New English Translation
Deuteronomy 3:7
7But all the livestock and plunder from the cities we kept for ourselves.
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 of these cities were fortified by high walls, gates, and locking bars; in addition there were a great many open villages. 6We put all of these under divine judgment just as we had done to King Sihon of Heshbon – every occupied city, including women and children. But all the livestock and plunder from the cities we kept for ourselves. 8So at that time we took the land of the two Amorite kings in the Transjordan from Wadi Arnon to Mount Hermon 9(the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion and the Amorites call it Senir),
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וְכָל־הַבְּהֵמָ֛ה וּשְׁלַ֥ל הֶעָרִ֖ים בַּזּ֥וֹנוּ לָֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Deuteronomy 3:7
- Deuteronomy 2:35We kept only the livestock and plunder from the cities for ourselves.
- Joshua 8:27But Israel did plunder the cattle and the goods of the city, in accordance with the Lord’s orders to Joshua.
- Joshua 11:11They annihilated everyone who lived there with the sword – no one who breathed remained – and burned Hazor.
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
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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
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