Numbers 31:9

31:9 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.

Numbers 31:12

31:12 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 ¹  of Moab, along the Jordan River ²  across from Jericho. ³ 

Numbers 31:18

31:18 But all the young women ⁴  who have not had sexual intercourse with a man ⁵  will be yours. ⁶ 

Numbers 31:35-54

31:35 and 32,000 young women who had never had sexual intercourse with a man. ⁷ 

31:36 The half-portion of those who went to war numbered 337,500 sheep; 31:37 the Lord’s tribute from the sheep was 675. 31:38 The cattle numbered ⁸  36,000; the Lord’s tribute was 72. 31:39 The donkeys were 30,500, of which the Lord’s tribute was 61. 31:40 The people were 16,000, of which the Lord’s tribute was 32 people. ⁹ 

31:41 So Moses gave the tribute, which was the Lord’s raised offering, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses.

31:42 From the Israelites’ half-share that Moses had separated from the fighting men, ¹⁰  31:43 there were 337,500 sheep from the portion belonging to the community, 31:44 36,000 cattle, 31:45 30,500 donkeys, 31:46 and 16,000 people.

31:47 From the Israelites’ share Moses took one of every fifty people and animals and gave them to the Levites who were responsible for the care of the Lord’s tabernacle, just as the Lord commanded Moses.

31:48 Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders over thousands and the commanders over hundreds, approached Moses 31:49 and said to him, ¹¹  “Your servants have taken a count ¹²  of the men who were in the battle, who were under our authority, ¹³  and not one is missing. 31:50 So we have brought as an offering for the Lord what each man found: gold ornaments, armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves ¹⁴  before the Lord.” ¹⁵  31:51 Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all of it in the form of ornaments. 31:52 All the gold of the offering they offered up to the Lord from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds weighed 16,750 shekels. ¹⁶  31:53 Each soldier had taken plunder for himself. 31:54 So Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and commanders ¹⁷  of hundreds and brought it into the tent of meeting as a memorial ¹⁸  for the Israelites before the Lord.

Joshua 8:2

8:2 Do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho ¹⁹  and its king, except you may plunder its goods and cattle. Set an ambush behind the city!”

Joshua 11:14

11:14 The Israelites plundered all the goods of these cities and the cattle, but they totally destroyed all the people ²⁰  and allowed no one who breathed to live.

Joshua 11:2

11:2 and the northern kings who ruled in ²¹  the hill country, the Arabah south of Kinnereth, ²²  the lowlands, and the heights of Dor to the west.

Joshua 14:13-15

14:13 Joshua asked God to empower Caleb son of Jephunneh and assigned him Hebron. ²³  14:14 So Hebron remains the assigned land of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this very day ²⁴  because he remained loyal to the Lord God of Israel. 14:15 (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba. Arba was a famous Anakite. ²⁵ ) Then the land was free of war.

Joshua 20:1

Israel Designates Cities of Refuge

20:1 The Lord instructed Joshua:

Psalms 68:12

68:12 Kings leading armies run away – they run away! ²⁶ 

The lovely lady ²⁷  of the house divides up the loot.

Romans 8:37

8:37 No, in all these things we have complete victory ²⁸  through him ²⁹  who loved us!

[31:12]  ¹ tn Or “steppes.”

[31:12]  ² tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[31:12]  ³ tn Again this expression, “the Jordan of Jericho,” is used. It describes the intended location along the Jordan River, the Jordan next to or across from Jericho.

[31:18]  ⁴ tn Or “girls.” The Hebrew indicates they would be female children, making the selection easy.

[31:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “who have not known [a] man by lying with a man.”

[31:18]  ⁶ sn Many contemporary scholars see this story as fictitious, composed by the Jews during the captivity. According to this interpretation, the spoils of war here indicate the wealth of the Jews in captivity, which was to be given to the Levites and priests for the restoration of the sanctuary in Jerusalem. The conclusion drawn from this interpretation is that returning Jews had the same problem as the earlier ones: to gain a foothold in the land. Against this interpretation of the account is a lack of hard evidence, a lack which makes this interpretation appear contrived and subjective. If this was the intent of a later writer, he surely could have stated this more clearly than by making up such a story.

[31:35]  ⁷ sn Here again we encounter one of the difficulties of the book, the use of the large numbers. Only twelve thousand soldiers fought the Midianites, but they brought back this amount of plunder, including 32,000 girls. Until a solution for numbers in the book can be found, or the current translation confirmed, one must remain cautious in interpretation.

[31:38]  ⁸ tn The word “numbered” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[31:40]  ⁹ tn Heb “soul.”

[31:42]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the men who were fighting.”

[31:49]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to Moses”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[31:49]  ¹² tn Heb “lifted up the head.”

[31:49]  ¹³ tn Heb “in our hand.”

[31:50]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “our souls.”

[31:50]  ¹⁵ sn The expression here may include the idea of finding protection from divine wrath, which is so common to Leviticus, but it may also be a thank offering for the fact that their lives had been spared.

[31:52]  ¹⁶ sn Or about 420 imperial pounds.

[31:54]  ¹⁷ tn The Hebrew text does not repeat the word “commanders” here, but it is implied.

[31:54]  ¹⁸ tn The purpose of the offering was to remind the Lord to remember Israel. But it would also be an encouragement for Israel as they remembered the great victory.

[8:2]  ¹⁹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[11:14]  ²⁰ tn Heb “but all the people they struck down with the edge of the sword until they destroyed them.”

[11:2]  ²¹ tn Heb “and to the kings who [are] from the north in.”

[11:2]  ²² tn Heb “Chinneroth,” a city and plain located in the territory of Naphtali in Galilee (BDB 490 s.v. כִּנֶּרֶת, כִּנֲרוֹת).

[14:13]  ²³ tn Heb “Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.”

[14:14]  ²⁴ tn Heb “Therefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh for an inheritance to this day.”

[14:15]  ²⁵ tn Heb “And he was the great man among the Anakites.”

[68:12]  ²⁶ tn The verbal repetition draws attention to the statement.

[68:12]  ²⁷ tn The Hebrew form appears to be the construct of נוּה (nuh, “pasture”) but the phrase “pasture of the house” makes no sense here. The translation assumes that the form is an alternative or corruption of נצוה (“beautiful woman”). A reference to a woman would be appropriate in light of v. 11b.

[8:37]  ²⁸ tn BDAG 1034 s.v. ὑπερνικάω states, “as a heightened form of νικᾶν prevail completely ὑπερνικῶμεν we are winning a most glorious victory Ro 8:37.”

[8:37]  ²⁹ tn Here the referent could be either God or Christ, but in v. 39 it is God’s love that is mentioned.