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New Century Version

Numbers 31:38

They got 36,000 cattle, and they gave 72 of them to the Lord .

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 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 The Lord said to Moses, 26 "You, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the family groups should take a count of the goods, the men, and the animals that were taken. 27 Then divide those possessions between the soldiers who went to war and the rest of the people. 28 From the soldiers who went to war, take a tax for the Lord of one item out of every five hundred. This includes people, cattle, donkeys, or sheep. 29 Take it from the soldiers' half, and give it to Eleazar the priest as the Lord 's share. 30 And from the people's half, take one item out of every fifty. This includes people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or other animals. Give that to the Levites, who take care of the Lord 's Holy Tent." 31 So Moses and Eleazar did as the Lord commanded Moses. 32 There remained from what the soldiers had taken 675,000 sheep, 33 72,000 cattle, 34 61,000 donkeys,

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Cross-References

Genesis 30:27
Laban said to him, "If I have pleased you, please stay. I know the Lord has blessed me because of you.
Genesis 30:30
When I came, you had little, but now you have much. Every time I did something for you, the Lord blessed you. But when will I be able to do something for my own family?"
Genesis 31:2
Then Jacob noticed that Laban was not as friendly as he had been before.
Genesis 31:4
So Jacob told Rachel and Leah to meet him in the field where he kept his flocks.
Exodus 23:26
None of your women will have her baby die before it is born, and all women will have children. I will allow you to live long lives.
Deuteronomy 28:4
Your children will be blessed, as well as your crops; your herds will be blessed with calves and your flocks with lambs.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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