8 occurrences

'Plunder' in the Bible

Why has the Lord brought us into this land only to be killed by the sword, that our wives and our children should become plunder? Wouldn't it be better for us to return to Egypt?"

Verse ConceptsdoubtersFaint HeartednessWhy Does God Do This?

The Israelites took the women of Midian captives along with their little ones, and took all their herds, all their flocks, and all their goods as plunder.

Verse ConceptsSlavery, In OtSpoils Of WarDealing With Young People

They took all the plunder and all the spoils, both people and animals.

They brought the captives and the spoils and the plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the Israelite community, to the camp on the plains of Moab, along the Jordan River across from Jericho.

Verse ConceptsThe Region Of Jordan

"You and Eleazar the priest, and all the family leaders of the community, take the sum of the plunder that was captured, both people and animals.

Verse ConceptsNumberingBoth Men And Animals AffectedRules About Booty

Divide the plunder into two parts, one for those who took part in the war -- who went out to battle -- and the other for all the community.

Verse ConceptsHalf Of PossessionsDividing PlunderWarSharingBattledivision

The spoil that remained of the plunder which the fighting men had gathered was 675,000 sheep,

Verse ConceptsThree To Nine Hundred ThousandPossessing Sheep

Each soldier had taken plunder for himself.

Bible Theasaurus

Badger (10 instances)
Booty (57 instances)
Despoil (8 instances)
Forage (1 instance)
Foray (1 instance)
Pillage (4 instances)
Plunder (143 instances)
Prize (15 instances)
Ransack (2 instances)

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