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Numbers 31:38

The cattle numbered 36,000; the Lord 's tribute was 72.

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 .
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 Then the Lord spoke to Moses: 26 "You and Eleazar the priest, and all the family leaders of the community, take the sum of the plunder that was captured, both people and animals. 27 Divide the plunder into two parts, one for those who took part in the war—who went out to battle—and the other for all the community. 28 "You must exact a tribute for the Lord from the fighting men who went out to battle: one life out of five hundred, from the people, the cattle, and from the donkeys and the sheep. 29 You are to take it from their half-share and give it to Eleazar the priest for a raised offering to the Lord . 30 From the Israelites' half-share you are to take one portion out of fifty of the people, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep—from every kind of animal—and you are to give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the Lord 's tabernacle." 31 So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses. 32 The spoil that remained of the plunder which the fighting men had gathered was 675,000 sheep, 33 72,000 cattle, 34 61,000 donkeys,

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Genesis 30:27
But Laban said to him, "If I have found favor in your sight, please stay here, for I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me on account of you."
Genesis 30:30
Indeed, you had little before I arrived, but now your possessions have increased many times over. The Lord has blessed you wherever I worked. But now, how long must it be before I do something for my own family too?"
Genesis 31:2
When Jacob saw the look on Laban's face, he could tell his attitude toward him had changed.
Genesis 31:4
So Jacob sent a message for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flocks were.
Exodus 23:26
No woman will miscarry her young or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.
Deuteronomy 28:4
Your children will be blessed, as well as the produce of your soil, the offspring of your livestock, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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