Booty

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BOOTY.—See War. Cf. Ban.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909


Within Canaan no captives were to be made; all that breathed were to be destroyed (Deu_20:14; Deu_20:16); but outside, if resistance were offered, the women and children were to be made captives, the men slain. Pictures and images, as temptations to idolatry, were to be destroyed (Num_33:52). In the ease of Amalek the very cattle Saul was commanded to destroy (1Sa_15:2-3). So also in the case of Arad (Num_21:1-3) and Jericho, where everything was put under the cherem or curse and became the Lord's (Jos_6:19-21). Abraham devoted one tenth of the spoil of Sodom, rescued from Chedorlaomer, to Jehovah through Melchizedek the king-priest (Gen_14:19-24).
David "made a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day" that the part of the army which guarded the families and baggage should share equally in the spoil with the troops actually engaged. The occasion of its enactment was upon the capture of immense spoil from Amalek, a part of it recovered property of Ziklag (1Sa_30:25, etc.). He also sent presents of the spoil to those of the eiders of Judah who were his friends. Indeed by the law (Num_31:26-47) booty was to be shared equally between the army engaged and Israel; only that of the former half only one 500th part was appropriated to the priests of God, of the latter one 50th to the Levites. The spoils dedicated by David and his chiefs to the temple were freewill offerings (2Sa_8:11; 1Ch_26:27).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.


Booty. Booty consisted of captives of both sexes, cattle, and whatever a captured city might contain, especially metallic treasures. Within the limits of Canaan, no captives were to be made, Deu_20:14; Deu_20:16.
Beyond these limits, in case of warlike resistance, all the women and children were to be made captives, and the men put to death. The law of booty is given in Num_31:26-47. As regarded the army, David added a regulation that, the baggage guard should share equally with the troops engaged. 1Sa_30:24-25.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863


spoils taken in war, Num_31:27-32. According to the law of Moses, the booty was to be divided equally between those who were in the battle and those who were in the camp, whatever disparity there might be in the number of each party. The law farther required that, out of that part of the spoils which was assigned to the fighting men, the Lord's share should be separated; and for every five hundred men, oxen, asses, sheep, &c, they were to take one for the high priest, as being the Lord's first fruits. And out of the other moiety, belonging to the children of Israel, they were to give for every fifty men, oxen, asses, sheep, &c, one to the Levites.
Biblical and Theological Dictionary by Richard Watson
PRINTER 1849.


boot?i (בּז, bāz and בּז, baz): ?Booty? is the translation of bāz or baz, usually rendered ?prey? and ?spoil? (Jer_49:32); of malḳōaḥ, ?prey,? ?booty? (Num_31:32, ?the booty - the rest of the prey,? the Revised Version (British and American) ?the prey, over and above the booty,? bāz); of meshiṣṣāh, ?spoil? (Hab_2:7; Zep_1:13; the Revised Version (British and American) ?spoil?); of ōphéleia, ?gain? (2 Macc 8:20). ?Booty respects what is of personal service to the captor; spoils whatever serves to designate his triumph; prey includes whatever gratifies the appetite and is to be consumed? (Crabb, English Synonymes). Persons (for slaves, etc.) might be part of the booty. See also SPOIL.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.


Booty
(בָּז, baz, Jer_49:32, elsewhere usually " prey; מִלְקוֹחִmalko'iach, Num_31:32, elsewhere usually "prey;" מְשְׁסָּה, meshissah', Hab_2:6; Zep_1:13, elsewhere "spoil"). This consisted of captives of both sexes, cattle, and whatever a captured city might contain, especially metallic treasures (Michaelis, Mos. Recht, 3:235 sq.). Within the limits of Canaan no captives were to be made (Deu_20:14; Deu_20:16); beyond those limits, in case of warlike resistance, all the women and children were to be made captives, and the men put to death. A special charge was given to destroy the " pictures and images" of the Canaanites, as tending to idolatry (Num_33:52). The case of Amalek was a special one in which Saul was bidden to destroy the cattle. So also was that of the expedition against Arad, in which the people-took a vow to destroy the cities, and that of Jericho, on which the curse of God seems to have rested, and the gold and silver, etc., of which were viewed as reserved wholly for Him (1Sa_15:2-3; Num_21:2; Jos_6:19). SEE ACCURSED. The law of booty was that it should be divided equally between the army who won it and the people of Israel, but of the former half one head in every 500 was reserved to God, and appropriated to the priests, and of the latter one in every 50 was similarly reserved and appropriated to the Levites (Num_31:26-47). As regarded the army, David added a regulation that the baggage-guard should share equally with the troops engaged. The present made by David out of his booty to the elders of towns in Judah was an act of grateful courtesy merely, though perhaps suggested by the law, Numbers 1. c. So the spoils devoted by him to provide for the Temple must be regarded as a free-will offering (1Sa_30:24-26; 2Sa_8:11; 1Ch_26:27). These doubtless were the best of the booty, SEE AKROTHINION, (comp. Herod. 8:121; Pausan. i, 28, 2; Livy, 10:46; Flor. i, 7) which fell to the king. SEE SPOIL.

CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.





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