Numbers 31:53

(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)

Related Commentaries of Numbers 31:53

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This verse seems to imply that the soldiers, as distinct from the officers (compare Numbers 31:49 ), did not make any offering from their plunder....
Arno Geneva Study Bible

([For] the men of war had taken spoil, every man for (r) himself.) (r) And gave no portion to their captains.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Division of the Booty. The principle of equal division between those who went forth to fight, and those who remained in the camp was observed b...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses: Officers ....
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 Disposition of the Spoils of War Numbers 31:21-54 This law, which subjected the victors to a whole week of separation and to special purifi...
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

I class all these verses together, because they are connected in the history, and because the improvements they suggest are all united. We have in th...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself. And which he kept for himself, and did not deliver in with the prey or booty, which was...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Numbers 31:53 ([For] the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.) Ver. 53. For the men of war had taken spoil. ] And kept what they c...
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

48 And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses: 49...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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

The Sum of The Surviving Men of War and Their Freewill Gift to The Sanctuary Of Their Personal Spoil ( Numbers 31:48-54 ). a The assessing of the...
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 Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
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Deuteronomy 20:14

⁵³ (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)

Related Commentaries of Numbers 31:53

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary 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

John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 31:53