Charles Ellicott Commentary


Charles Ellicott Commentary
"Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep," — Numbers 31:32 (ASV)
And the booty, being the rest of the prey ... — The reference may be to the residue of the captives after the slaughter of all the males and of a large number of the women, and to the cattle which were brought to the camp, some, perhaps, having been lost or slaughtered for food; or it may be to the booty which had been taken in captives and animals, as distinguished from the gold and silver, etc.