Joshua 8:27

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 8:2 : 2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.
  • Josh 11:4 : 4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that [is] upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.
  • Ps 50:10 : 10 For every beast of the forest [is] mine, [and] the cattle upon a thousand hills.
  • Matt 20:15 : 15 ‹Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?›
  • Num 31:22 : 22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
  • Num 31:26 : 26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, [both] of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 2:35
    85%

    35Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.

  • Josh 8:1-2
    2 verses
    82%

    1¶ And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land:

    2And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

  • Deut 3:7
    82%

    7But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.

  • Deut 20:14
    80%

    14But 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.

  • Josh 11:12-15
    4 verses
    80%

    12And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, [and] he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.

    13But [as for] the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; [that] did Joshua burn.

    14And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.

    15¶ As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Josh 8:26
    79%

    26For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

  • Num 31:11
    78%

    11And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, [both] of men and of beasts.

  • Josh 8:8
    78%

    8And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, [that] ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.

  • Josh 8:28
    77%

    28And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, [even] a desolation unto this day.

  • Josh 8:21-24
    4 verses
    75%

    21And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.

    22And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.

    23¶ And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.

    24And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

  • Josh 6:24
    75%

    24And they burnt the city with fire, and all that [was] therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.

  • Josh 10:30
    75%

    30And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that [were] therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho.

  • Josh 6:21
    75%

    21And they utterly destroyed all that [was] in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

  • Josh 8:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16And all the people that [were] in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

    17And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

  • Josh 11:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.

    9And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.

  • Josh 11:23
    74%

    23So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.

  • Josh 7:24
    74%

    24And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.

  • Josh 10:20
    73%

    20And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest [which] remained of them entered into fenced cities.

  • Josh 10:39-40
    2 verses
    73%

    39And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that [were] therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.

    40So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.

  • Josh 11:19
    73%

    19There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all [other] they took in battle.

  • Gen 34:28-29
    2 verses
    73%

    28They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which [was] in the city, and that which [was] in the field,

    29And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that [was] in the house.

  • Josh 8:19
    73%

    19And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.

  • Josh 8:13
    73%

    13And when they had set the people, [even] all the host that [was] on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

  • Num 31:9
    73%

    9And the children of Israel took [all] the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.

  • Deut 13:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that [is] therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.

    16And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.

  • Josh 11:6
    72%

    6And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.

  • Josh 10:42
    72%

    42And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.