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Friday, July 18th, 2025
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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Numbers 31:27

"Divide the spoil into two [equal] parts between those who were involved in the war, that is, those who went out to battle and all [the rest of] the congregation.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Priest;   Spoils;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Heave-Offering;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Booty;   Midianites;   Spoil;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Booty;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Priest;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Number Systems and Number Symbolism;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - War;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Eleazar ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Booty;   Priest;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Booty;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Number;   Skill;   Slave;   Tax;   War;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Priestly Code;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation.
King James Version
And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
Lexham English Bible
divide the war-booty between those who engaged in the war, who went out to the battle, and all the community.
English Standard Version
and divide the plunder into two parts between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation.
New Century Version
Then divide those possessions between the soldiers who went to war and the rest of the people.
New English Translation
Divide the plunder into two parts, one for those who took part in the war—who went out to battle—and the other for all the community.
New American Standard Bible
and divide the spoils between the warriors who went to battle and all the congregation.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And deuide the praye betweene the souldiers that went to the warre, and all the Congregation.
Legacy Standard Bible
and divide the loot between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation.
Complete Jewish Bible
and divide the booty into two parts: half for the experienced soldiers who went out to battle, and half for the rest of the community.
Darby Translation
and divide the prey into halves, between them that conducted the war, who went out to the battle, and the whole assembly.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then divide these things between the soldiers who went to war and the rest of the Israelites.
George Lamsa Translation
And divide the booty into two parts; between the men of war who went out to battle and between all the congregation;
Good News Translation
Divide what was taken into two equal parts, one part for the soldiers and the other part for the rest of the community.
Christian Standard Bible®
Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to war and the entire community.
Literal Translation
And you shall divide the prey between those skilled in war, that went out to battle, and all the congregation.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and geue ye halfe vnto those that toke the warre vpon them, and wente out to the battayll, and ye other halfe to the congregacion.
American Standard Version
and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, that went out to battle, and all the congregation.
Bible in Basic English
And let division be made of it into two parts, one for the men of war who went out to the fight, and one for all the people:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And deuide the pray into two partes, betweene them that toke the warre vpon them and went out to battayle, and all the congregation.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, that went out to battle, and all the congregation;
King James Version (1611)
And diuide the pray into two parts, betweene them that tooke the warre vpon them, who went out to battell, and betweene all the Congregation.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And ye shall divide the spoils between the warriors that went out to battle, and the whole congregation.
English Revised Version
and divide the prey into two parts; between the men skilled in war, that went out to battle, and all the congregation:
Berean Standard Bible
Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to battle and the rest of the congregation.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou schalt departe euenli the prey bytwixe hem that fouyten and yeden out to batel, and bitwixe al the multitude.
Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast halved the prey between those handling the battle who go out to the host and all the company;
Update Bible Version
and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, that went out to battle, and all the congregation.
Webster's Bible Translation
And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
World English Bible
and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation.
New King James Version
and divide the plunder into two parts, between those who took part in the war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation.
New Living Translation
Then divide the plunder into two parts, and give half to the men who fought the battle and half to the rest of the people.
New Life Bible
Divide what was taken between the men of war who went to battle and all the people.
New Revised Standard
Divide the booty into two parts, between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and divide the booty into two parts, between them who took upon them the war, who went out in the host, - and all the rest of the assembly.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt divide the spoil equally, between them that fought and went out to the war, and between the rest of the multitude.
Revised Standard Version
and divide the booty into two parts, between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and divide the booty between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation.

Contextual Overview

25Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 26"You and Eleazar the priest and the leaders of the fathers' households of the congregation are to take a count of the spoil of war that was captured, both people and livestock. 27"Divide the spoil into two [equal] parts between those who were involved in the war, that is, those who went out to battle and all [the rest of] the congregation.28"Levy a tax for the LORD from the warriors who went to battle, one in five hundred of the persons, the oxen, the donkeys, and the flocks. 29"Take this tribute from the warriors' half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD. 30"From the Israelites' half [of the spoil] you shall take one out of every fifty of the persons, the oxen, the donkeys, the flocks, and of all the livestock, and give them to the Levites who are in charge of the tabernacle of the LORD." 31Moses and Eleazar the priest did just as the LORD had commanded Moses. 32The plunder that remained from the spoil of war which the warriors had taken, was 675,000 sheep, 33and 72,000 cattle, 34and 61,000 donkeys,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

two parts: Joshua 22:8, 1 Samuel 30:4, 1 Samuel 30:24, 1 Samuel 30:25, Psalms 68:12

Cross-References

Genesis 4:21
His brother's name was Jubal; he became the father of all those [musicians] who play the lyre and flute.
Genesis 31:3
Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your people, and I will be with you."
Genesis 31:5
and he said to them, "I see [a change in] your father's attitude, that he is not friendly toward me as [he was] before; but the God of my father [Isaac] has been with me.
Genesis 31:11
"And the Angel of God said to me in the dream, 'Jacob.' And I said, 'Here I am.'
Genesis 31:14
Rachel and Leah answered him, "Is there still any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
Genesis 31:20
And Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean (Syrian) by not telling him that he intended to leave and he slipped away secretly.
Genesis 31:21
So he fled with everything that he had, and got up and crossed the river [Euphrates], and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead [east of the Jordan River].
Genesis 31:23
So he took his relatives with him and pursued him for seven days, and they overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.
Genesis 31:26
Then Laban said to Jacob, "What do you mean by deceiving me and leaving without my knowledge, and carrying off my daughters as if [they were] captives of the sword?
Genesis 31:31
Jacob answered Laban, "[I left secretly] because I was afraid, for I thought you would take your daughters away from me by force.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And divide the prey into two parts,.... Into two equal parts, both the number of the people and of the cattle, when taken:

between them that took the war upon them, and went out to battle; the soldiers; and by this it appears that they went voluntarily and cheerfully:

and between all the congregation; so that the part of them that went to battle, and of those that stayed in the camp, were alike, and which in process of time became a statute and ordinance, 1 Samuel 30:24.


 
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