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Deuteronomy 3:7

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Deuteronomy 3:7 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey unto ourselves.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey unto ourselves.
Deuteronomy 3:7 — American Standard Version

Context — Deuteronomy 3

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
4And we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we took not from them; threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
5All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars; besides the unwalled towns a great many.
6And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones.
7But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey unto ourselves.
8And we took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon unto mount Hermon;
9([which] Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir;)
10all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, etc.] The oxen and sheep, camels and asses; their gold and silver, and the furniture of their houses; their stores of corn, and of other fruits of the earth, even all their substance of whatsoever kind: we took for a prey to ourselves; made them their own property, and used them for their own profit and service, whereby they became greatly enriched.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Deu 2:35; Jos 8:27, Jos 11:11-14 Deuteronomy 3:8”
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