John Trapp Complete Commentary - Numbers 31:53

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Numbers 31:53 - 31:53

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Numbers 31:53 - 31:53

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Num_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 caught to themselves. The Turks, when they had taken Constantinople, wondered at the wealth thereof - which the citizens would not be drawn to part with for their own preservation - and were so enriched therewith, that it is a proverb amongst them at this day, if any grow suddenly rich, to say, "He hath been at the sacking of Constantinople." {a}

{a} Turk. Hist., 347.