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Numbers 31:53

51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.

52 And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.

( For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)

54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.

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BSB
Each of the soldiers had taken plunder for himself.
KJV
( For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
WEB
The men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.
ASV
([For] the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.)
DARBY
(The men of war had taken spoil each one for himself.)
BLB
The men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.
ÅB
Men stridsmennene hadde og hver for seg vunnet bytte.
OTB
Hver soldat hadde tatt sin egen del av byttet.
B1930
Men stridsmennene hadde og hver for sig vunnet bytte.

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  • Deuteronomy 20:14

    But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

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  • Numbers 31:32

    And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,

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