Numbers 31:46

Numbers 31:46 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And sixteen thousand persons;)
• New International Version (NIV)and 16,000 people.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and 16,000 persons—
• New Living Translation (NLT)and 16,000 virgin girls.

Context of Numbers 31:46

44thirty-six thousand cattle, 45thirty thousand five hundred donkeys, and sixteen thousand persons— 47and from the children of Israel’s half Moses took one of every fifty, drawn from man and beast, and gave them to the Levites, who kept charge of the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses. 48Then the officers who were over thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, came near to Moses;

Numbers 31:46 word by word

וְנֶ֣פֶשׁ אָדָ֔ם שִׁשָּׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר אָֽלֶף׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And sixteenעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• And sixteenשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• personsאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• personsנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: personH5315

Commentaries on Numbers 31:46

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-47Verses 25-47 Whatever we have, God justly claims a part. Out of the people's share God required one in fifty, but out of the soldiers' share only one in five hundred. The less opportunity we have of honouring God with personal services, the more should we give in money or value.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36-47The plunder was distributed according to the principles established in 31:25–30.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-541-2. the Lord spake unto Moses, Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites--a semi-nomad people, descended from Abraham and Keturah, occupying a tract of country east and southeast of Moab, which lay on the eastern coast of the Dead Sea. They seem to have been the principal instigators of the infamous scheme of seduction, planned to entrap the Israelites into the double crime of idolatry and licentiousness [Nu 25:1-3, 17, 18] by which, it was hoped…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 31:46

• Armies
• Levites
• Servant
• Spoils

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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