Reference: Booty
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Spoils taken in war were to be shared equally by those who fought and those who guarded the camp, Nu 31:27-32. The Lord's portion was first deducted from the whole; and in after-times the king appropriated a large part to himself.
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and divide the prey into two parts between those that took the part in the war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation. And offer a tribute unto the LORD from the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons and of the oxen and of the asses and of the sheep. read more. Take it from their half and give Eleazar, the priest, the offering of the LORD. And of the half belonging to the sons of Israel, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of animals and give them unto the Levites, who keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD. And Moses and Eleazar, the priest, did as the LORD commanded Moses. And the prey, that is the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep
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captives or cattle or objects of value taken in war. In Canaan all that breathed were to be destroyed (De 20:16). The "pictures and images" of the Canaanites were to be destroyed also (Nu 33:52). The law of booty as to its division is laid down in Nu 31:26-47. David afterwards introduced a regulation that the baggage-guard should share the booty equally with the soldiers engaged in battle. He also devoted of the spoils of war for the temple (1Sa 30:24-26; 2Sa 8:11; 1Ch 26:27).
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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 of the congregation, and divide the prey into two parts between those that took the part in the war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation. read more. And offer a tribute unto the LORD from the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons and of the oxen and of the asses and of the sheep. Take it from their half and give Eleazar, the priest, the offering of the LORD. And of the half belonging to the sons of Israel, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of animals and give them unto the Levites, who keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD. And Moses and Eleazar, the priest, did as the LORD commanded Moses. And the prey, that is the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep and seventy-two thousand oxen and sixty-one thousand asses and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known a man by lying with him. And the half which was the portion of those that went out to war was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep. And the tribute for the LORD, of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five. And the oxen were thirty-six thousand, of which the tribute for the LORD was seventy-two. And the asses were thirty thousand five hundred, of which the tribute for the LORD was sixty-one. And the persons were sixteen thousand, of which the tribute for the LORD was thirty-two persons. And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD's heave offering, unto Eleazar, the priest, as the LORD had commanded Moses. And of the half pertaining to the sons of Israel, which Moses divided from the men that had gone to war, (now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep and thirty-six thousand oxen and thirty thousand five hundred asses and sixteen thousand persons) of the half, therefore of the sons of Israel, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, who kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you and abolish all their paintings and abolish all their molten images and destroy all their high places,
Only of the cities of these peoples, which the LORD thy God gives thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breathes;
For who will hearken unto you in this matter? For as his part is that goes down to the battle, so shall his part be that remains by the stuff; they shall part alike. And it was so from that day forward that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day. read more. And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, his friends, saying, Behold a blessing for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD:
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Within Canaan no captives were to be made; all that breathed were to be destroyed (De 20:14,16); but outside, if resistance were offered, the women and children were to be made captives, the men slain. Pictures and images, as temptations to idolatry, were to be destroyed (Nu 33:52). In the ease of Amalek the very cattle Saul was commanded to destroy (1Sa 15:2-3). So also in the case of Arad (Nu 21:1-3) and Jericho, where everything was put under the cherem or curse and became the Lord's (Jos 6:19-21). Abraham devoted one tenth of the spoil of Sodom, rescued from Chedorlaomer, to Jehovah through Melchizedek the king-priest (Ge 14:19-24).
David "made a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day" that the part of the army which guarded the families and baggage should share equally in the spoil with the troops actually engaged. The occasion of its enactment was upon the capture of immense spoil from Amalek, a part of it recovered property of Ziklag (1Sa 30:25, etc.). He also sent presents of the spoil to those of the eiders of Judah who were his friends. Indeed by the law (Nu 31:26-47) booty was to be shared equally between the army engaged and Israel; only that of the former half only one 500th part was appropriated to the priests of God, of the latter one 50th to the Levites. The spoils dedicated by David and his chiefs to the temple were freewill offerings (2Sa 8:11; 1Ch 26:27).
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And he blessed him and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of the heavens and of the earth;
And he blessed him and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of the heavens and of the earth; and blessed be the most high God, who has delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And Abram gave him tithes of all.
and blessed be the most high God, who has delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And Abram gave him tithes of all. Then the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons and take the goods to thyself.
Then the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons and take the goods to thyself. And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of the heavens and of the earth,
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of the heavens and of the earth, that I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet; I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou should say, I have made Abram rich,
that I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet; I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou should say, I have made Abram rich, except only that which the young men have eaten and the portion of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre, who shall take their portion.
except only that which the young men have eaten and the portion of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre, who shall take their portion.
And when King Arad, the Canaanite, who dwelt toward the Negev, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the sentinels; then he fought against Israel and took some of them prisoners.
And when King Arad, the Canaanite, who dwelt toward the Negev, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the sentinels; then he fought against Israel and took some of them prisoners. Then Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
Then Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanite; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities, and he called the name of the place Hormah.
And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanite; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities, and he called the name of the place Hormah.
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 of the congregation,
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 of the congregation, and divide the prey into two parts between those that took the part in the war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation.
and divide the prey into two parts between those that took the part in the war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation. And offer a tribute unto the LORD from the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons and of the oxen and of the asses and of the sheep.
And offer a tribute unto the LORD from the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons and of the oxen and of the asses and of the sheep. Take it from their half and give Eleazar, the priest, the offering of the LORD.
Take it from their half and give Eleazar, the priest, the offering of the LORD. And of the half belonging to the sons of Israel, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of animals and give them unto the Levites, who keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.
And of the half belonging to the sons of Israel, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of animals and give them unto the Levites, who keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD. And Moses and Eleazar, the priest, did as the LORD commanded Moses.
