Joshua 8:27

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

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  • Josh 8:2 : 2 "Do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king. However, you may take its spoil and its livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush against the city, behind it."
  • Josh 11:4 : 4 They came out with all their armies, a vast number of people as numerous as the sand on the seashore, along with a large number of horses and chariots.
  • Ps 50:10 : 10 For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.
  • Matt 20:15 : 15 'Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?'
  • Num 31:22 : 22 Only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
  • Num 31:26 : 26 'Take a count of the plunder that was captured, both man and beast, you and Eleazar the priest and the chief fathers of the congregation.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 2:35
    85%

    35Only the livestock and the plunder from the cities we took as spoil for ourselves.

  • Josh 8:1-2
    2 verses
    82%

    1The Lord said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid or dismayed. Take all the fighting men with you and go up to Ai. See, I have delivered into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land."

    2"Do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king. However, you may take its spoil and its livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush against the city, behind it."

  • Deut 3:7
    82%

    7But we kept all the livestock and the spoils of the cities for ourselves.

  • Deut 20:14
    80%

    14However, you may take the women, children, livestock, and everything else in the city as your spoils. You may enjoy the plunder from your enemies that the LORD your God has given you.

  • Josh 11:12-15
    4 verses
    80%

    12Joshua captured all the cities of these kings and their kings as well. He struck them down with the sword and completely destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded.

    13However, Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds, except for Hazor, which Joshua burned.

    14The Israelites took all the plunder and livestock of these cities for themselves, but they killed all the people with the sword, completely destroying them and leaving no survivors.

    15As the LORD had commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua did as instructed. He left nothing undone from all that the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • Josh 8:26
    79%

    26Joshua did not draw back the hand with which he had stretched out the javelin until he had completely destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

  • Num 31:11
    78%

    11They took all the plunder and all the spoils, both people and animals.

  • Josh 8:8
    78%

    8"When you have taken the city, you shall set it on fire, as the Lord has commanded. See, I have commanded you."

  • Josh 8:28
    77%

    28So Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolation to this day.

  • Josh 8:21-24
    4 verses
    75%

    21When Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had captured the city and that its smoke was rising, they turned back and struck down the men of Ai.

    22The others came out from the city to meet them, so the men of Ai were surrounded by the Israelites, some on one side and some on the other. They struck them down until no survivors or fugitives were left.

    23But they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.

    24When Israel finished killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the open field and in the wilderness where they had pursued them, and they had all fallen by the edge of the sword until they were completely destroyed, all Israel returned to Ai and struck it down with the sword.

  • Josh 6:24
    75%

    24Then they burned the city and everything in it with fire. However, they put the silver, gold, bronze, and iron items into the treasury of the LORD's house.

  • Josh 10:30
    75%

    30The LORD gave Libnah into Israel's hands, along with its king. Joshua put the city and everyone in it to the sword, leaving no survivors. He treated its king as he had treated the king of Jericho.

  • Josh 6:21
    75%

    21They devoted to destruction everything in the city—men and women, young and old, as well as oxen, sheep, and donkeys—by the edge of the sword.

  • Josh 8:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16All the people of Ai were summoned to pursue them. They chased after Joshua and were drawn away from the city.

    17Not a man remained in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel. They left the city unguarded and pursued Israel.

  • Josh 11:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8The LORD gave them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them as far as Greater Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and the valley of Mizpeh to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.

    9Joshua did to them as the LORD had instructed: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots in the fire.

  • Josh 11:23
    74%

    23So Joshua took the entire land, just as the LORD had promised to Moses, and gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal divisions. And the land had rest from war.

  • Josh 7:24
    74%

    24Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan, son of Zerah, along with the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, daughters, cattle, donkeys, sheep, his tent, and all that he had, and brought them up to the Valley of Achor.

  • Josh 10:20
    73%

    20So Joshua and the Israelites completely defeated them with a great slaughter, almost wiping them out. But a few survivors managed to retreat to their fortified cities.

  • Josh 10:39-40
    2 verses
    73%

    39They captured it, its king, and all its villages. They struck them with the edge of the sword and completely destroyed everyone in it, leaving no survivors. They did to Debir and its king as they had done to Hebron, to Libnah, and its king.

    40So Joshua conquered the whole country—the hill country, the Negev, the lowland, and the slopes—along with all their kings. He left no survivors but devoted every living thing to destruction, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.

  • Josh 11:19
    73%

    19No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon. All others were taken in battle.

  • Gen 34:28-29
    2 verses
    73%

    28They took their flocks, herds, donkeys, and everything in the city and in the fields.

    29They carried off all their wealth, their children, and their wives, taking everything in the houses as plunder.

  • Josh 8:19
    73%

    19As soon as he stretched out his hand, the ambush rose quickly from their position, ran into the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.

  • Josh 8:13
    73%

    13The people positioned all the camp to the north of the city, while a rear guard was placed to the west of the city. That night, Joshua went into the valley.

  • Num 31:9
    73%

    9The Israelites captured the women of Midian and their children, and they took all their livestock, all their goods, and all their wealth as plunder.

  • Deut 13:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. If the report is true and confirmed that such a detestable act has been done among you,

    16you must surely strike down the inhabitants of that city with the sword, devoting it and all that is in it, including its livestock, to complete destruction.

  • Josh 11:6
    72%

    6The LORD said to Joshua, 'Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn their chariots in the fire.'

  • Josh 10:42
    72%

    42Joshua captured all these kings and their lands at one time because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.