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Hebrew Names Version

Numbers 31:39

The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred; of which the LORD's tribute was sixty-one.

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

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;
English Standard Version
The donkeys were 30,500, of which the Lord 's tribute was 61.
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 spoke to Moshe, saying, 26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of animal, you, and El`azar the Kohen, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the congregation; 27 and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation. 28 Levy a tribute to the LORD of the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, [both] of the persons, and of the oxen, and of the donkeys, and of the flocks: 29 take it of their half, and give it to El`azar the Kohen, for the LORD's heave-offering. 30 Of the children of Yisra'el's half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, [even] of all the cattle, and give them to the Levites, who keep the charge of the tent of the LORD. 31 Moshe and El`azar the Kohen did as the LORD commanded Moshe. 32 Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep, 33 and seventy-two thousand oxen, 34 and seventy-one thousand donkeys,

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Genesis 31:10
It happened at the time that the flock conceive, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which leaped on the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled.
Genesis 31:12
He said, 'Now lift up your eyes, and behold, all the male goats which leap on the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled, for I have seen all that Lavan does to you.
Genesis 31:13
I am the God of Beit-El, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your birth."
Genesis 31:34
Now Rachel had taken the terafim, put them in the camel's saddle, and sat on them. Lavan felt about all the tent, but didn't find them.
Genesis 31:35
She said to her father, "Don't let my lord be angry that I can't rise up before you; for the manner of women is on me." He searched, but didn't find the terafim.
Exodus 22:31
"You shall be holy men to me, therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by animals in the field. You shall cast it to the dogs.
Leviticus 22:8
That which dies of itself, or is torn by animals, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.
Luke 2:8
There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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