We defeated the town of Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Valley and the other town in the middle of that valley. The Lord let us defeat all the cities between the Arnon Valley and Gilead. No city was too strong for us.
Deuteronomy 2:35 - Easy To Read Version We took only the cattle and the valuable things from those cities. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Only the cattle we took as booty for ourselves and the spoil of the cities which we had captured. American Standard Version (1901) only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we had taken. Common English Bible The only things we kept for ourselves were the animals and the plunder from the towns we had taken. Catholic Public Domain Version except the cattle, which went to the share of those who plundered them. And we seized the spoils of the cities, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Except the cattle which came to the share of them that took them: and the spoils of the cities, which we took: |
We defeated the town of Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Valley and the other town in the middle of that valley. The Lord let us defeat all the cities between the Arnon Valley and Gilead. No city was too strong for us.
But you may take for yourselves the women, the children, the cows, and everything else in the city. You may use all these things. The Lord your God has given these things to you.
But we kept all the cows and the valuable things from the cities for ourselves.
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.”
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.