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Numbers 31:11

They took all the people and animals

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Captive;   Sanitation;   War;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Midianites;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Midianites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Midian;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Gideon;   Midian;   Moab;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Midian, Mtdianites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Eleazar ;   Midian, Midianites ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Shittim;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jaw;   Prey;   Slave;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hafṭarah;   Midian and Midianites;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
They took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of animal.
King James Version
And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
Lexham English Bible
They took all the plunder and all the war-booty with the humans and domestic animals.
English Standard Version
and took all the spoil and all the plunder, both of man and of beast.
New Century Version
but they took all the people and animals and goods.
New English Translation
They took all the plunder and all the spoils, both people and animals.
Amplified Bible
They took all the plunder and all the spoils of war, both people and livestock.
New American Standard Bible
And they took all the plunder and all the spoils, both of people and of livestock.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they tooke all the spoyle and all the pray both of men and beastes.
Legacy Standard Bible
And they took all the spoil and all the loot, both of man and of beast.
Contemporary English Version
Israel's soldiers gathered together everything they had taken from the Midianites, including the captives and the animals.
Complete Jewish Bible
They took all the booty, all the people and animals they had captured,
Darby Translation
And they took all the booty, and all the prey, of man and of cattle;
George Lamsa Translation
And they carried away all the spoil and all the booty, both of men and of beasts.
Good News Translation
They took all the loot that they had captured, including the prisoners and the animals,
Christian Standard Bible®
and took away all the spoils of war and the captives, both people and animals.
Literal Translation
And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, among man and among animal.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they toke all ye spoyles, & all yt they coulde catche men & catell,
American Standard Version
And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast.
Bible in Basic English
They went away with the goods they had taken, man and beast.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they toke all the spoyle, and all the bootie, both of men and beastes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast.
King James Version (1611)
And they tooke all the spoile, and all the pray, both of men and of beasts.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they took all their plunder, and all their spoils, both man and beast.
English Revised Version
And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast.
Berean Standard Bible
and carried away all the plunder and spoils, both people and animals.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And they token pray, and alle thingis whiche thei hadden take, as wel of men as of beestis, and thei brouyten to Moyses,
Young's Literal Translation
And they take all the spoil, and all the prey, among man and among beast;
Update Bible Version
And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, [both] of men and of beasts.
World English Bible
They took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of animal.
New King James Version
And they took all the spoil and all the booty--of man and beast.
New Living Translation
After they had gathered the plunder and captives, both people and animals,
New Life Bible
They took all that was left of both man and animal.
New Revised Standard
but they took all the spoil and all the booty, both people and animals.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then took they all the spoil, and all the booty, - both of man and beast;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they carried away the booty, and all that they had taken both of men and of beasts.
Revised Standard Version
and took all the spoil and all the booty, both of man and of beast.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They took all the spoil and all the prey, both of man and of beast.

Contextual Overview

7 The Israelites fought the Midianites as the Lord had commanded. They killed all the Midianite men. 8 Among the people who they killed were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with a sword. 9 The Israelites took the Midianite women and children as prisoners. They also took all their sheep, cattle, and other things. 10 Then they burned all their towns and villages. 11 They took all the people and animals 12 and brought them to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the other Israelites. They brought all the things they took in war to the camp of Israel. The Israelites were camped in the Jordan Valley in Moab, on the east side of the Jordan River across from Jericho.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 20:14, Joshua 8:2

Cross-References

Genesis 18:1
Later, the Lord again appeared to Abraham near the oak trees of Mamre. It was the hottest part of the day, and Abraham was sitting at the door of his tent.
Genesis 18:17
The Lord said to himself, "Should I tell Abraham what I am going to do now?
Genesis 22:1
After these things God decided to test Abraham's faith. God said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Yes!"
Genesis 31:5
He said to them, "I have noticed that your father is not as friendly with me as he used to be. But the God of my father has been with me.
Genesis 31:7
But he cheated me. He has changed my pay ten times. But during all this time, God protected me from all of Laban's tricks.
Genesis 31:13
I am the God who came to you at Bethel, and there you made an altar, poured olive oil on it, and made a promise to me. Now I want you to be ready to go back to the country where you were born.'"
Genesis 31:15
He treated us like strangers. He sold us to you, and then he spent all the money that should have been ours.
Genesis 31:16
God took all this wealth from our father, and now it belongs to us and our children. So you should do whatever God told you to do."
Exodus 3:4
The Lord saw Moses was coming to look at the bush. So he called to him from the bush. He said, "Moses, Moses!" Moses said, "Yes, Lord."
1 Samuel 3:4
The Lord called Samuel, and Samuel answered, "Here I am."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they took all the spoil,.... In their cities and castles; and all the prey, both of men and of beasts; all sorts of cattle, oxen, sheep, and asses.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The “prey” refers to the captives and live-stock: the “spoil” to the ornaments and other effects.


 
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