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Numbers 31:48

Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders over thousands and the commanders over hundreds, approached Moses

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Captain;   Liberality;   Spoils;   Thompson Chain Reference - Captains;   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 - Captain;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The officers who were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moshe;
King James Version
And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:
Lexham English Bible
Then the leaders of the thousands of the army, the commanders of the thousands and the commanders of the hundreds, approached Moses,
English Standard Version
Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, came near to Moses
New Century Version
Then the officers of the army, the commanders of a thousand men and commanders of a hundred men, came to Moses.
Amplified Bible
Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, approached Moses,
New American Standard Bible
Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, approached Moses,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the captaines which were ouer thousandes of the hoste, the captaines ouer the thousandes, and the captaines ouer the hundreds came vnto Moses:
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, came near to Moses,
Contemporary English Version
The army commanders went to Moses
Complete Jewish Bible
The officers in charge of the thousands who fought, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, approached Moshe
Darby Translation
And the officers who were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near to Moses,
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the leaders of the army (the leaders over 1000 men and the leaders over 100 men) came to Moses.
George Lamsa Translation
And the officers who were over thousands of the host, the commanders of thousands and the captains of hundreds came near to Moses;
Good News Translation
Then the officers who had commanded the army went to Moses
Christian Standard Bible®
The officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, approached Moses
Literal Translation
And the officers who were over the thousands of the army, heads of the thousands and heads of the hundreds, drew near to Moses.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the captaynes ouer ye thousandes of the hoost, namely they that were ouer thousandes and ouer hundreds, came forth vnto Moses, and sayde vnto him:
American Standard Version
And the officers that were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses;
Bible in Basic English
Then the men in authority over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, came to Moses,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the officers of thousandes of the hoast, ye captaynes ouer the thousandes, and the captaynes ouer the hundredes, came foorth,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the officers that were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses;
King James Version (1611)
And the officers which were ouer thousands of the hoste, the captaines of thousands, and captaines of hundreds came neere vnto Moses.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And all those who were appointed to be officers of thousands of the host, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, approached Moses, and said to Moses,
English Revised Version
And the officers which were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:
Berean Standard Bible
Then the officers who were over the units of the army-the commanders of thousands and of hundreds-approached Moses
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne the princes of the oost, and the tribunes and centuriouns hadden neiyed to Moises,
Young's Literal Translation
And the inspectors whom the thousands of the host hath, (heads of the thousands and heads of the hundreds), draw near unto Moses,
Update Bible Version
And the officers that were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses;
Webster's Bible Translation
And the officers who [were] over thousands of the hosts, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near to Moses:
World English Bible
The officers who were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses;
New King James Version
Then the officers who were over thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, came near to Moses;
New Living Translation
Then all the generals and captains came to Moses
New Life Bible
Then the leaders of the thousands of the army, the heads of thousands and the heads of hundreds, came to Moses.
New Revised Standard
Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, approached Moses,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came near unto Moses the officers who belonged unto the thousands of the host, - the princes of thousands and the princes of hundreds;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when the commanders of the army, and the tribunes and centurions were come to Moses, they said:
Revised Standard Version
Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses,
THE MESSAGE
The military officers—commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—came to Moses and said, "We have counted the soldiers under our command and not a man is missing. We've brought offerings to God from the gold jewelry we got—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, ornaments—to make atonement for our lives before God ."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, approached Moses,

Contextual Overview

48 Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders over thousands and the commanders over hundreds, approached Moses 49 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. 50 So we have brought as an offering for the Lord what each man found: gold ornaments, armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord ." 51 Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all of it in the form of ornaments. 52 All the gold of the offering they offered up to the Lord from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds weighed 16,750 shekels. 53 Each soldier had taken plunder for himself. 54 So Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds and brought it into the tent of meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 20:5 - the officers

Cross-References

Genesis 31:8
If he said, ‘The speckled animals will be your wage,' then the entire flock gave birth to speckled offspring. But if he said, ‘The streaked animals will be your wage,' then the entire flock gave birth to streaked offspring.
Genesis 31:9
In this way God has snatched away your father's livestock and given them to me.
Genesis 31:23
So he took his relatives with him and pursued Jacob for seven days. He caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.
Deuteronomy 2:36
From Aroer, which is at the edge of Wadi Arnon (it is the city in the wadi), all the way to Gilead there was not a town able to resist us—the Lord our God gave them all to us.
Deuteronomy 3:16
To the Reubenites and Gadites I allocated the territory extending from Gilead as far as Wadi Arnon (the exact middle of the wadi was a boundary) all the way to the Wadi Jabbok, the Ammonite border.
Joshua 24:27
Joshua said to all the people, "Look, this stone will be a witness against you, for it has heard everything the Lord said to us. It will be a witness against you if you deny your God."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the officers which were over thousands of the host,.... Over the twelve thousand, of which the host or army consisted: namely, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses; of their own accord, without being sent, or required to do what they did.


 
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