Numbers 31:53
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Each of the soldiers had taken plunder for himself.”
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BSBPD
“Each of the soldiers had taken plunder for himself.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“(For the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.)”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“(the men of the host have spoiled each for himself);”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Numbers 31:53 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 31:9The Israelites captured the Midianite women and their children, and they plundered all their herds, flocks, and goods.
- Numbers 31:32and this plunder remained from the spoils the soldiers had taken: 675,000 sheep,
- Deuteronomy 20:14But 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.
- 2 Chronicles 20:25Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables—more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for three days because there was so much.
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