New American Standard Bible 1995
Numbers 31:25-47
25Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 26“You and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the fathers’ households of the congregation take a count of the booty 1that was captured, both of man and of animal; 27and 2divide the booty between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation. 283Levy a tax for the Lord from the men of war who went out to battle, one 4in five hundred of the persons and of the cattle and of the donkeys and of the sheep; 29take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest, as an 5offering to the Lord. 30From the sons of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys and of the sheep, from all the animals, and give them to the Levites who 6keep charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.” 31Moses and Eleazar the priest did just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
32Now the booty that remained from the spoil which the 7men of war had plundered was 675,000 sheep, 33and 72,000 cattle, 34and 61,000 donkeys, 35and of human beings, of the women who had not known man 8intimately, all the persons were 32,000.
36The half, the portion of those who went out to war, was as follows: the number of sheep was 337,500, 37and the Lord’s levy of the sheep was 675; 38and the cattle were 36,000, from which the Lord’s levy was 72; 39and the donkeys were 30,500, from which the Lord’s levy was 61; 40and the human beings were 16,000, from whom the Lord’s levy was 32 persons. 41Moses gave the levy which was the Lord’s offering to Eleazar the priest, just 9as the Lord had commanded Moses.
42As for the sons of Israel’s half, which Moses 10separated from the men who had gone to war-- 43now the congregation’s half was 337,500 sheep, 44and 36,000 cattle, 45and 30,500 donkeys, 46and the human beings were 16,000-- 47and from the sons of Israel’s half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of animals, and gave them to the Levites, who kept charge of the tabernacle of the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Notes
- 1. Numbers 31:26 Lit of captives ↩
- 2. Numbers 31:27 Josh 22:8 ↩
- 3. Numbers 31:28 Num 18:21-30 ↩
- 4. Numbers 31:28 Lit soul from ↩
- 5. Numbers 31:29 Lit heave offering, and so throughout the ch ↩
- 6. Numbers 31:30 Num 3:7, 8, 25, 26, 31, 36, 37; 18:3, 4 ↩
- 7. Numbers 31:32 Lit people ↩
- 8. Numbers 31:35 Lit by lying with a man ↩
- 9. Numbers 31:41 Num 5:9, 10; 18:19 ↩
- 10. Numbers 31:42 Or divided ↩
Commentaries on Numbers 31
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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