Numbers 31:12

12 They took it all - captives and booty and plunder - back to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the company of Israel where they were camped on the Plains of Moab, at Jordan-Jericho.

Numbers 31:12 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 12 And they brought the captives, the prey, and the spoil
The women and children, who were the captives, and the beasts which were the prey, and the gold, silver which were the spoil:

unto Moses and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the
children of Israel;
that is, they were bringing the above persons things unto them, returning from the war with Midian:

unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan [near]
Jericho:
see ( Numbers 22:1 ) , but they were stopped, and were not admitted into the camp until seven days after.

Numbers 31:12 In-Context

10 They burned to the ground all the towns in which Midianites lived and also their tent camps.

11 They looted and plundered everything and everyone - stuff and people and animals.

12 They took it all - captives and booty and plunder - back to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the company of Israel where they were camped on the Plains of Moab, at Jordan-Jericho.

13 Moses, Eleazar, and all the leaders of the congregation went to meet the returning army outside the camp.

14 Moses was furious with the army officers - the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds - as they came back from the battlefield: