Deuteronomy 3:7

7 But we took all the livestock and the spoil from the cities as plunder for ourselves.[a]

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 were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides a large number of rural villages.
6 We completely destroyed them, as we had done to Sihon king of Heshbon, destroying the men, women, and children of every city.
7 But we took all the livestock and the spoil from the cities as plunder for ourselves.
8 "At that time we took the land from the two Amorite kings across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon,
9 which the Sidonians call Sirion, but the Amorites call Senir,

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