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Joshua 8:27

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Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the Lord which he commanded Joshua.
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  1. Joshua 8:2Rank 1 from verse 27
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    2And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

  2. Joshua 11:4Rank 2 from verse 27
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    4And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.

  3. Matthew 20:15Rank 3 from verse 27
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    15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

  4. Numbers 31:22Rank 4 from verse 27
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    22Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

  5. Numbers 31:26Rank 5 from verse 27
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    26Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:

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Joshua 8:27

COMBINED MEANING

spoil

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Sense 1: Goods or captives taken from an enemy. Sense 2: As a verb, to plunder, rob, strip, ruin, or deprive of what is possessed.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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prey

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1. A person, animal, possession, or spoil seized or pursued to be taken, plundered, or devoured. 2. To seize, plunder, or take by force.

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word

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Sense 1: A spoken or written expression, saying, message, command, promise, report, or matter. Sense 2: God's revealed word.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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26For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

27Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the Lord which he commanded Joshua.

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28And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.

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