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([For] the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.)
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Personal Spoils of War
Commentators explain that this verse distinguishes between the main, officially counted booty and the personal plunder that each soldier took for himself. This helps clarify the context for the offerings mentioned in the surrounding verses, as it specifies that soldiers had their own spoils.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This verse seems to imply that the soldiers, as distinct from the officers (), did not make any offering from their plunder. Of course, besides the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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