Numbers 31:9

9 The {Israelites} took captive the women of Midian and their children, and they plundered all their domestic animals and all their livestock and all their wealth.

Numbers 31:9 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 31:9

And the children of Israel took [all] the women of Midian
captives
The word "all" is not in the original text, nor should it be supplied; for if all had been taken, and carried captive, and put to death, as those were afterwards, how could there have been such an increase of the Midianites as there was in some time after this? see ( Judges 6:1-6 ) but the meaning is, that as many as fell into their hands they took and carried captive:

and their little ones;
both male and female:

and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks;
their oxen and their sheep, and also their asses, as appears by the following account:

and all their goods:
in their houses, their wealth and substance, gold, silver

Numbers 31:9 In-Context

7 And they fought against Midian just as Yahweh commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

8 They killed the kings of Midian in addition to the ones they had slain: Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the five kings of Midian; they also killed Balaam son of Beor by the sword.

9 The {Israelites} took captive the women of Midian and their children, and they plundered all their domestic animals and all their livestock and all their wealth.

10 They burned all their cities where they dwelled and all their camps with fire.

11 They took all the plunder and all the war-booty with the humans and domestic animals.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "sons/children of Israel"