Deuteronomy 20:14

But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, [even] all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

But the women {H802}, and the little ones {H2945}, and the cattle {H929}, and all that is in the city {H5892}, even all the spoil {H7998} thereof, shalt thou take {H962} unto thyself; and thou shalt eat {H398} the spoil {H7998} of thine enemies {H341}, which the LORD {H3068} thy God {H430} hath given {H5414} thee.

However, you are to take as booty for yourself the women, the little ones, the livestock, and everything in the city - all its spoil. Yes, you will feed on your enemies' spoil, which ADONAI your God has given you.

But the women, children, livestock, and whatever else is in the city—all its spoil—you may take as plunder, and you shall use the spoil of your enemies that the LORD your God gives you.

but the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take for a prey unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which Jehovah thy God hath given thee.

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Cross-References

  • Joshua 8:2 (5 votes)

    And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

  • Joshua 22:8 (4 votes)

    And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.

  • Numbers 31:9 (3 votes)

    And the children of Israel took [all] the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.

  • Numbers 31:35 (2 votes)

    And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.

  • Numbers 31:54 (2 votes)

    And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, [for] a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.

  • Numbers 31:18 (2 votes)

    But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

  • Romans 8:37 (2 votes)

    Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.