Deuteronomy 3:7

Deuteronomy 3:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.
• New International Version (NIV)But all the livestock and the plunder from their cities we carried off for ourselves.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But all the livestock and the spoil of the cities we took as our plunder.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But all the livestock and the spoil of the cities we took as booty for ourselves.

Context of Deuteronomy 3:7

5All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides a great many unwalled towns. 6We utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city. But all the animals and the spoils of the cities we took as our plunder. 8“So at that time we took the land from the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, from the Valley of Arnon to Mount Hermon 9(Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir):

Deuteronomy 3:7 word by word

וְכָל־הַבְּהֵמָ֛ה וּשְׁלַ֥ל הֶעָרִ֖ים בַּזּ֥וֹנוּ לָֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear

• But allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the animalsבְּהֵמָהbehêmâh · animalH929
• and the spoilsשָׁלָלshâlâl · spoilH7998
• of the citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• we tookבָּזַזbâzaz · to plunderH962

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 3:7

• Deuteronomy 2:35We took only the animals as our plunder, and the spoils of the cities which we had captured.
• Joshua 8:27Israel took only the cattle and the spoils of that city as plunder for themselves, in accordance with the word of the Lord which He had commanded Joshua.
• Joshua 11:11They struck every person who was in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them; there was no one left who breathed. And he burned Hazor with fire.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 3:7

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-11See Numbers 21:33–35.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-83-8. Argob was the capital of a district in Bashan of the same name, which, together with other fifty-nine cities in the same province, were conspicuous for their lofty and fortified walls. It was a war of extermination. Houses and cities were razed to the ground; all classes of people were put to the sword; and nothing was saved but the cattle, of which an immense amount fell as spoil into the hands of the conquerors. Thus, the two Amorite kings and the…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 3:7

• Israel
• Og
• Reubenites

In the dictionaries

• Bashan
• Encourage
• Meet
• Og
• Region
• Sihon
• Strengthen
• Suffice
• Deuteronomy
• Papyrus

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 3

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings