Deuteronomy 3:7

7 But all [of] the livestock and the booty of the towns we kept as spoil for 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 of these [were] fortified towns with high walls, gates, and bars, {apart from} very many [of] the villages of the open country.

6 And [so] we destroyed them just as we had done to Sihon the king of Heshbon; [we destroyed] utterly each town of males, the women, and the little children.

7 But all [of] the livestock and the booty of the towns we kept as spoil for ourselves.

8 "And so we took at that time the land from {the control of} [the] two kings of the Amorites who [were] {on the other side of the Jordan}, from the wadi of Arnon up to {Mount Hermon}.

9 (The Sidonians called Hermon 'Sirion,' and the Amorites called it 'Senir.')

Footnotes

• [a] Hebrew "us"