Deuteronomy 3:7

7 But all the beasts and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.

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 cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars besides a great many unwalled towns.

6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon, king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every city, men, women, and children.

7 But all the beasts and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.

8 And we also took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side of the Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto Mount Hermon

9 (which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion and the Amorites call it Shenir) and