But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, [even] all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
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Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Mais tu prendras pour toi les femmes, les enfants, le bétail, tout ce qui sera dans la ville, tout son butin, et tu mangeras les dépouilles de tes ennemis que l'Eternel, ton Dieu, t'aura livrés.
KJV
But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, [even] all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
s like: so also every man him that is nearest to himself." Therefore the Lord unsuitably commanded ( Dt. 20:13-19 ) that all the inhabitants of a captured hostile city were to be slain, but that the fruit-trees should not be cut down. Objection 5: Further, every one should prefer…
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