Joshua 8:27 - Easy To Read Version

²⁷ The people of Israel kept the animals and other things from the city for themselves. This is what the Lord said they could do when he gave Joshua the commands.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ Only the livestock and the spoil of that city Israel took as booty for themselves, according to the word of the Lord which He commanded Joshua.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for prey unto themselves, according unto the word of Jehovah which he commanded Joshua.

Common English Bible

²⁷ However, Israel did take the cattle and other booty of that city as plunder for themselves, in agreement with the command that the LORD had given Joshua.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ Then the sons of Israel divided among themselves the cattle and the plunder of the city, just as the Lord had instructed Joshua.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ And the children of Israel divided among them the cattle and the prey of the city, as the Lord had commanded Josue.

Joshua 8:27 Cross References

Psalm 50:10

I don’t need those animals.\par I already own all the animals in the forest.\par I already own all the animals\par on thousands of mountains. {\cf2\super [300]} \par

Numbers 31:26

“You, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders should count all of the prisoners, animals, and all of the things that the soldiers took in war.

Matthew 20:15

I can do what I want with my own money. Are you jealous because I am good \{to those people\}?’

Deuteronomy 3:7

But we kept all the cows and the valuable things from the cities for ourselves.

Joshua 11:4

So the armies of all these kings came together. There were many fighting men and many horses and chariots. It was a very, very large army—it looked like there were as many men as grains of sand on the sea shore.

Joshua 8:2

You will do to Ai and its king the same thing you did to Jericho and its king. Only this time you can take all the wealth and animals and keep it for yourselves. You will share the wealth with your people. Now, tell some of your soldiers to hide behind the city.”

Joshua 8:28

Then Joshua burned the city of Ai. [41] That city became an empty pile of rocks. It is still like that today.