Deuteronomy 3:7

“But all the livestock and the spoil of the cities we took as plunder for ourselves.”

Deuteronomy 3:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 3:7, word by word

the livestockבְּהֵמָהbehema

livestock

A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.

Where else “behema” appears
and the spoilשְׁלַלshelal

spoil, plunder

Spoil: what is taken from a defeated enemy.

Where else “shelal” appears
of the citiesעָרִיםarim

city

A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.

Where else “arim” appears
we took as plunderבַּזּוֹנוּbazonu

plunder

Plunder, take spoil.

Where else “bazonu” appears

The context

6We devoted them to destruction, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, devoting to destruction every city: men, women, and little ones.

7 · This verse (above)

8So at that time we took the land out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, from the Wadi Arnon to Mount Hermon

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