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the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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Webster's Bible Translation

Numbers 31:42

And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,

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.
New English Translation
From the Israelites' half-share that Moses had separated from the fighting men,
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
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 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, [both] of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation: 27 And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation: 28 And levy a tribute to the LORD of the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, [both] of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep: 29 Take [it] of their half, and give [it] to Eleazar the priest, [for] a heave-offering of the LORD. 30 And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them to the Levites, who keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD. 31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses. 32 And the booty, [being] the rest of the prey which the men of war had taken, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep, 33 And seventy two thousand beeves, 34 And sixty one thousand asses,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Numbers 31:30 - one portion

Cross-References

Genesis 11:5
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men were building.
Genesis 16:11
And the angel of the LORD said to her, Behold, thou [art] with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
Genesis 16:13
And she called the name of the LORD that spoke to her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
Genesis 27:33
And Isaac trembled exceedingly, and said, Who? where [is] he that hath taken venison, and brought [it] me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, [and] he shall be blessed.
Genesis 29:32
And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
Genesis 31:1
And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that [was] our father's; and of [that] which [was] our father's hath he obtained all this glory.
Genesis 31:3
And the LORD said to Jacob, Return to the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
Genesis 31:5
And said to them, I see your father's countenance, that it [is] not towards me as before: but the God of my father hath been with me.
Genesis 31:11
And the angel of God spoke to me in a dream, [saying], Jacob: And I said, Here [am] I.
Genesis 31:12
And he said, Lift up now thy eyes and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle [are] ring-streaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth to thee.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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