Numbers 31:11

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 20:14 : 14 However, the women, little children, cattle, and anything else in the city– all its plunder– you may take for yourselves as spoil. You may take from your enemies the plunder that the LORD your God has given you.
  • Josh 8:2 : 2 Do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho and its king, except you may plunder its goods and cattle. Set an ambush behind the city!”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 31:12-13
    2 verses
    86%

    12They brought the captives and the spoils and the plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the Israelite community, to the camp on the rift valley plains of Moab, along the Jordan River across from Jericho.

    13Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the community went out to meet them outside the camp.

  • Num 31:9-10
    2 verses
    84%

    9The Israelites took the women of Midian captive along with their little ones, and took all their herds, all their flocks, and all their goods as plunder.

    10They burned all their towns where they lived and all their encampments.

  • Deut 3:6-7
    2 verses
    82%

    6We put all of these under divine judgment just as we had done to King Sihon of Heshbon– every occupied city, including women and children.

    7But all the livestock and plunder from the cities we kept for ourselves.

  • Num 31:25-33
    9 verses
    82%

    25The Distribution of Spoils Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

    26“You and Eleazar the priest, and all the family leaders of the community, take the sum of the plunder that was captured, both people and animals.

    27Divide the plunder into two parts, one for those who took part in the war– who went out to battle– and the other for all the community.

    28“You must exact a tribute for the LORD from the fighting men who went out to battle: one life out of five hundred, from the people, the cattle, and from the donkeys and the sheep.

    29You are to take it from their half-share and give it to Eleazar the priest for a raised offering to the LORD.

    30From the Israelites’ half-share you are to take one portion out of fifty of the people, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep– from every kind of animal– and you are to give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the LORD’s tabernacle.”

    31So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.

    32The spoil that remained of the plunder which the fighting men had gathered was 675,000 sheep,

    3372,000 cattle,

  • Deut 2:34-35
    2 verses
    80%

    34At that time we seized all his cities and put every one of them under divine judgment, including even the women and children; we left no survivors.

    35We kept only the livestock and plunder from the cities for ourselves.

  • Gen 34:28-29
    2 verses
    79%

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

    29They captured as plunder all their wealth, all their little ones, and their wives, including everything in the houses.

  • Num 31:53-54
    2 verses
    79%

    53Each soldier had taken plunder for himself.

    54So Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds and brought it into the tent of meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD.

  • Deut 20:14
    78%

    14However, the women, little children, cattle, and anything else in the city– all its plunder– you may take for yourselves as spoil. You may take from your enemies the plunder that the LORD your God has given you.

  • Josh 8:27
    78%

    27But Israel did plunder the cattle and the goods of the city, in keeping with the LORD’s orders to Joshua.

  • Josh 11:14
    78%

    14The Israelites plundered all the goods of these cities and the cattle, but they totally destroyed all the people and allowed no one who breathed to live.

  • Num 31:51
    76%

    51Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all of it in the form of ornaments.

  • 2 Chr 14:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14They defeated all the cities surrounding Gerar, for the LORD caused them to panic. The men of Judah looted all the cities, for they contained a huge amount of goods.

    15They also attacked the tents of the herdsmen in charge of the livestock. They carried off many sheep and camels and then returned to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Sam 30:20
    75%

    20David took all the flocks and herds and drove them in front of the rest of the animals. People were saying,“This is David’s plunder!”

  • 2 Chr 28:14
    74%

    14So the soldiers released the captives and the plunder before the officials and the entire assembly.

  • Num 31:7
    74%

    7They fought against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

  • Gen 14:11
    74%

    11The four victorious kings took all the possessions and food of Sodom and Gomorrah and left.

  • Judg 6:4
    73%

    4They invaded the land and devoured its crops all the way to Gaza. They left nothing for the Israelites to eat, and they took away the sheep, oxen, and donkeys.

  • Num 31:15
    73%

    15Moses said to them,“Have you allowed all the women to live?

  • 1 Sam 30:2
    72%

    2They took captive the women and all who were in it, from the youngest to the oldest, but they did not kill anyone. They simply carried them off and went on their way.

  • Num 31:47
    72%

    47From the Israelites’ share Moses took one of every fifty people and animals and gave them to the Levites who were responsible for the care of the LORD’s tabernacle, just as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Josh 6:21
    72%

    21They annihilated with the sword everything that breathed in the city, including men and women, young and old, as well as cattle, sheep, and donkeys.

  • 1 Chr 5:21
    72%

    21They seized the Hagrites’ animals, including 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys. They also took captive 100,000 people.

  • Josh 11:12
    72%

    12Joshua captured all these royal cities and all their kings and annihilated them with the sword, as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded.

  • Josh 6:24
    71%

    24But they burned the city and all that was in it, except for the silver, gold, and bronze and iron items they put in the treasury of the LORD’s house.

  • Num 21:32
    71%

    32Moses sent spies to reconnoiter Jaazer, and they captured its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.

  • Exod 12:35
    71%

    35Now the Israelites had done as Moses told them– they had requested from the Egyptians silver and gold items and clothing.

  • 1 Sam 15:21
    71%

    21But the army took from the plunder some of the sheep and cattle– the best of what was to be slaughtered– to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.”

  • Num 31:42
    71%

    42From the Israelites’ half-share that Moses had separated from the fighting men,

  • 1 Sam 17:53
    71%

    53When the Israelites returned from their hot pursuit of the Philistines, they looted their camp.

  • Josh 22:8
    71%

    8saying,“Take home great wealth, a lot of cattle, silver, gold, bronze, iron, and a lot of clothing. Divide up the goods captured from your enemies with your brothers.”

  • Num 31:2
    71%

    2“Exact vengeance for the Israelites from the Midianites– after that you will be gathered to your people.”

  • Judg 11:22
    71%

    22They took all the Amorite territory from the Arnon River on the south to the Jabbok River on the north, from the desert in the east to the Jordan in the west.

  • Ezek 38:12
    70%

    12to loot and plunder, to attack the inhabited ruins and the people gathered from the nations, who are acquiring cattle and goods, who live at the center of the earth.”