Numbers 31:53. (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself)— But the men of war had every one their own booty. Houbigant; or, had reserved the spoil, every man for himself: see on Numbers 31:26.
REFLECTIONS.—The piety of the officers of Israel appears here as great as their prowess. On calling their muster-roll, not a man was lost, either by disease or the sword, in this expedition. An instance of Divine protection so amazing could not but affect them: and as they loved their soldiers as brethren, and were tender of their lives, (as every good general should be,) they make the most grateful acknowledgments to God for his preservation of them. Note; 1. Great deliverances deserve particular thankfulness. (2.) Where God gives plenty, we must abound in works of piety and charity.