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Brenton's Septuagint

Numbers 31:53

For the men of war took plunder every one for himself.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Liberality;   Spoils;   Thankfulness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Midianites;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jericho;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Paran;   Silver;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Booty;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Eleazar ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Metals;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
([For] the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.)
King James Version
(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
Lexham English Bible
The men of battle plundered each for himself.
English Standard Version
(The men in the army had each taken plunder for himself.)
New Century Version
each soldier had taken something for himself.
New English Translation
Each soldier had taken plunder for himself.
Amplified Bible
For the men of war had taken plunder, every man for himself.
New American Standard Bible
The men of war had taken plunder, every man for himself.
Geneva Bible (1587)
(For the men of warre had spoyled, euery man for him selfe)
Legacy Standard Bible
The men of war had taken plunder, every man for himself.
Contemporary English Version
This did not include the things that the soldiers had kept for themselves.
Complete Jewish Bible
For the soldiers had taken booty, every man for himself.
Darby Translation
(The men of war had taken spoil each one for himself.)
Easy-to-Read Version
The soldiers kept the rest of their share of the things they took in war.
George Lamsa Translation
(For the men of war had plundered every man for himself.)
Good News Translation
Those who were not officers kept the loot they had taken.
Christian Standard Bible®
Each of the soldiers had taken plunder for himself.
Literal Translation
men of the army who had each taken spoil for himself.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For loke what euery one had spoyled, that was his awne.
American Standard Version
(For the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.)
Bible in Basic English
(For every man of the army had taken goods for himself in the war.)
Bishop's Bible (1568)
(For the men of warre had spoyled, euery man for hym selfe.)
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.--
King James Version (1611)
(For the men of warre had taken spoile, euery man for himselfe.)
English Revised Version
(For the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.)
Berean Standard Bible
Each of the soldiers had taken plunder for himself.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For that that ech man rauyschide in the prey, was his owne;
Young's Literal Translation
(the men of the host have spoiled each for himself);
Update Bible Version
([For] the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.)
Webster's Bible Translation
([For] the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
World English Bible
([For] the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.)
New King James Version
(The men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
New Living Translation
All the fighting men had taken some of the plunder for themselves.
New Life Bible
For the men of war had taken things from the battle, every man for himself.
New Revised Standard
(The troops had all taken plunder for themselves.)
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The men of the host, had taken prey, each man for himself.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For that which every one had taken in the booty was his own.
Revised Standard Version
(The men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.)
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.

Contextual Overview

48 And all those who were appointed to be officers of thousands of the host, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, approached Moses, and said to Moses, 49 Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war with us, and not one is missing. 50 And we have brought our gift to the Lord, every man who has found an article of gold, whether an armlet, or a chain, or a ring, or a bracelet, or a clasp for hair, to make atonement for us before the Lord. 51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, even every wrought article. 52 And all the wrought gold, even the offering that they offered to the Lord, was sixteen thousand and seven hundred and fifty shekels from the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds. 53 For the men of war took plunder every one for himself. 54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and brought the vessels into the tabernacle of witness, a memorial of the children of Israel before the Lord.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 20:14

Cross-References

Genesis 11:31
And Tharrha took Abram his son, and Lot the son Arrhan, the son of his son, and Sara his daughter-in-law, the wife of Abram his son, and led them forth out of the land of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Chanaan, and they came as far as Charrhan, and he dwelt there.
Genesis 14:22
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I will stretch out my hand to the Lord the most high God, who made the heaven and the earth,
Genesis 16:5
And Sara said to Abram, I am injured by thee; I gave my handmaid into thy bosom, and when I saw that she was with child, I was dishonoured before her. The Lord judge between me and thee.
Genesis 17:7
And I will establish my covenant between thee and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be thy God, and the God of thy seed after thee.
Genesis 28:13
And the Lord stood upon it, and said, I am the God of thy father Abraam, and the God of Isaac; fear not, the land on which thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.
Genesis 31:3
And the Lord said to Jacob, Return to the land of thy father, and to thy family, and I will be with thee.
Genesis 31:4
And Jacob sent and called Lea and Rachel to the plain where the flocks were.
Genesis 31:20
And Jacob hid the matter from Laban the Syrian, so as not to tell him that he ran away.
Genesis 31:23
And having taken his brethren with him, he pursued after him seven days’ journey, and overtook him on Mount Galaad.
Genesis 31:24
And God came to Laban the Syrian in sleep by night, and said to him, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not at any time to Jacob evil things.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself. And which he kept for himself, and did not deliver in with the prey or booty, which was brought to Moses and Eleazar, the sum of which was taken by them; and this seems to confirm what has been hinted, that, as each soldier had taken spoil for himself, so everyone contributed his quota towards this freewill offering to the Lord.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This verse seems to imply that the soldiers, as distinct from the officers (compare Numbers 31:49), did not make any offering from their plunder. Of course besides the gold there would be much spoil of less precious materials; see Numbers 31:20, Numbers 31:22.


 
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