Deuteronomy 3:7

7 But we took for ourselves all the cattle and the stored wealth of the towns.

Deuteronomy 3:7 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 3:7

But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities
The oxen and sheep, camels and asses; their gold and silver, and the furniture of their houses; their stores of corn, and of other fruits of the earth, even all their substance of whatsoever kind:

we took for a prey to ourselves;
made them their own property, and used them for their own profit and service, whereby they became greatly enriched.

Deuteronomy 3:7 In-Context

5 All these towns had high walls round them with doors and locks; and in addition we took a great number of unwalled towns.

6 And we put them to the curse, every town together with men, women, and children.

7 But we took for ourselves all the cattle and the stored wealth of the towns.

8 At that time we took their land from the two kings of the Amorites on the far side of Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon;

9 (By the Sidonians, Hermon is named Sirion, and by the Amorites Shenir;)