◄ Deuteronomy 20:14 ►
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Good News Translation
You may, however, take for yourselves the women, the children, the livestock, and everything else in the city. You may use everything that belongs to your enemies. The LORD has given it to you.

New Revised Standard Version
You may, however, take as your booty the women, the children, livestock, and everything else in the town, all its spoil. You may enjoy the spoil of your enemies, which the LORD your God has given you.

New American Bible
but the women and children and livestock and anything else in the city—all its spoil—you may take as plunder for yourselves, and you may enjoy this spoil of your enemies, which the LORD, your God, has given you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Excepting women and children, cattle and other things, that are in the city. And thou shalt divide all the prey to the army, and thou shalt eat the spoils of thy enemies, which the Lord thy God shall give thee.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Excepting women and children, cattle and other things, that are in the city. And thou shalt divide all the prey to the army, and thou shalt eat the spoils of thy enemies, which the Lord thy God shall give thee.

the women

Numbers 31:9,12,18,35 And they took their women, and their children captives, and all their cattle, and all their goods: and all their possessions they plundered: . . .

Joshua 8:2 And thou shalt do to the city of Hai, and to the king thereof, as thou hast done to Jericho, and to the king thereof: but the spoils, and all the cattle, you shall take for a prey to yourselves: lay an ambush for the city behind it.

Joshua 11:14 And the children of Israel divided among themselves all the spoil of these cities and the cattle, killing all the men.

2 Chronicles 14:13-15 And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them to Gerara: and the Ethiopians fell even to utter destruction, for the Lord slew them, and his army fought against them, and they were destroyed. And they took abundance of spoils, . . .

2 Chronicles 20:25 Then Josaphat came, and all the people with him to take away the spoils of the dead, and they found among the dead bodies, stuff of various kinds, and garments, and most precious vessels: and they took them for themselves, insomuch that they could not carry all, nor in three days take away the spoils, the booty was so great.

Psalm 68:12 The king of powers is of the beloved, of the beloved; and the beauty of the house shall divide spoils.

Romans 8:37 But in all these things we overcome, because of him that hath loved us.

take unto thyself [heb] spoil

Joshua 22:8 He said to them: With much substance and riches, you return to your settlements, with silver and gold, brass and iron, and variety of raiment: divide the prey of your enemies with your brethren.

Context
Laws of Warfare
…13And when the Lord thy God shall deliver it into thy hands, thou shalt slay all that are therein of the male sex, with the edge of the sword, 14Excepting women and children, cattle and other things, that are in the city. And thou shalt divide all the prey to the army, and thou shalt eat the spoils of thy enemies, which the Lord thy God shall give thee.15So shalt thou do to all cities that are at a great distance from thee, and are not of these cities which thou shalt receive in possession.…
Cross References
Numbers 31:11
And they carried away the booty, and all that they had taken both of men and of beasts.

Numbers 31:15
Said: Why have you saved the women?

Numbers 31:53
For that which every one had taken in the booty was his own.

Deuteronomy 20:15
So shalt thou do to all cities that are at a great distance from thee, and are not of these cities which thou shalt receive in possession.

Joshua 8:2
And thou shalt do to the city of Hai, and to the king thereof, as thou hast done to Jericho, and to the king thereof: but the spoils, and all the cattle, you shall take for a prey to yourselves: lay an ambush for the city behind it.

Deuteronomy 20:13
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