And Moses and Eleazar, the priest, did as the LORD commanded Moses. And the prey, that is the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep
And the prey, that is the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep and seventy-two thousand oxen
and seventy-two thousand oxen and sixty-one thousand asses
and sixty-one thousand asses and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known a man by lying with him.
and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known a man by lying with him. And the half which was the portion of those that went out to war was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep.
And the half which was the portion of those that went out to war was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep. And the tribute for the LORD, of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five.
And the tribute for the LORD, of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five. And the oxen were thirty-six thousand, of which the tribute for the LORD was seventy-two.
And the oxen were thirty-six thousand, of which the tribute for the LORD was seventy-two. And the asses were thirty thousand five hundred, of which the tribute for the LORD was sixty-one.
And the asses were thirty thousand five hundred, of which the tribute for the LORD was sixty-one. And the persons were sixteen thousand, of which the tribute for the LORD was thirty-two persons.
And the persons were sixteen thousand, of which the tribute for the LORD was thirty-two persons. And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD's heave offering, unto Eleazar, the priest, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD's heave offering, unto Eleazar, the priest, as the LORD had commanded Moses. And of the half pertaining to the sons of Israel, which Moses divided from the men that had gone to war,
And of the half pertaining to the sons of Israel, which Moses divided from the men that had gone to war, (now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep
(now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep and thirty-six thousand oxen
and thirty-six thousand oxen and thirty thousand five hundred asses
and thirty thousand five hundred asses and sixteen thousand persons)
and sixteen thousand persons) of the half, therefore of the sons of Israel, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, who kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
of the half, therefore of the sons of Israel, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, who kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you and abolish all their paintings and abolish all their molten images and destroy all their high places,
then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you and abolish all their paintings and abolish all their molten images and destroy all their high places,
Only the women and the little ones and the animals and all that is in the city, all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat of the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God has given thee.
Only the women and the little ones and the animals and all that is in the city, all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat of the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God has given thee.
Only of the cities of these peoples, which the LORD thy God gives thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breathes;
Only of the cities of these peoples, which the LORD thy God gives thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breathes;
For all the silver and gold and vessels of brass and iron are consecrated unto the LORD; they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.
For all the silver and gold and vessels of brass and iron are consecrated unto the LORD; they shall come into the treasury of the LORD. Then the people shouted when the priests blew with the shofarot, and it came to pass when the people heard the voice of the shofar, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, each man straight before him and they took the city.
Then the people shouted when the priests blew with the shofarot, and it came to pass when the people heard the voice of the shofar, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, each man straight before him and they took the city. And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox and sheep and ass, with the edge of the sword.
And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox and sheep and ass, with the edge of the sword.
Thus hath said the LORD of the hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way when he came up from Egypt.
Thus hath said the LORD of the hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way when he came up from Egypt. Now go and smite Amalek and utterly destroy all that they have and spare him not, but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
Now go and smite Amalek and utterly destroy all that they have and spare him not, but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
And it was so from that day forward that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
And it was so from that day forward that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
which King David dedicated unto the LORD with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all Gentiles which he subdued
which King David dedicated unto the LORD with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all Gentiles which he subdued
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consisted of captives of both sexes, cattle, and whatever a captured city might contain, especially metallic treasures. Within the limits of Canaan no captives were to be made,
De 20:14,16
beyond these limits, in case of warlike resistance, all the women and children were to be made captives, and the men put to death. The law of booty is given in
As regarded the army, David added a regulation that the baggage guard should share equally with the troops engaged.
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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 of the congregation, and divide the prey into two parts between those that took the part in the war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation. read more. And offer a tribute unto the LORD from the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons and of the oxen and of the asses and of the sheep. Take it from their half and give Eleazar, the priest, the offering of the LORD. And of the half belonging to the sons of Israel, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of animals and give them unto the Levites, who keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD. And Moses and Eleazar, the priest, did as the LORD commanded Moses. And the prey, that is the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep and seventy-two thousand oxen and sixty-one thousand asses and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known a man by lying with him. And the half which was the portion of those that went out to war was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep. And the tribute for the LORD, of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five. And the oxen were thirty-six thousand, of which the tribute for the LORD was seventy-two. And the asses were thirty thousand five hundred, of which the tribute for the LORD was sixty-one. And the persons were sixteen thousand, of which the tribute for the LORD was thirty-two persons. And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD's heave offering, unto Eleazar, the priest, as the LORD had commanded Moses. And of the half pertaining to the sons of Israel, which Moses divided from the men that had gone to war, (now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep and thirty-six thousand oxen and thirty thousand five hundred asses and sixteen thousand persons) of the half, therefore of the sons of Israel, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, who kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Only the women and the little ones and the animals and all that is in the city, all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat of the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God has given thee.
Only of the cities of these peoples, which the LORD thy God gives thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breathes;
For who will hearken unto you in this matter? For as his part is that goes down to the battle, so shall his part be that remains by the stuff; they shall part alike.
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BOOTY, spoils taken in war, Nu 31:27-32. According to the law of Moses, the booty was to be divided equally between those who were in the battle and those who were in the camp, whatever disparity there might be in the number of each party. The law farther required that, out of that part of the spoils which was assigned to the fighting men, the Lord's share should be separated; and for every five hundred men, oxen, asses, sheep, &c, they were to take one for the high priest, as being the Lord's first fruits. And out of the other moiety, belonging to the children of Israel, they were to give for every fifty men, oxen, asses, sheep, &c, one to the Levites.
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and divide the prey into two parts between those that took the part in the war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation. And offer a tribute unto the LORD from the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons and of the oxen and of the asses and of the sheep. read more. Take it from their half and give Eleazar, the priest, the offering of the LORD. And of the half belonging to the sons of Israel, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of animals and give them unto the Levites, who keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD. And Moses and Eleazar, the priest, did as the LORD commanded Moses. And the prey, that is the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep