Deuteronomy 2:35

35 But the livestock and the plunder from the towns we had captured we carried off for ourselves.

Deuteronomy 2:35 in Other Translations

35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.

35 Only the livestock we took as spoil for ourselves, with the plunder of the cities that we captured.

35 We took all the livestock as plunder for ourselves, along with anything of value from the towns we ransacked.

35 We took the livestock and the plunder from the towns we had captured and carried them off for ourselves.

35 only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we had taken.

35 However, we did loot the cities that we captured, taking the cattle and goods.

35 We took only the livestock and the spoil from the cities we captured as plunder for ourselves.

35 But we took for ourselves the livestock and everything else from the towns we had captured.

Deuteronomy 2:35 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 2:35

Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves
These they did not destroy, but preserved alive for their own use and profit, and took them as their own property:

and the spoil of the cities which we took;
as household goods, gold, silver, and whatever valuable was found by them; this they took as plunder, and shared it among themselves.

Deuteronomy 2:35 In-Context

33 the LORD our God delivered him over to us and we struck him down, together with his sons and his whole army.

34 At that time we took all his towns and completely destroyed them—men, women and children. We left no survivors.

35 But the livestock and the plunder from the towns we had captured we carried off for ourselves.

36 From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the gorge, even as far as Gilead, not one town was too strong for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.

37 But in accordance with the command of the LORD our God, you did not encroach on any of the land of the Ammonites, neither the land along the course of the Jabbok nor that around the towns in the hills.

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 3:7
• 2. S Genesis 34:29; S Genesis 49:27