Joshua 8:27
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.
Joshua 8:27 in other translations
| BSB | Israel took for themselves only the cattle and plunder of that city, as the LORD had commanded Joshua. |
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| WEB | Israel took for themselves only the livestock and the goods of that city, according to the LORD’s word which he commanded Joshua. |
| ASV | Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for prey unto themselves, according unto the word of Jehovah which he commanded Joshua. |
| YLT | only, the cattle and the spoil of that city have Israel spoiled for themselves, according to the word of Jehovah which He commanded Joshua. |
| DARBY | Only, the cattle and the spoil of the city Israel took as prey to themselves, according to the word of Jehovah which he had commanded Joshua. |
| BBE | But the cattle and the goods from that town, Israel took for themselves, as the Lord had given orders to Joshua. |
| Webster | Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey to themselves, according to the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua. |
What does Joshua 8:27 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 8:23-29
God, the righteous Judge, had sentenced the Canaanites for their wickedness; the Israelites only executed his doom. None of their conduct can be drawn into an example for others. Especial reason no doubt there was for this severity to the king of Ai; it is likely he had been notoriously wicked and vile, and a blasphemer of the God of Israel.
Joshua 8:27 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 8:27
- Joshua 8:2
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.
- Numbers 31:26
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:
- Matthew 20:15
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
- Psalms 50:10
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
- Joshua 11:4
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.
- Numbers 31:22
Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
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Context
- Joshua 8:26
For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
- Joshua 8:27
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.
- Joshua 8:28
And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.
Joshua 8:27 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Empero los Israelitas tomaron para sí las bestias y los despojos de la ciudad, conforme á la palabra de Jehová que él había mandado á Josué. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Seulement, Israël pilla pour lui les bêtes et le butin de cette ville-là, selon la parole que l’ Éternel avait commandée à Josué. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Nur das Vieh und die Beute jener Stadt plünderte Israel für sich, nach dem Worte Jehovas, das er dem Josua geboten hatte. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Jumenta autem et prædam civitatis diviserunt sibi filii Israël, sicut præceperat Dominus Josue. |