Numbers 31:53

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Each soldier had taken plunder for himself.

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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.
  • Num 31:32 : 32 The spoil that remained of the plunder which the fighting men had gathered was 675,000 sheep,

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  • Num 31:11-12
    2 verses
    79%

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

    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.

  • Num 31:49-52
    4 verses
    79%

    49and said to him,“Your servants have taken a count of the men who were in the battle, who were under our authority, and not one is missing.

    50So we have brought as an offering for the LORD what each man found: gold ornaments, armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”

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

    52All the gold of the offering they offered up to the LORD from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds weighed 16,750 shekels.

  • Num 31:26-30
    5 verses
    79%

    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.”

  • Num 31:54
    78%

    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.

  • Num 31:41-42
    2 verses
    75%

    41So Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD’s raised offering, to Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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

  • Deut 3:7
    74%

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

  • Num 31:32
    74%

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

  • Num 31:9
    73%

    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.

  • Deut 2:35
    72%

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

  • Num 31:2-5
    4 verses
    72%

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

    3So Moses spoke to the people:“Arm men from among you for the war, to attack the Midianites and to execute the LORD’s vengeance on Midian.

    4You must send to the battle a thousand men from every tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel.”

    5So a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for battle in all, were provided out of the thousands of Israel.

  • Judg 8:25
    72%

    25They said,“We are happy to give you earrings.” So they spread out a garment, and each one threw an earring from his plunder onto it.

  • 2 Chr 28:14
    72%

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

  • Deut 20:14
    71%

    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.

  • Gen 34:29
    71%

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

  • Num 31:47
    71%

    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 22:8
    70%

    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.”

  • Josh 8:27
    70%

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

  • Exod 32:27
    70%

    27and he said to them,“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, has said‘Each man fasten his sword on his side, and go back and forth from entrance to entrance throughout the camp, and each one kill his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”

  • 1 Sam 30:24
    70%

    24Who will listen to you in this matter? The portion of the one who went down into the battle will be the same as the portion of the one who remained with the equipment! Let their portions be the same!”

  • Num 31:7
    70%

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

  • 1 Sam 17:53
    69%

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

  • Exod 25:3
    69%

    3This is the offering you are to accept from them: gold, silver, bronze,

  • 1 Sam 30:20
    69%

    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!”

  • Num 7:5
    69%

    5“Receive these gifts from them, that they may be used in doing the work of the tent of meeting; and you must give them to the Levites, to every man as his service requires.”

  • Num 3:49-50
    2 verses
    69%

    49So Moses took the redemption money from those who were in excess of those redeemed by the Levites.

    50From the firstborn males of the Israelites he collected the money, 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

  • Num 31:21
    69%

    21Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone into the battle,“This is the ordinance of the law that the LORD commanded Moses:

  • 1 Chr 26:27
    69%

    27They had dedicated some of the plunder taken in battles to be used for repairs on the LORD’s temple.

  • Exod 3:22
    69%

    22Every woman will ask her neighbor and the one who happens to be staying in her house for items of silver and gold and for clothing. You will put these articles on your sons and daughters– thus you will plunder Egypt!”

  • Judg 5:30
    69%

    30‘No doubt they are gathering and dividing the plunder– a girl or two for each man to rape! Sisera is grabbing up colorful cloth, he is grabbing up colorful embroidered cloth, two pieces of colorful embroidered cloth, for the neck of the plunderer!’

  • 2 Chr 20:25
    69%

    25Jehoshaphat and his men went to gather the plunder; they found a huge amount of supplies, clothing, and valuable items. They carried away everything they could. There was so much plunder, it took them three days to haul it off.

  • Exod 12:35
    69%

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

  • Num 5:10
    69%

    10Every man’s holy things will be his; whatever any man gives the priest will be his.’”