Joshua 8:27

27 Israel did get to take the livestock and loot left in the city; God's instructions to Joshua allowed for that.

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 The death toll that day came to 12,000 men and women - everyone in Ai.

26 Joshua didn't lower his outstretched javelin until the sacred destruction of Ai and all its people was completed.

27 Israel did get to take the livestock and loot left in the city; God's instructions to Joshua allowed for that.

28 Joshua burned Ai to the ground. A "heap" of nothing forever, a "no-place" - go see for yourself.

29 He hanged the king of Ai from a tree. At evening, with the sun going down, Joshua ordered the corpse cut down. They dumped it at the entrance to the city and piled it high with stones - you can go see that also.