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Numbers 31:40

The people were 16,000, of which the Lord 's tribute was 32 people.

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 - Booty;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Nethinim;   Priest;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Nethinim;   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 persons were sixteen thousand; of whom the LORD's tribute was thirty-two persons.
King James Version
And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the Lord 'S tribute was thirty and two persons.
Lexham English Bible
the humans were sixteen thousand, and the tribute to Yahweh was thirty-two persons.
English Standard Version
The persons were 16,000, of which the Lord 's tribute was 32 persons.
New Century Version
They got 16,000 people, and they gave 32 of them to the Lord .
Amplified Bible
the persons were 16,000, from whom the LORD'S levy was 32 persons.
New American Standard Bible
and the captive people were sixteen thousand, from whom the LORD'S tribute tax was thirty-two persons.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And of persons sixtene thousand, whereof the Lordes tribute was two and thirtie persons.
Legacy Standard Bible
and the human beings were 16,000, from whom the levy of Yahweh was 32 persons.
Complete Jewish Bible
and 16,000 persons, of whom Adonai 's tribute was thirty-two persons.
Darby Translation
and the human persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the tribute for Jehovah was thirty-two persons.
Easy-to-Read Version
The soldiers got 16,000 women. They gave 32 women to the Lord .
George Lamsa Translation
And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORDS tribute was three hundred and twenty persons.
Christian Standard Bible®
and from the 16,000 people,
Literal Translation
and the human beings sixteen thousand; and their tribute to Jehovah, thirty two persons.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Item sixtene thousande soules of wemen: wherof the LORDE had two & thirtie.
American Standard Version
And the persons were sixteen thousand; of whom Jehovah's tribute was thirty and two persons.
Bible in Basic English
And the number of persons was sixteen thousand, of which the Lord's part was thirty-two persons.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the persons were sixteene thousande, of which the Lordes part was thirtie and two persons.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons.
King James Version (1611)
And the persons were sixteene thousand, of which the Lords tribute was thirtie and two persons.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and the persons, sixteen thousand, and the tribute of them to the Lord, thirty-two souls.
English Revised Version
And the persons were sixteen thousand; of whom the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons.
Berean Standard Bible
and 16,000 people with a tribute to the LORD of 32.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
of sixtene thousynde persoones of men, twei and thretti persoones bifelden in to the `part of the Lord.
Young's Literal Translation
and the human beings [are] sixteen thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah [is] two and thirty persons.
Update Bible Version
And the souls of man were sixteen thousand; of whom Yahweh's tribute was thirty and two souls.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the persons [were] sixteen thousand, of which the LORD'S tribute [was] thirty and two persons.
World English Bible
The persons were sixteen thousand; of whom Yahweh's tribute was thirty-two persons.
New King James Version
The persons were sixteen thousand, of which the LORD's tribute was thirty-two persons.
New Living Translation
and 16,000 virgin girls, of whom 32 were the Lord 's share.
New Life Bible
And there were 16,000 persons, from whom the Lord's tax was thirty-two.
New Revised Standard
The persons were sixteen thousand, of which the Lord 's tribute was thirty-two persons.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and the human persons, sixteen thousand, - and the tribute of them unto Yahweh, thirty-two persons.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Out of the sixteen thousand persons, there fell to the portion of the Lord, thirty-two souls.
Revised Standard Version
The persons were sixteen thousand, of which the LORD's tribute was thirty-two persons.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and the human beings were 16,000, from whom the LORD'S levy was 32 persons.

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,

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Cross-References

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.
Genesis 31:15
Hasn't he treated us like foreigners? He not only sold us, but completely wasted the money paid for us!
Genesis 31:17
So Jacob immediately put his children and his wives on the camels.
Genesis 31:19
While Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole the household idols that belonged to her father.
Genesis 31:22
Three days later Laban discovered Jacob had left.
Exodus 3:1
Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.
Hosea 12:12
Jacob fled to the country of Aram, then Israel worked to acquire a wife; he tended sheep to pay for her.
Luke 2:8
Now there were shepherds nearby living out in the field, keeping guard over their flock at night.
Hebrews 13:7
Remember your leaders, who spoke God's message to you; reflect on the outcome of their lives and imitate their faith.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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