Revised Literal Translation
Deuteronomy 3:7
7But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to 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 these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many. 6And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city. But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves. 8And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon; 9(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
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וְכָל־הַבְּהֵמָ֛ה וּשְׁלַ֥ל הֶעָרִ֖ים בַּזּ֥וֹנוּ לָֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 3:7
- Deuteronomy 2:35Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.
- Joshua 8:27Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of Yhwh which he commanded Joshua.
- Joshua 11:11And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt 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
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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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