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English Standard Version

Numbers 31:39

The donkeys were 30,500, of which the Lord 's tribute was 61.

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 - Booty;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Priest;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Beeves,;   Eleazar ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Booty;   Priest;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Jephthah;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred; of which the LORD's tribute was sixty-one.
King James Version
And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the Lord 'S tribute was threescore and one.
Lexham English Bible
Of the male donkeys there were thirty thousand five hundred, and the tribute to Yahweh was sixty-one;
New Century Version
They got 30,500 donkeys, and they gave 61 of them to the Lord .
New English Translation
The donkeys were 30,500, of which the Lord 's tribute was 61.
Amplified Bible
the donkeys were 30,500, from which the LORD'S levy was 61;
New American Standard Bible
the donkeys were 30,500, from which the LORD'S tribute tax was sixty-one;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the asses were thirtie thousande and fiue hundreth, whereof the Lordes tribute was three score and one:
Legacy Standard Bible
and the donkeys were 30,500, from which the levy of Yahweh was 61;
Complete Jewish Bible
30,500 donkeys, of which Adonai 's tribute was sixty-one;
Darby Translation
and the asses were thirty thousand five hundred, and the tribute thereof for Jehovah, sixty-one;
Easy-to-Read Version
The soldiers got 30,500 donkeys. They gave 61 donkeys to the Lord .
George Lamsa Translation
And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORDS tribute was six hundred and ten.
Christian Standard Bible®
from the 30,500 donkeys,
Literal Translation
and the asses thirty thousand, five hundred; and their tribute to Jehovah, sixty one;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Item thirtie thousande fyue hundreth Asses: wherof the LORDE had one & thre score.
American Standard Version
And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which Jehovah's tribute was threescore and one.
Bible in Basic English
The number of asses was thirty thousand, five hundred, of which the Lord's part was sixty-one.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the asses were thirtie thousande and fiue hundred, of which the Lordes part was threescore and one.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred, of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and one.
King James Version (1611)
And the asses were thirtie thousand and fiue hundred, of which the Lords tribute was threescore and one.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And asses, thirty thousand and five hundred, and the tribute to the Lord, sixty-one:
English Revised Version
And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and one.
Berean Standard Bible
30,500 donkeys with a tribute to the LORD of 61,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
two and seuenti oxun, and of thretti thousynde assis and fyue hundryd, oon and sixti assis;
Young's Literal Translation
and the asses [are] thirty thousand and five hundred, and their tribute to Jehovah [is] one and sixty;
Update Bible Version
And the donkeys were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which Yahweh's tribute was threescore and one.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the asses [were] thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD'S tribute [was] sixty one.
World English Bible
The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred; of which Yahweh's tribute was sixty-one.
New King James Version
The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred, of which the LORD's tribute was sixty-one.
New Living Translation
30,500 donkeys, of which 61 were the Lord 's share;
New Life Bible
There were 30,500 donkeys, from which the Lord's tax was sixty-one.
New Revised Standard
The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred, of which the Lord 's tribute was sixty-one.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and the asses, thirty thousand and five hundred, - and the tribute of them unto Yahweh, sixty-one;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Out of the thirty thousand five hundred asses, sixty-one asses:
Revised Standard Version
The asses were thirty thousand five hundred, of which the LORD's tribute was sixty-one.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and the donkeys were 30,500, from which the LORD'S levy was 61;

Contextual Overview

25 The Lord said to Moses, 26 "Take the count of the plunder that was taken, both of man and of beast, you and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the fathers' houses of the congregation, 27 and divide the plunder into two parts between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation. 28 And levy for the Lord a tribute from the men of war who went out to battle, one out of five hundred, of the people and of the oxen and of the donkeys and of the flocks. 29 Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as a contribution to the Lord . 30 And from the people of Israel's half you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the people, of the oxen, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all the cattle, and give them to the Levites who keep guard over the tabernacle of the Lord ." 31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses. 32 Now the plunder remaining of the spoil that the army took was 675,000 sheep, 33 72,000 cattle, 34 61,000 donkeys,

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Genesis 31:10
In the breeding season of the flock I lifted up my eyes and saw in a dream that the goats that mated with the flock were striped, spotted, and mottled.
Genesis 31:12
And he said, ‘Lift up your eyes and see, all the goats that mate with the flock are striped, spotted, and mottled, for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.
Genesis 31:13
I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now arise, go out from this land and return to the land of your kindred.'"
Genesis 31:34
Now Rachel had taken the household gods and put them in the camel's saddle and sat on them. Laban felt all about the tent, but did not find them.
Genesis 31:35
And she said to her father, "Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise before you, for the way of women is upon me." So he searched but did not find the household gods.
Exodus 22:31
"You shall be consecrated to me. Therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.
Leviticus 22:8
He shall not eat what dies of itself or is torn by beasts, and so make himself unclean by it: I am the Lord .'
Luke 2:8
And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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