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Numbers 31:42

From the Israelites' half-share that Moses had separated from the fighting men,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Levites;   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;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Beeves,;   Eleazar ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Booty;   Priest;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Of the children of Yisra'el's half, which Moshe divided off from the men who warred
King James Version
And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
Lexham English Bible
From the half of the Israelites, which Moses divided from the men who were fighting,
English Standard Version
From the people of Israel's half, which Moses separated from that of the men who had served in the army—
New Century Version
Moses separated the people's half from the soldiers' half.
Amplified Bible
As for the Israelites' half, which Moses separated from that of the warriors—
New American Standard Bible
As for the sons of Israel's half, which Moses separated from the men who had gone to war—
Geneva Bible (1587)
And of the halfe of the children of Israel, which Moses deuided from the men of warre,
Legacy Standard Bible
As for the sons of Israel's half, which Moses separated from the men who had gone to war—
Complete Jewish Bible
(LY: v) From the half that went to people of Isra'el, which Moshe separated from that of the men who had gone to fight —
Darby Translation
And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses had divided, [taking it] from the men that served in the war,
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Moses counted the people's half. This was their share that Moses had taken from the soldiers who had gone to war.
George Lamsa Translation
And of the children of Israels half, which Moses divided from the men who had gone out to war,
Good News Translation
The share of the community was the same as that for the soldiers: 337,500 sheep and goats, 36,000 cattle, 30,500 donkeys, and 16,000 virgins.
Christian Standard Bible®
From the Israelites’ half, which Moses separated from the men who fought,
Literal Translation
And of the sons of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men who warred:
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As for the other halfe which Moses deuyded vnto the children of Israel fro thorne; men of warre
American Standard Version
And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred
Bible in Basic English
And from the half given to the children of Israel, which Moses had kept separate from that given to the fighting-men,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the other halfe of the children of Israel which Moyses deuided from the men of warre,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred--
King James Version (1611)
And of the children of Israels halfe, which Moses diuided from the men that warred:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
from the half belonging to the children of Israel, whom Moses separated from the men of war.
English Revised Version
And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred,
Berean Standard Bible
From the Israelites' half, which Moses had set apart from the men who had gone to war,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
of the myddil part of the sones of Israel, which he departide to hem that weren in batel.
Young's Literal Translation
And of the sons of Israel's half, which Moses halved from the men who war --
Update Bible Version
And of the sons of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred
Webster's Bible Translation
And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
World English Bible
Of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men who warred
New King James Version
And from the children of Israel's half, which Moses separated from the men who fought--
New Living Translation
Half of the plunder belonged to the people of Israel, and Moses separated it from the half belonging to the fighting men.
New Life Bible
Moses divided the people of Israel's half from the men who had gone to war.
New Revised Standard
As for the Israelites' half, which Moses separated from that of the troops,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, of the half, allotted unto the sons of Israel, - which Moses halved away from the men who had gone out in the host,
Douay-Rheims Bible
Out of the half of the children of Israel, which he had separated for them that had been in the battle.
Revised Standard Version
From the people of Israel's half, which Moses separated from that of the men who had gone to war--
THE MESSAGE
The 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
New American Standard Bible (1995)
As for the sons of Israel's half, which Moses separated from the men who had gone to war—

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
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Numbers 31:30 - one portion

Cross-References

Genesis 11:5
But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the people had started building.
Genesis 16:11
Then the Lord 's angel said to her, "You are now pregnant and are about to give birth to a son. You are to name him Ishmael, for the Lord has heard your painful groans.
Genesis 16:13
So Hagar named the Lord who spoke to her, "You are the God who sees me," for she said, "Here I have seen one who sees me!"
Genesis 27:33
Isaac began to shake violently and asked, "Then who else hunted game and brought it to me? I ate all of it just before you arrived, and I blessed him. He will indeed be blessed!"
Genesis 29:32
So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, "The Lord has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. Surely my husband will love me now."
Genesis 31:1
Jacob heard that Laban's sons were complaining, "Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father! He has gotten rich at our father's expense!"
Genesis 31:3
The Lord said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your relatives. I will be with you."
Genesis 31:5
There he said to them, "I can tell that your father's attitude toward me has changed, but the God of my father has been with me.
Genesis 31:11
In the dream the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!' ‘Here I am!' I replied.
Genesis 31:12
Then he said, ‘Observe that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled, or spotted, for I have observed all that Laban has done to you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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