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New King James Version

Numbers 31:38

The cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which the LORD's tribute was seventy-two.

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 .
New English Translation
The cattle numbered 36,000; the Lord 's tribute was 72.
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 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 Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 26 "Count up the plunder that was taken--of man and beast--you and Eleazar the priest and the chief fathers of the congregation; 27 and divide the plunder into two parts, between those who took part in the war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation. 28 And levy a tribute for the LORD on the men of war who went out to battle: one of every five hundred of the persons, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep; 29 take it from their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest as a heave offering to the LORD. 30 And from the children of Israel's half you shall take one of every fifty, drawn from the persons, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep, from all the livestock, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD." 31 So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses. 32 The booty remaining from the plunder, which the men of war had taken, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep, 33 seventy-two thousand cattle, 34 sixty-one thousand donkeys,

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Cross-References

Genesis 30:27
And Laban said to him, "Please stay, if I have found favor in your eyes, for I have learned by experience that the LORD has blessed me for your sake."
Genesis 30:30
For what you had before I came was little, and it has increased to a great amount; the LORD has blessed you since my coming. And now, when shall I also provide for my own house?"
Genesis 31:2
And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and indeed it was not favorable toward him as before.
Genesis 31:4
So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field, to his flock,
Exodus 23:26
No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.
Deuteronomy 28:4
"Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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