Numbers 31 · Verse 11

Numbers 31:11

And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
Numbers 31:11, King James Version

Numbers 31:11 in other translations

BSBand carried away all the plunder and spoils, both people and animals.
WEBThey took all the captives, and all the plunder, both of man and of animal.
ASVAnd they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast.
YLTAnd they take all the spoil, and all the prey, among man and among beast;
DARBYAnd they took all the booty, and all the prey, of man and of cattle;
BBEThey went away with the goods they had taken, man and beast.
WebsterAnd they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.

What does Numbers 31:11 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 31:7-12

The Israelites slew the Kings of Midian. They slew Balaam. God's overruling providence brought him thither, and their just vengeance found him. Had he himself rightly believed what he had said of the happy state of Israel, he would not have thus herded with the enemies of Israel. The Midianites' wicked wiles were Balaam's projects: it was just that he should perish with them, Ho 4:5. They took the women and children…

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Numbers 31:11 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּקְחוּ֙vai.yik.Chuand they tookH3947
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַשָּׁלָ֔לha.sha.Lalthe plunderH7998
וְאֵ֖תve.'Etand <obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַמַּלְק֑וֹחַha.mal.Ko.achthe bootyH4455
בָּאָדָ֖םba.'a.Damamong <the> humankindH120
וּבַבְּהֵמָֽה\׃u.va.be.he.Mahand among the livestockH929

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Cross references for Numbers 31:11

  • Deuteronomy 20:14

    But 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.

  • 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.

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De 20:14; Jos 8:2

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Context

  • Numbers 31:10

    And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.

  • Numbers 31:11

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

  • Numbers 31:12

    And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.

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Numbers 31:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y tomaron todo el despojo, y toda la presa, así de hombres como de bestias.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et ils emportèrent tout le butin et tout ce qu’ils avaient pris, en hommes et en bêtes;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie nahmen alle Beute und allen Raub an Menschen und an Vieh,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et tulerunt prædam, et universa quæ ceperant tam ex hominibus quam ex jumentis,