53( For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
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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.
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,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 48-54)Here is a great example of piety and devotion in the officers of the army, the colonels, that are called captains of thousands , and the inferior officers that were captains of hundreds ; they came to Moses as their general and commander-in-chief, and, though he was now going off the stage they very humbly and respectfully addressed themselves to him, calling themselves his servants ; the honours…
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