Numbers 31:38

Contemporary English Version

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The oxen were thirty-six thousand; of which the LORD's tribute was seventy-two.

King James Version
And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the Lord 'S tribute was threescore and twelve.

Lexham English Bible
and the cattle were thirty-six thousand; and the tribute to Yahweh was seventy-two.

English Standard Version
The cattle were 36,000, of which the Lord 's tribute was 72.

New Century Version
They got 36,000 cattle, and they gave 72 of them to the Lord .

New English Translation
The cattle numbered 36,000; the Lord 's tribute was 72.

Amplified Bible
the cattle were 36,000, from which the LORD'S levy was 72;

New American Standard Bible
the cattle were thirty-six thousand, from which the LORD'S tribute tax was seventy-two;

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the beeues were six & thirty thousad, whereof the Lordes tribute was seuentie & two.

Legacy Standard Bible
and the cattle were 36,000, from which the levy of Yahweh was 72;

Complete Jewish Bible
36,000 cattle, of which Adonai 's tribute was seventy-two;

Darby Translation
and the oxen were thirty-six thousand, and the tribute thereof for Jehovah, seventy-two;

Easy-to-Read Version
The soldiers got 36,000 cattle. They gave 72 cattle to the Lord .

George Lamsa Translation
And the oxen were thirty-six thousand; of which the LORDS tribute was seven hundred and twenty.

Christian Standard Bible®
from the 36,000 cattle,

Literal Translation
and the oxen, thirty six thousand; and their tribute to Jehovah, seventy two;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Item sixe and thirtie thousande oxen: wherof the LORDE had two & seuentye.

American Standard Version
And the oxen were thirty and six thousand; of which Jehovah's tribute was threescore and twelve.

Bible in Basic English
The number of oxen was thirty-six thousand, of which the Lord's part was seventy-two;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the beefes were thirtie and sixe thousande, of which the Lordes part was threescore and twelue.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the beeves were thirty and six thousand, of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve.

King James Version (1611)
And the beeues were thirtie and sixe thousand, of which the Lords tribute was threescore and twelue.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the oxen, six and thirty thousand, and the tribute to the Lord seventy-two.

English Revised Version
And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve.

Berean Standard Bible
36,000 cattle with a tribute to the LORD of 72,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and of sixe and thretti thousynde oxun,

Young's Literal Translation
and the herd [is] six and thirty thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah [is] two and seventy;

Update Bible Version
And the oxen were thirty and six thousand; of which Yahweh's tribute was threescore and twelve.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the beeves [were] thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute [was] seventy two.

World English Bible
The oxen were thirty-six thousand; of which Yahweh's tribute was seventy-two.

New King James Version
The cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which the LORD's tribute was seventy-two.

New Living Translation
36,000 cattle, of which 72 were the Lord 's share;

New Life Bible
There were 36,000 cattle, from which the Lord's tax was seventy-two.

New Revised Standard
The oxen were thirty-six thousand, of which the Lord 's tribute was seventy-two.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and the herd, thirty-six thousand, - and the tribute of them unto Yahweh - seventy-two;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And out of the thirty-six thousand oxen, seventy-two oxen:

Revised Standard Version
The cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which the LORD's tribute was seventy-two.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and the cattle were 36,000, from which the LORD'S levy was 72;

Contextual Overview

²⁵ The Lord told Moses: ²⁶Make a list of everything taken from the Midianites, including the captives and the animals. Then divide them between the soldiers and the rest of the people. Eleazar the priest and the family leaders will help you. ²⁸From the half that belongs to the soldiers, set aside for the Lord one out of every five hundred people or animals and give these to Eleazar. ³⁰ From the half that belongs to the people, set aside one out of every fifty and give these to the Levites in charge of the sacred tent. ³¹ Moses and Eleazar followed the Lord 's instructions ³²and listed everything that had been taken from the Midianites. The list included 675,000 sheep and goats, 72,000 cattle, 61,000 donkeys, and 32,000 young women who had never had sex. ³⁶Each half included 337,500 sheep and goats, 36,000 cattle, 30,500 donkeys, and 16,000 young women. From the half that belonged to the soldiers, Moses counted out 675 sheep and goats, 72 cattle, 61 donkeys, and 32 women and gave them to Eleazar to be dedicated to the Lord . Then from the half that belonged to the people, Moses set aside one out of every fifty animals and women, as the Lord had said, and gave them to the Levites.

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Cross-References

Genesis 30:27
But Laban told him, "If you really are my friend, stay on, and I'll pay whatever you ask. I'm sure the Lord has blessed me because of you."

Genesis 30:30
You didn't have much before I came, but the Lord has blessed everything I have ever done for you. Now it's time for me to start looking out for my own family.

Genesis 31:2
Jacob also noticed that Laban was not as friendly as he had been before.

Genesis 31:4
Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to meet him in the field where he kept his sheep,

Exodus 23:26
Your women will give birth to healthy children, and everyone will live a long life.

Deuteronomy 28:4
You will have many children. You will harvest large crops, and your herds of cattle and flocks of sheep and goats will produce many young.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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