Joshua 8:27

Joshua 8:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the Lord which he commanded Joshua.
• New International Version (NIV)But Israel did carry off for themselves the livestock and plunder of this city, as the Lord had instructed Joshua.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Only the livestock and the spoil of that city Israel took as their plunder, according to the word of the Lord that he commanded Joshua.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Only the livestock and the spoil of that city Israel took as booty for themselves, according to the word of the Lord which He had commanded Joshua.

Context of Joshua 8:27

25The total of those who fell that day, both men and women, was twelve thousand — all the people of Ai. 26Joshua did not draw back his hand that was holding the javelin until all the inhabitants of Ai were completely destroyed. Israel plundered only the cattle and spoil of that city for themselves, according to the Lord’s command that he had given Joshua. 28Joshua burned Ai and left it a permanent ruin, still desolate today. 29He hung the body of the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take his body down from the tree. They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and put a large pile of rocks over it, which still remains today.

Joshua 8:27 word by word

רַ֣ק הַבְּהֵמָ֗ה וּשְׁלַל֙ הָעִ֣יר הַהִ֔יא בָּזְז֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּדְבַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּ֖ה אֶת־יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Only the cattleבְּהֵמָהbehêmâh · animalH929
• and the spoilשָׁלָלshâlâl · spoilH7998
• of that cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• took for a preyבָּזַזbâzaz · to plunderH962
• unto themselves, according unto the wordדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• which he commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• Joshuaיְהוֹשׁוּעַyehôshûa‛ yehôshûa‛ · JoshuaH3091

Cross-references for Joshua 8:27

• Joshua 8:2Treat Ai and its king as you did Jericho and its king, except that you may plunder its spoil and livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush behind the city.”
• Joshua 11:4They went out with all their armies — a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore — along with a vast number of horses and chariots.
• Numbers 31:22The gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead —
• Psalms 50:10for every animal of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.
• Matthew 20:15Don’t I have the right to do what I want with what is mine? Are you jealous because I’m generous?’

Commentaries on Joshua 8:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Only the cattle and the spoil - In the case of Jericho these were all consigned to destruction, and therefore it was criminal to take any thing pertaining to the city, as we have already seen; but in the case before us the cattle and spoils were expressly given to the conquerors by the order of God. See Joshua 8:2.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-29Verses 23-29 God, the righteous Judge, had sentenced the Canaanites for their wickedness; the Israelites only executed his doom. None of their conduct can be drawn into an example for others. Especial reason no doubt there was for this severity to the king of Ai; it is likely he had been notoriously wicked and vile, and a blasphemer of the God of Israel.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-281-2. The Lord said unto Joshua, Fear not--By the execution of justice on Achan, the divine wrath was averted, the Israelites were reassured, defeat was succeeded by victory; and thus the case of Ai affords a striking example of God's disciplinary government, in which chastisements for sin are often made to pave the way for the bestowment of those temporal benefits, which, on account of sin, have been withdrawn, or withheld for a time. Joshua, who had been…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Joshua
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Ai
• Ambush
• Heap
• Raise
• Wait
• Deuteronomy

Commentaries on Joshua 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings