Deuteronomy 2:35

Deuteronomy 2:35 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Only the livestock we took as spoil for ourselves, with the plunder of the cities that we captured.
• New King James Version (NKJV)We took only the livestock as plunder for ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we took.
• New Living Translation (NLT)We took all the livestock as plunder for ourselves, along with anything of value from the towns we ransacked.

Context of Deuteronomy 2:35

33the Lord our God delivered him over to us and we struck him down, together with his sons and his whole army. 34At that time we took all his towns and completely destroyed them—men, women and children. We left no survivors. But the livestock and the plunder from the towns we had captured we carried off for ourselves. 36From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the gorge, even as far as Gilead, not one town was too strong for us. The Lord our God gave us all of them. 37But in accordance with the command of the Lord our God, you did not encroach on any of the land of the Ammonites, neither the land along the course of the Jabbok nor that around the towns in the hills.

Deuteronomy 2:35 word by word

רַ֥ק הַבְּהֵמָ֖ה בָּזַ֣זְנוּ לָ֑נוּ וּשְׁלַ֥ל הֶעָרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לָכָֽדְנוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Only the cattleבְּהֵמָהbehêmâh · animalH929
• we took for a preyבָּזַזbâzaz · to plunderH962
• unto ourselves, and the spoilשָׁלָלshâlâl · spoilH7998
• of the citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• which we tookלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 2:35

• Deuteronomy 20:14As for the women, the children, the livestock and everything else in the city, you may take these as plunder for yourselves. And you may use the plunder the Lord your God gives you from your enemies.
• Numbers 31:9The Israelites captured the Midianite women and children and took all the Midianite herds, flocks and goods as plunder.
• Joshua 8:27But Israel did carry off for themselves the livestock and plunder of this city, as the Lord had instructed Joshua.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 2:35

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-37Verses 24-37 God tried his people, by forbidding them to meddle with the rich countries of Moab and Ammon. He gives them possession of the country of the Amorites. If we keep from what God forbids, we shall not lose by our obedience. The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof; and he gives it to whom he pleases; but when there is no express direction, none can plead his grant for such proceedings. Though God assured the Israelites that the land…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-37See Numbers 21:21–32.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-3719-37. when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them--The Ammonites, being kindred to the Moabites, were, from regard to the memory of their common ancestor, to remain undisturbed by the Israelites. The territory of this people had been directly north from that of Moab. It extended as far as the Jabbok, having been taken by them from a number of small Canaanitish tribes, namely, the Zamzummins, a…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 2:35

• Amorites
• Israel
• Sihon
• Spoils

In the dictionaries

• Contend
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• Deuteronomy
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 2

• 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