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World English Bible

Numbers 31:25

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Priest;   Spoils;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Midianites;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Priest;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Eleazar ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Priest;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Slave;   Tax;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Priestly Code;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying,
King James Version
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Lexham English Bible
Yahweh said to Moses, saying,
English Standard Version
The Lord said to Moses,
New Century Version
The Lord said to Moses,
New English Translation
Then the Lord spoke to Moses:
Amplified Bible
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Contemporary English Version
The Lord told Moses:
Complete Jewish Bible
(LY: iv) Adonai said to Moshe,
Darby Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the Lord said to Moses,
George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Good News Translation
The Lord said to Moses,
Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord told Moses,
Literal Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, and sayde:
American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to Moses,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
King James Version (1611)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
The LORD said to Moses,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord seide to Moises, Take ye the summe of tho thingis that ben takun, fro man `til to beeste,
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
New King James Version
Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
New Living Translation
And the Lord said to Moses,
New Life Bible
The Lord said to Moses,
New Revised Standard
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord said to Moses:
Revised Standard Version
The LORD said to Moses,
THE MESSAGE
God said to Moses, "I want you and Eleazar the priest and the family leaders in the community to count the captives, people and animals. Split the plunder between the soldiers who fought the battle and the rest of the congregation.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Contextual Overview

25 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of animal, you, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the congregation; 27 and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation. 28 Levy a tribute to Yahweh of the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, [both] of the persons, and of the oxen, and of the donkeys, and of the flocks: 29 take it of their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for Yahweh's heave-offering. 30 Of the children of Israel's half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, [even] of all the cattle, and give them to the Levites, who keep the charge of the tent of Yahweh. 31 Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Yahweh commanded Moses. 32 Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep, 33 and seventy-two thousand oxen, 34 and seventy-one thousand donkeys,

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Cross-References

Genesis 12:8
He left from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to Yahweh, and called on the name of Yahweh.
Genesis 33:18
Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram; and encamped before the city.
Hebrews 11:9
By faith, he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... After the purification of the soldiers, their captives, and spoil:

saying; as follows.


 
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