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New Century Version

Numbers 31:49

They told Moses, "We, your servants, have counted our soldiers under our command, and not one of them is missing.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Liberality;   Spoils;   Thankfulness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Midianites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Eleazar ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Metals;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Numbers, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
and they said to Moshe, Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war who are under our charge, and there lacks not one man of us.
King James Version
And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.
Lexham English Bible
and they said to Moses, "Your servants have taken count of the men of war who were in our charge, and no man is missing from us.
English Standard Version
and said to Moses, "Your servants have counted the men of war who are under our command, and there is not a man missing from us.
New English Translation
and said to him, "Your servants have taken a count of the men who were in the battle, who were under our authority, and not one is missing.
Amplified Bible
and they said to him, "Your servants have counted the warriors under our command, and not one man of us is missing.
New American Standard Bible
and they said to Moses, "Your servants have taken a census of the men of war who are under our authority, and no man of us is missing.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And saide to Moses, Thy seruants haue taken the summe of the men of warre which are vnder our authoritie, and there lacketh not one man of vs.
Legacy Standard Bible
and they said to Moses, "Your servants have taken a census of men of war who are in our charge, and no man of us is missing.
Contemporary English Version
and said, "Sir, we have counted our troops, and not one soldier is missing.
Complete Jewish Bible
and said to him, "Your servants have counted all the soldiers under our command, and not one of us is missing.
Darby Translation
and they said to Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war who were under our hand, and there is not one man of us lacking.
Easy-to-Read Version
They told Moses, "We, your servants, have counted our soldiers. We have not missed any of them.
George Lamsa Translation
And they said to Moses, Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war who are under our charge and there lacks not one man of us.
Good News Translation
and reported, "Sir, we have counted the soldiers under our command and not one of them is missing.
Christian Standard Bible®
and told him, “Your servants have taken a census of the fighting men under our command, and not one of us is missing.
Literal Translation
And they said to Moses, Your servants have lifted the heads of the men of war who were with us, and not a man of us is missing.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thy seruauntes haue taken ye summe of ye men of warre, that were vnder oure hande, and there lacked not one:
American Standard Version
and they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war that are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.
Bible in Basic English
And said to him, Your servants have taken note of the number of all the fighting-men under our orders, and every one is present;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And sayde vnto Moyses: Thy seruauntes haue taken the summe of the men of warre which are vnder our aucthoritie, and there lacketh not one man of vs:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and they said unto Moses: 'Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war that are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.
King James Version (1611)
And they said vnto Moses, Thy seruants haue taken the summe of the men of warre which are vnder our charge, and there lacketh not one man of vs.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war with us, and not one is missing.
English Revised Version
and they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.
Berean Standard Bible
and said, "Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one of us is missing.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
thei seiden, We thi seruauntis han teld the noumbre of fiyters, whiche we hadden vndur oure hoond, and sotheli not oon failide;
Young's Literal Translation
and they say unto Moses, `Thy servants have taken up the sum of the men of war who [are] with us, and not a man of us hath been missed;
Update Bible Version
and they said to Moses, Your slaves have taken the sum of the men of war that are under our charge, and there lacks not one man of us.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they said to Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war who [are] under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.
World English Bible
and they said to Moses, Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war who are under our charge, and there lacks not one man of us.
New King James Version
and they said to Moses, "Your servants have taken a count of the men of war who are under our command, and not a man of us is missing.
New Living Translation
and said, "We, your servants, have accounted for all the men who went out to battle under our command; not one of us is missing!
New Life Bible
They said to him, "Your servants have numbered the men of war whom we lead. Not one man is missing from us.
New Revised Standard
and said to Moses, "Your servants have counted the warriors who are under our command, and not one of us is missing.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and said unto Moses, Thy servants have reckoned up the sum of the men of war who are in our hand, - and there is not missed from among us, a man!
Douay-Rheims Bible
We thy servants have reckoned up the number of the fighting men, whom we had under our hand, and not so much as one was wanting.
Revised Standard Version
and said to Moses, "Your servants have counted the men of war who are under our command, and there is not a man missing from us.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and they said to Moses, "Your servants have taken a census of men of war who are in our charge, and no man of us is missing.

Contextual Overview

48 Then the officers of the army, the commanders of a thousand men and commanders of a hundred men, came to Moses. 49 They told Moses, "We, your servants, have counted our soldiers under our command, and not one of them is missing. 50 So we have brought the Lord a gift of the gold things that each of us found: arm bands, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces. These are to remove our sins so we will belong to the Lord ." 51 So Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, which had been made into all kinds of objects. 52 The commanders of a thousand men and the commanders of a hundred men gave the Lord the gold, and all of it together weighed about 420 pounds; 53 each soldier had taken something for himself. 54 Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the commanders of a thousand men and the commanders of a hundred men. Then they put it in the Meeting Tent as a memorial before the Lord for the people of Israel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

charge: Heb. hand

lacketh: 1 Samuel 30:18, 1 Samuel 30:19, Psalms 72:14, John 18:9

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 30:23 - which the Lord 2 Samuel 17:22 - there lacked Jeremiah 23:4 - neither

Cross-References

Genesis 31:5
He said to them, "I have seen that your father is not as friendly with me as he used to be, but the God of my father has been with me.
Genesis 31:6
You both know that I have worked as hard as I could for your father,
Judges 10:17
The Ammonites gathered for war and camped in Gilead. The Israelites gathered and camped at Mizpah.
Judges 11:11
So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander of their army. Jephthah repeated all of his words in front of the Lord at Mizpah.
Judges 11:29
Then the Spirit of the Lord entered Jephthah. Jephthah passed through Gilead and Manasseh and the city of Mizpah in Gilead to the land of the Ammonites.
1 Kings 15:22
Then King Asa gave an order to all the people of Judah; everyone had to help. They carried away all the stones and wood Baasha had been using in Ramah, and they used them to build up Geba and Mizpah in the land of Benjamin.
Hosea 5:1
"Listen, you priests. Pay attention, people of Israel. Listen, royal family, because you will all be judged. You have been like a trap at Mizpah and like a net spread out at Mount Tabor.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they said unto Moses,.... Gave the following relation to him, which is a very surprising one:

thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge; since the war with Midian was over, they had mustered the several companies under their command, such as had thousands, and those that had hundreds:

and there lacketh not one man of us; which is a most amazing and unheard of thing, that in waging war with a whole nation, slaying all their males, sacking and burning so many cities, plundering the inhabitants of their substance, taking and carrying off such a vast number of captives, yet not one should fall by the sword of the enemy, or by any disease or accident whatever, but all to a man should return to the camp of Israel again; this is not to be paralleled in any history.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

There is no mention of any resistance on the part of the Midianites. The Israelites saw in this and in the preservation of all those engaged, proofs that the Lord had been with them in the work, and hence, the free-will oblation of Numbers 31:50.


 
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