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Complete Jewish Bible

Numbers 31:33

72,000 cattle,

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,
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,
Bible in Basic English
And seventy-two 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 (LY: iv) Adonai said to Moshe, 26 "Take all the booty, both people and animals, you, El‘azar the cohen and the leaders of clans in the community; 27 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. 28 From the portion of the soldiers who went out to battle, levy a tax for Adonai consisting of one-five-hundredth of the persons, cattle, donkeys and sheep; 29 take it from their half and give it to El‘azar the cohen as a portion set apart for Adonai . 30 From the half that goes to the people of Isra'el, you are to take one-fiftieth of the persons, and of the cattle, donkeys and sheep, that is, of all the livestock; and give them to the L'vi'im taking care of the tabernacle of Adonai ." 31 Moshe and El‘azar the cohen did as Adonai had ordered Moshe. 32 The booty, over and above the portion which the soldiers took, came to 675,000 sheep, 33 72,000 cattle, 34 61,000 donkeys,

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Genesis 24:28
The girl ran off and told her mother's household what had happened.
Genesis 24:67
Then Yitz'chak brought her into his mother Sarah's tent and took Rivkah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. Thus was Yitz'chak comforted for the loss of his mother.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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