Joshua 8:27
What does Joshua 8:27 mean?
A plain-English look at Joshua 8:27 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for prey unto themselves, according unto the word of Jehovah which he commanded Joshua.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Only 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for prey unto themselves, according unto the word of Jehovah which he commanded Joshua.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But the cattle and the goods from that town, Israel took for themselves, as the Lord had given orders to Joshua.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862only, the cattle and the spoil of that city have Israel spoiled for themselves, according to the word of Jehovah which He commanded Joshua.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the children of Israel divided among them, the cattle and the prey of the city, as the Lord had commanded Joshua.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Only, 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.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 31:22
howbeit the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
- 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 31:26
Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the congregation;
- Psalms 50:10
For every beast of the forest is mine, And the cattle upon a thousand hills.
- Matthew 20:15
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good?
- 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: set thee an ambush for the city behind it.
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