Joshua hung the king of Ai's [dead body] on a pole and left him there until evening. When the sun went down, Joshua gave the order to take his body down. They threw it in the entrance of the city and made a large pile of stones over it. That pile is still there today.