Joshua 8:27

27 However, Israel did take the cattle and other booty of that city as plunder for themselves, in agreement with the command that the LORD had given 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 died that day, all the people of Ai.

26 Joshua didn't pull back the hand that was stretched out holding a dagger until he had wiped out the whole population of Ai as something reserved for God.

27 However, Israel did take the cattle and other booty of that city as plunder for themselves, in agreement with the command that the LORD had given Joshua.

28 Then Joshua burned Ai. He made it a permanently deserted mound. That is still the case today.

29 He hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening. At sundown, Joshua gave an order, and they took his body down from the tree. They threw it down at the opening of the city gate. Then they raised over it a great pile of stones that is still there today.