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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Numbers 31:43

the half allotted unto the assembly, was - of the flock, three hundred and thirty-seven thousand, and five hundred;

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 - 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
(now the congregation's half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,
King James Version
(Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
Lexham English Bible
the half that belonged to the community was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred from the flock,
English Standard Version
now the congregation's half was 337,500 sheep,
New Century Version
The people got 337,500 sheep,
New English Translation
there were 337,500 sheep from the portion belonging to the community,
Amplified Bible
now the congregation's half was 337,500 sheep,
New American Standard Bible
now the congregation's half was 337,500 sheep,
Geneva Bible (1587)
(For the halfe that perteined vnto the Congregation, was three hundreth thirtie and seuen thousand sheepe and fiue hundreth,
Legacy Standard Bible
now the congregation's half was 337,500 sheep,
Complete Jewish Bible
now the community's half consisted of 337,500 sheep,
Darby Translation
(now the half belonging to the assembly was of the sheep, three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred,
Easy-to-Read Version
The people got 337,500 sheep,
George Lamsa Translation
(Now the half that pertained to the congregation was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand and five hundred sheep.
Christian Standard Bible®
the community’s half was:
Literal Translation
even the congregation's half was three hundred and thirty seven thousand, five hundred of the flock;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
(namely ye halfe that fell to the congregacion) it was also thre hundreth thousande, and seuen and thyrtie thousande, & fyue hundreth shepe,
American Standard Version
(now the congregation's half was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
Bible in Basic English
(Now the people's half was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand, five hundred sheep,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
[That is to wit] the halfe that pertayned vnto the congregation, was three hundred thousande, and thirtie & seuen thousande, and fiue hundred, sheepe:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
now the congregation's half was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
King James Version (1611)
(Now the halfe that perteined vnto the Congregation, was three hundred thousand, and thirtie thousand, and seuen thousand, and fiue hundred sheepe:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the half taken from the sheep, belonging to the congregation, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand and five hundred.
English Revised Version
(now the congregation's half was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
Berean Standard Bible
this half belonged to the congregation: 337,500 sheep,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And of the myddil part that bifelde to the tother multitude, that is, of thre hundrid seuene and thretti thousynde scheep and fyue hundrid,
Young's Literal Translation
and the company's half is, of the flock three hundred thousand, and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred;
Update Bible Version
(now the congregation's half was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
Webster's Bible Translation
(Now the half [that pertained to] the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand [and] seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
World English Bible
(now the congregation's half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,
New King James Version
now the half belonging to the congregation was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,
New Living Translation
It totaled 337,500 sheep and goats,
New Life Bible
The people's half was 337,500 sheep,
New Revised Standard
the congregation's half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep and goats,
Douay-Rheims Bible
But out of the half that fell to the rest of the multitude, that is to say, out of the three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,
Revised Standard Version
now the congregation's half was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
now the congregation's half was 337,500 sheep,

Contextual Overview

25 Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: 26 Reckon thou up the sum of the booty that was captured, both of man and of beat, - thou and Eleazar the priest, and the ancestral heads of the assembly; 27 and divide the booty into two parts, between them who took upon them the war, who went out in the host, - and all the rest of the assembly. 28 Then shalt thou levy a tribute unto Yahweh - from the men of war, who went forth in the host, one living thing, out of five hundred, - of the human beings, and of the herd, and of the asses and of the flock: 29 out of their half, shall ye take them , - and thou shall give them unto Eleazar the priest as a heave-offering unto Yahweh. 30 And out of the half allotted to the sons of Israel, shalt thou take one allotted portion out of fifty of the human beings, of the herd, of the asses and of the flock of all b the cattle, - and shalt give them unto the Levites, who keep the charge of the habitation of Yahweh. 31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did, - As Yahweh commanded Moses. 32 And it came to pass that the booty, over and above the prey which the people of the host had seized, was, - of the flock, six hundred and seventy-five thousand; 33 and, of the herd, seventy-two thousand; 34 and, of the asses, sixty-one thousand;

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