Deuteronomy 20:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But 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.”
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“But 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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.”
King James Version · Public Domain“but the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take for a prey unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which Jehovah thy God hath given thee.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Only, the women, and the infants, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, all its spoil, thou dost seize for thyself, and thou hast eaten the spoil of thine enemies which Jehovah thy God hath given to thee.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 20:14 — 13 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 31:12They brought the captives, spoils, and plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.
- Numbers 31:18but spare for yourselves every girl who has never had relations with a man.
- Numbers 31:35and 32,000 women who had not slept with a man.
- Numbers 31:53Each of the soldiers had taken plunder for himself.
- Deuteronomy 2:35We carried off for ourselves only the livestock and the plunder from the cities we captured.
- Joshua 8:2And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind the city.”
- Joshua 11:14The Israelites took for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but they put all the people to the sword until they had completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone who breathed.
- Joshua 22:8saying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth, with immense herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and very many clothes. Divide with your brothers the spoil of your enemies.”
- 2 Chronicles 14:13Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunder
- 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.
- Psalms 68:12“Kings and their armies flee in haste; she who waits at home divides the plunder.
- Romans 8:37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
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