35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.
35 But the livestock and the plunder from the towns we had captured we carried off for ourselves.
35 Only the livestock we took as spoil for ourselves, with the plunder of the cities that we captured.
35 We took the livestock and the plunder from the towns we had captured and carried them off for ourselves.
35 We took only the livestock as plunder for ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we took.
35 We took all the livestock as plunder for ourselves, along with anything of value from the towns we ransacked.
7 But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.
7 But all the livestock and the plunder from their cities we carried off for ourselves.
7 But all the livestock and the spoil of the cities we took as our plunder.
7 But all the livestock and plunder from the cities we took for ourselves.
7 But all the livestock and the spoil of the cities we took as booty for ourselves.
7 But we kept all the livestock for ourselves and took plunder from all the towns.
(Read Deuteronomy 3:1-11)
1-11 Og was very powerful, but he did not take warning by the ruin of Sihon, and desire conditions of peace. He trusted his own strength, and so was hardened to his destruction. Those not awakened by the judgments of God on others, ripen for the like judgments on themselves.
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.
27 But Israel did carry off for themselves the livestock and plunder of this city, as the Lord had instructed Joshua.
27 Only the livestock and the spoil of that city Israel took as their plunder, according to the word of the Lord that he commanded Joshua.
27 Israel did get to take the livestock and loot left in the city; God's instructions to Joshua allowed for that.
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 had commanded Joshua.
27 Only the livestock and the treasures of the town were not destroyed, for the Israelites kept these as plunder for themselves, as the Lord had commanded Joshua.
(Read Joshua 8:23-29)
God, the righteous Judge, had sentenced the Canaanites for their wickedness; the Israelites only executed his doom. None of their conduct can be drawn into an example for others. Especial reason no doubt there was for this severity to the king of Ai; it is likely he had been notoriously wicked and vile, and a blasphemer of the God of Israel.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 2:35
Commentary on Deuteronomy 2:24-37
(Read Deuteronomy 2:24-37)
God tried his people, by forbidding them to meddle with the rich countries of Moab and Ammon. He gives them possession of the country of the Amorites. If we keep from what God forbids, we shall not lose by our obedience. The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof; and he gives it to whom he pleases; but when there is no express direction, none can plead his grant for such proceedings. Though God assured the Israelites that the land should be their own, yet they must contend with the enemy. What God gives we must endeavour to get. What a new world did Israel now come into! Much more joyful will the change be, which holy souls will experience, when they remove out of the wilderness of this world to the better country, that is, the heavenly, to the city that has foundations. Let us, by reflecting upon God's dealings with his people Israel, be led to meditate upon our years spent in vanity, through our transgressions. But happy are those whom Jesus has delivered from the wrath to come. To whom he hath given the earnest of his Spirit in their hearts. Their inheritance cannot be affected by revolutions of kingdoms, or changes in earthly possessions.