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Numbers 31:38

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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;   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 oxen were thirty-six thousand; of which the LORD's tribute was seventy-two.
King James Version
And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the Lord 'S tribute was threescore and twelve.
Lexham English Bible
and the cattle were thirty-six thousand; and the tribute to Yahweh was seventy-two.
English Standard Version
The cattle were 36,000, of which the Lord 's tribute was 72.
New Century Version
They got 36,000 cattle, and they gave 72 of them to the Lord .
New English Translation
The cattle numbered 36,000; the Lord 's tribute was 72.
Amplified Bible
the cattle were 36,000, from which the LORD'S levy was 72;
New American Standard Bible
the cattle were thirty-six thousand, from which the LORD'S tribute tax was seventy-two;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the beeues were six & thirty thousad, whereof the Lordes tribute was seuentie & two.
Legacy Standard Bible
and the cattle were 36,000, from which the levy of Yahweh was 72;
Complete Jewish Bible
36,000 cattle, of which Adonai 's tribute was seventy-two;
Darby Translation
and the oxen were thirty-six thousand, and the tribute thereof for Jehovah, seventy-two;
Easy-to-Read Version
The soldiers got 36,000 cattle. They gave 72 cattle to the Lord .
George Lamsa Translation
And the oxen were thirty-six thousand; of which the LORDS tribute was seven hundred and twenty.
Christian Standard Bible®
from the 36,000 cattle,
Literal Translation
and the oxen, thirty six thousand; and their tribute to Jehovah, seventy two;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Item sixe and thirtie thousande oxen: wherof the LORDE had two & seuentye.
American Standard Version
And the oxen were thirty and six thousand; of which Jehovah's tribute was threescore and twelve.
Bible in Basic English
The number of oxen was thirty-six thousand, of which the Lord's part was seventy-two;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the beefes were thirtie and sixe thousande, of which the Lordes part was threescore and twelue.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the beeves were thirty and six thousand, of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve.
King James Version (1611)
And the beeues were thirtie and sixe thousand, of which the Lords tribute was threescore and twelue.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the oxen, six and thirty thousand, and the tribute to the Lord seventy-two.
English Revised Version
And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve.
Berean Standard Bible
36,000 cattle with a tribute to the LORD of 72,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and of sixe and thretti thousynde oxun,
Young's Literal Translation
and the herd [is] six and thirty thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah [is] two and seventy;
Update Bible Version
And the oxen were thirty and six thousand; of which Yahweh's tribute was threescore and twelve.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the beeves [were] thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute [was] seventy two.
World English Bible
The oxen were thirty-six thousand; of which Yahweh's tribute was seventy-two.
New King James Version
The cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which the LORD's tribute was seventy-two.
New Living Translation
36,000 cattle, of which 72 were the Lord 's share;
New Life Bible
There were 36,000 cattle, from which the Lord's tax was seventy-two.
New Revised Standard
The oxen were thirty-six thousand, of which the Lord 's tribute was seventy-two.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and the herd, thirty-six thousand, - and the tribute of them unto Yahweh - seventy-two;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And out of the thirty-six thousand oxen, seventy-two oxen:
Revised Standard Version
The cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which the LORD's tribute was seventy-two.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and the cattle were 36,000, from which the LORD'S levy was 72;

Contextual Overview

25 God said to Moses, "I want you and Eleazar the priest and the family leaders in the community to count the captives, people and animals. Split the plunder between the soldiers who fought the battle and the rest of the congregation. 28"Then tax the booty that goes to the soldiers at the rate of one life out of five hundred, whether humans, cattle, donkeys, or sheep. It's a God -tax taken from their half-share to be turned over to Eleazar the priest on behalf of God . Tax the congregation's half-share at the rate of one life out of fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, or other animals. Give this to the Levites who are in charge of the care of God 's Dwelling." 31 Moses and Eleazar followed through with what God had commanded Moses. 32The rest of the plunder taken by the army: 675,000 sheep 72,000 cattle 61,000 donkeys 32,000 women who were virgins 36The half-share for those who had fought in the war: 337,500 sheep, with a tax of 675 for God 36,000 cattle, with a tax of 72 for God 30,500 donkeys, with a tax of 61 for God 16,000 people, with a tax of 32 for God 41 Moses turned the tax over to Eleazar the priest as God 's part, following God 's instructions to Moses. 42The 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 47 From the half-share going to the People of Israel, Moses, just as God had instructed him, picked one out of every fifty persons and animals and gave them to the Levites, who were in charge of maintaining God 's Dwelling.

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Cross-References

Genesis 30:27
Laban said, "If you please, I have learned through divine inquiry that God has blessed me because of you." He went on, "So name your wages. I'll pay you."
Genesis 31:4
So Jacob sent word for Rachel and Leah to meet him out in the field where his flocks were. He said, "I notice that your father has changed toward me; he doesn't treat me the same as before. But the God of my father hasn't changed; he's still with me. You know how hard I've worked for your father. Still, your father has cheated me over and over, changing my wages time and again. But God never let him really hurt me. If he said, ‘Your wages will consist of speckled animals' the whole flock would start having speckled lambs and kids. And if he said, ‘From now on your wages will be streaked animals' the whole flock would have streaked ones. Over and over God used your father's livestock to reward me.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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