Numbers 31:11

The “prey” refers to the captives and live-stock: the “spoil” to the ornaments and other effects.

Related Commentaries of Numbers 31:11

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Extermination of the Midianites. This story of a war of extermination, waged to avenge the wiles practised on Israel by Midian (as described in...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

prey . booty. Hebrew. malkoah. First occurrence. Always used of animated prey. Compare Numbers 31:32 .
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

11. And they took all the spoil. It was a sign both of their disinterestedness and modesty, that they brought the booty, which they had take...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And they warred against the Midianites, &c.— The twelve thousand men chosen out by Moses marched against the Midianites. The battle they gave t...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

War against Midian This chapter contains an account of the fulfilment of the decree of extermination passed upon the Midianites as being the occas...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

WAR AND SETTLEMENT 1. THE WAR WITH MIDIAN Numbers 31:1-54 THE command to vex and smite the Midianites Numbers 25:16-17 has already been cons...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Destruction of the Midianites Numbers 31:1-20 In reading such a chapter as this we must remember that the Bible is the history of the slow...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the story of the end of Balaam. It took place in connection with a war directly resulting from the sin of the people committed through t...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The destruction of all the men of Midian means, no doubt, all that were then in Midian; for probably some of the subjects of Midian might be from hom...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they took all the spoil ,.... In their cities and castles; and all the prey, both of men and of beasts; all sorts of cattle, oxen, sheep, and as...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

VENGEANCE ON MIDIAN (vs.1-11) The Midianites had been guilty of seducing Israel, and God required that account to be settled. This was the last c...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the L ORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males. 8 And they slew the kings of Midian,...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

(i) The Sentence Passed and Carried Out on the Local Midianites ( Numbers 31:1-24 ). Analysis. a The command to avenge Yahweh on Midian ( Numbe...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Moses had already received command to smite the Midianites ( Numbers 25:16-18 ); and in this chapter we have the orde...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 31:2 . Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites. If it were just to cut off twenty four thousand of the Israelites for the awful fe...
The Biblical Illustrator

They warred against the Midianites. The vengeance of Jehovah on Midian I. That in the administration of the Divine government the punishment of...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Overthrow of Midian
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And they took all the spoil and all the prey, all the plunder both in treasures and in animals, both of men and of beasts.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 20:14 ; Joshua 8:2

¹¹ And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.

Related Commentaries of Numbers 31:11

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 31:11