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Numbers 31:33

And seventy-two thousand oxen,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Midianites;   Spoil;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Beeves;   Booty;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Priest;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Beeves,;   Eleazar ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Booty;   Priest;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Slave;   Talmud;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
and seventy-two thousand oxen,
King James Version
And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
Lexham English Bible
seventy-two thousand cattle,
English Standard Version
72,000 cattle,
New Century Version
72,000 cattle,
New English Translation
72,000 cattle,
Amplified Bible
and 72,000 cattle,
New American Standard Bible
seventy-two thousand cattle,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And seuentie and two thousand beeues,
Legacy Standard Bible
and 72,000 cattle,
Complete Jewish Bible
72,000 cattle,
Darby Translation
and seventy-two thousand oxen,
Easy-to-Read Version
72,000 cattle,
George Lamsa Translation
And seventy-two thousand oxen,
Christian Standard Bible®
72,000 cattle,
Literal Translation
and seventy two thousand oxen,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
two and seuentye thousande oxen,
American Standard Version
and threescore and twelve thousand oxen,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And three score and twelue thousande of beefes,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
King James Version (1611)
And threescore and twelue thousand beeues,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and oxen, seventy-two thousand:
English Revised Version
and threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
Berean Standard Bible
72,000 cattle,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
of oxun two and seuenti thousynde, of assis sixti thousynde and a thousynde;
Young's Literal Translation
and of the herd two and seventy thousand;
Update Bible Version
and threescore and twelve thousand oxen,
Webster's Bible Translation
And seventy two thousand beeves,
World English Bible
and seventy-two thousand oxen,
New King James Version
seventy-two thousand cattle,
New Living Translation
72,000 cattle,
New Life Bible
72,000 cattle,
New Revised Standard
seventy-two thousand oxen,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, of the herd, seventy-two thousand;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Seventy-two thousand oxen,
Revised Standard Version
seventy-two thousand cattle,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and 72,000 cattle,

Contextual Overview

25 And the Lord said to Moses, 26 Get an account of everything which was taken in the war, of man and of beast, you and Eleazar the priest and the heads of families of the people: 27 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: 28 And from the men of war who went out let there be offered to the Lord one out of every five hundred, from the persons, and from the oxen and asses and sheep: 29 Take this from their part and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to be lifted up to the Lord. 30 And from the part given to the children of Israel, take one out of every fifty, from the persons, and from the oxen and asses and sheep, and give it to the Levites who have the care of the House of the Lord. 31 So Eleazar and Moses did as the Lord had given orders to Moses. 32 Now the beasts taken, in addition to what the fighting-men took for themselves, were six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep, 33 And seventy-two thousand oxen, 34 And sixty-one thousand asses;

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Cross-References

Genesis 24:28
So the girl went running and took the news of these things to her mother's house
Genesis 24:67
And Isaac took Rebekah into his tent and she became his wife; and in his love for her, Isaac was comforted after his father's death.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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