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JPS Old Testament

Numbers 31:11

And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast.

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;
Easy-to-Read Version
They took all the people and animals
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.
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 And they warred against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew every male. 8 And they slew the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian; Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. 9 And the children of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones; and all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they took for a prey. 10 And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire. 11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast. 12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp, unto the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 20:14, Joshua 8:2

Cross-References

Genesis 18:1
And the LORD appeared unto him by the terebinths of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
Genesis 18:17
And the LORD said: 'Shall I hide from Abraham that which I am doing;
Genesis 22:1
And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said unto him: 'Abraham'; and he said: 'Here am I.'
Genesis 31:5
and said unto them: 'I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as beforetime; but the God of my father hath been with me.
Genesis 31:7
And your father hath mocked me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
Genesis 31:13
I am the God of Beth-el, where thou didst anoint a pillar, where thou didst vow a vow unto Me. Now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy nativity.'
Genesis 31:15
Are we not accounted by him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our price.
Genesis 31:16
For all the riches which God hath taken away from our father, that is ours and our children's. Now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.'
Exodus 3:4
And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said: 'Moses, Moses.' And he said: 'Here am I.'
1 Samuel 3:4
that the LORD called Samuel; and he said: 'Here am I.'

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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