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Literal Standard Version

Numbers 31:39

and the donkeys [are] thirty thousand and five hundred, and their tribute to YHWH [is] 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

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;
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

25And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying, 26"Take up the sum of the prey of the captives, among man and among beast, you, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers of the congregation; 27and you have halved the prey between those handling the battle, who go out to the war, and all the congregation; 28and you have raised a tribute to YHWH from the men of battle, who go out to the war, one body out of five hundred, of man, and of the herd, and of the donkeys, and of the flock; 29you take from their half and have given [it] to Eleazar the priest [as] a raised-offering of YHWH. 30And from the sons of Israel's half you take one possession out of fifty, of man, of the herd, of the donkeys, and of the flock, of all the livestock, and you have given them to the Levites keeping the charge of the Dwelling Place of YHWH." 31And Moses does—Eleazar the priest also—as YHWH has commanded Moses. 32And the prey, the remainder of the spoil which the people of the host have spoiled, is six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand of the flock; 33and seventy-two thousand of the herd; 34and sixty-one thousand donkeys;

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Cross-References

Genesis 31:10
And it comes to pass at the time of the flock conceiving, that I lift up my eyes and see in a dream, and behold, the male goats, which are going up on the flock, [are] striped, speckled, and spotted;
Genesis 31:12
And He says, Now lift up your eyes and see [that] all the male goats which are going up on the flock [are] striped, speckled, and spotted, for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you;
Genesis 31:13
I [am] the God of Bethel where you have anointed a standing pillar, where you have vowed a vow to me; now, arise, go out from this land, and return to the land of your birth."
Genesis 31:34
And Rachel has taken the teraphim, and puts them in the furniture of the camel, and sits on them; and Laban feels all the tent, and has not found;
Genesis 31:35
and she says to her father, "Let it not be displeasing in the eyes of my lord that I am not able to rise at your presence, for the way of women [is] on me"; and he searches, and has not found the teraphim.
Exodus 22:31
And you are holy men to Me, and you do not eat flesh torn in the field, you cast it to a dog.
Leviticus 22:8
he does not eat a carcass or torn thing, to become unclean with it; I [am] YHWH.
Luke 2:8
And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the field and keeping the night-watches over their flock,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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