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Myles Coverdale Bible

Numbers 31:42

As for the other halfe which Moses deuyded vnto the children of Israel fro thorne; men of warre

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Levites;   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 - Nethinim;   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;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Of the children of Yisra'el's half, which Moshe divided off from the men who warred
King James Version
And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
Lexham English Bible
From the half of the Israelites, which Moses divided from the men who were fighting,
English Standard Version
From the people of Israel's half, which Moses separated from that of the men who had served in the army—
New Century Version
Moses separated the people's half from the soldiers' half.
New English Translation
From the Israelites' half-share that Moses had separated from the fighting men,
Amplified Bible
As for the Israelites' half, which Moses separated from that of the warriors—
New American Standard Bible
As for the sons of Israel's half, which Moses separated from the men who had gone to war—
Geneva Bible (1587)
And of the halfe of the children of Israel, which Moses deuided from the men of warre,
Legacy Standard Bible
As for the sons of Israel's half, which Moses separated from the men who had gone to war—
Complete Jewish Bible
(LY: v) From the half that went to people of Isra'el, which Moshe separated from that of the men who had gone to fight —
Darby Translation
And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses had divided, [taking it] from the men that served in the war,
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Moses counted the people's half. This was their share that Moses had taken from the soldiers who had gone to war.
George Lamsa Translation
And of the children of Israels half, which Moses divided from the men who had gone out to war,
Good News Translation
The share of the community was the same as that for the soldiers: 337,500 sheep and goats, 36,000 cattle, 30,500 donkeys, and 16,000 virgins.
Christian Standard Bible®
From the Israelites’ half, which Moses separated from the men who fought,
Literal Translation
And of the sons of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men who warred:
American Standard Version
And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred
Bible in Basic English
And from the half given to the children of Israel, which Moses had kept separate from that given to the fighting-men,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the other halfe of the children of Israel which Moyses deuided from the men of warre,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred--
King James Version (1611)
And of the children of Israels halfe, which Moses diuided from the men that warred:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
from the half belonging to the children of Israel, whom Moses separated from the men of war.
English Revised Version
And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred,
Berean Standard Bible
From the Israelites' half, which Moses had set apart from the men who had gone to war,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
of the myddil part of the sones of Israel, which he departide to hem that weren in batel.
Young's Literal Translation
And of the sons of Israel's half, which Moses halved from the men who war --
Update Bible Version
And of the sons of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred
Webster's Bible Translation
And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
World English Bible
Of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men who warred
New King James Version
And from the children of Israel's half, which Moses separated from the men who fought--
New Living Translation
Half of the plunder belonged to the people of Israel, and Moses separated it from the half belonging to the fighting men.
New Life Bible
Moses divided the people of Israel's half from the men who had gone to war.
New Revised Standard
As for the Israelites' half, which Moses separated from that of the troops,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, of the half, allotted unto the sons of Israel, - which Moses halved away from the men who had gone out in the host,
Douay-Rheims Bible
Out of the half of the children of Israel, which he had separated for them that had been in the battle.
Revised Standard Version
From the people of Israel's half, which Moses separated from that of the men who had gone to war--
THE MESSAGE
The other half-share for the Israelite community that Moses set apart from what was given to the men who fought the war was: 337,500 sheep 36,000 cattle 30,500 donkeys 16,000 people
New American Standard Bible (1995)
As for the sons of Israel's half, which Moses separated from the men who had gone to war—

Contextual Overview

25 And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, and sayde: 26 Take the summe of the spoyle of those that are taken, both of wemen and of catell, thou and Eleasar the prest, and the chefe fathers of the congregacion, 27 and geue ye halfe vnto those that toke the warre vpon them, and wente out to the battayll, and ye other halfe to the congregacion. 28 And of the men of warre that wente out to ye battayll, thou shalt heue vnto the LORDE one soule of fyue hundreth, both of the wemen, oxen, Asses and shepe: 29 Of their halfe parte shalt thou take it, and geue it vnto Eleasar the prest for an Heueofferynge vnto the LORDE. 30 But of the children of Israels halfe parte, thou shalt take one heade of fyftie, both of the wemen, oxen, Asses and shepe, and of all the catell, and shalt geue them vnto the Leuites, that wayte vpon the habitacio of the LORDE. 31 And Moses and Eleasar the prest dyd as the LORDE commaunded Moses. 32 And the spoyle and praye which ye men of warre had spoyled, was sixe hundreth thousande and fyue and seuentye thousande shepe, 33 two and seuentye thousande oxen, 34 one & thre score thousande Asses:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Numbers 31:30 - one portion

Cross-References

Genesis 11:5
Then came ye LORDE downe, to se ye cite & tower, yt ye childre of me had buylded.
Genesis 16:11
And the angel of the LORDE sayde further vnto her: Beholde, thou art with childe, & shalt bringe forth a sonne, and shalt call his name Ismael, because the LORDE hath herde yi trouble.
Genesis 16:13
And she called the name of the LORDE yt spake vnto her: Thou art the God that seist me. For she sayde: Of a suertye I haue sene the back partes of him that sawe me.
Genesis 27:33
Then was Isaac exceadingly amased aboue measure, and saide: Who? Where is then the hunter that brought me, and I haue eaten of all afore thou camest, and haue blessed him? And he shall be blessed still.
Genesis 29:32
And Lea coceaued, and bare a sonne, whom she called Ruben, and sayde: The LORDE hath loked vpon my aduersite. Now wyll my hußbande loue me.
Genesis 31:1
He herde also of ye wordes of Labans children, that they sayde: Iacob hath brought all or fathers good vnto him self, & of oure fathers good hath he gotten these riches.
Genesis 31:3
And the LORDE sayde vnto him: Departe agayne to thy fatherlade, and to thy kynred, I wyll be with the.
Genesis 31:5
and sayde vnto them: I se youre fathers countenaunce, that it is not towarde me like as yesterdaye and yeryesterdaye: but the God of my father hath bene with me.
Genesis 31:11
And the angel of God sayde vnto me in a dreame: Iacob. And I answered: here am I.
Genesis 31:12
He sayde: lift vp thine eyes, and beholde, the rammes leape vpon the speckelde, spotted, and partie coloured flocke: for I haue sene all yt Laban doth vnto the.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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