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Young's Literal Translation

Numbers 31:39

and the asses [are] thirty thousand and five hundred, and their tribute to Jehovah [is] one and sixty;

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 - 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 donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred; of which the LORD's tribute was sixty-one.
King James Version
And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the Lord 'S tribute was threescore and one.
Lexham English Bible
Of the male donkeys there were thirty thousand five hundred, and the tribute to Yahweh was sixty-one;
English Standard Version
The donkeys were 30,500, of which the Lord 's tribute was 61.
New Century Version
They got 30,500 donkeys, and they gave 61 of them to the Lord .
New English Translation
The donkeys were 30,500, of which the Lord 's tribute was 61.
Amplified Bible
the donkeys were 30,500, from which the LORD'S levy was 61;
New American Standard Bible
the donkeys were 30,500, from which the LORD'S tribute tax was sixty-one;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the asses were thirtie thousande and fiue hundreth, whereof the Lordes tribute was three score and one:
Legacy Standard Bible
and the donkeys were 30,500, from which the levy of Yahweh was 61;
Complete Jewish Bible
30,500 donkeys, of which Adonai 's tribute was sixty-one;
Darby Translation
and the asses were thirty thousand five hundred, and the tribute thereof for Jehovah, sixty-one;
Easy-to-Read Version
The soldiers got 30,500 donkeys. They gave 61 donkeys to the Lord .
George Lamsa Translation
And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORDS tribute was six hundred and ten.
Christian Standard Bible®
from the 30,500 donkeys,
Literal Translation
and the asses thirty thousand, five hundred; and their tribute to Jehovah, sixty one;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Item thirtie thousande fyue hundreth Asses: wherof the LORDE had one & thre score.
American Standard Version
And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which Jehovah's tribute was threescore and one.
Bible in Basic English
The number of asses was thirty thousand, five hundred, of which the Lord's part was sixty-one.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the asses were thirtie thousande and fiue hundred, of which the Lordes part was threescore and one.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred, of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and one.
King James Version (1611)
And the asses were thirtie thousand and fiue hundred, of which the Lords tribute was threescore and one.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And asses, thirty thousand and five hundred, and the tribute to the Lord, sixty-one:
English Revised Version
And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and one.
Berean Standard Bible
30,500 donkeys with a tribute to the LORD of 61,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
two and seuenti oxun, and of thretti thousynde assis and fyue hundryd, oon and sixti assis;
Update Bible Version
And the donkeys were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which Yahweh's tribute was threescore and one.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the asses [were] thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD'S tribute [was] sixty one.
World English Bible
The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred; of which Yahweh's tribute was sixty-one.
New King James Version
The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred, of which the LORD's tribute was sixty-one.
New Living Translation
30,500 donkeys, of which 61 were the Lord 's share;
New Life Bible
There were 30,500 donkeys, from which the Lord's tax was sixty-one.
New Revised Standard
The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred, of which the Lord 's tribute was sixty-one.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and the asses, thirty thousand and five hundred, - and the tribute of them unto Yahweh, sixty-one;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Out of the thirty thousand five hundred asses, sixty-one asses:
Revised Standard Version
The asses were thirty thousand five hundred, of which the LORD's tribute was sixty-one.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and the donkeys were 30,500, from which the LORD'S levy was 61;

Contextual Overview

25 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, 26 `Take up the sum of the prey of the captives, among man and among beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers of the company; 27 and thou hast halved the prey between those handling the battle who go out to the host and all the company; 28 and thou hast raised a tribute to Jehovah from the men of war, who go out to the host, one body out of five hundred, of man, and of the herd, and of the asses, and of the flock; 29 from their half ye do take, and thou hast given to Eleazar the priest -- the heave-offering of Jehovah. 30 `And from the sons of Israel's half thou dost take one possession out of fifty, of man, of the herd, of the asses, and of the flock, of all the cattle, and thou hast given them to the Levites keeping the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.' 31 And Moses doth -- Eleazar the priest also -- as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. 32 And the prey, the residue of the spoil which the people of the host have spoiled, is of the flock six hundred thousand, and seventy thousand, and five thousand; 33 and of the herd two and seventy thousand; 34 and of asses one and sixty thousand;

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Genesis 31:10
`And it cometh to pass at the time of the flock conceiving, that I lift up mine eyes and see in a dream, and lo, the he-goats, which are going up on the flock, [are] ring-straked, speckled, and grisled;
Genesis 31:12
`And He saith, Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and see -- all the he-goats which are going up on the flock [are] ring-straked, speckled, and grisled, for I have seen all that Laban is doing to thee;
Genesis 31:13
I [am] the God of Bethel where thou hast anointed a standing pillar, where thou hast vowed a vow to me; now, arise, go out from this land, and turn back unto the land of thy birth.'
Genesis 31:34
And Rachel hath taken the teraphim, and putteth them in the furniture of the camel, and sitteth upon them; and Laban feeleth all the tent, and hath not found;
Genesis 31:35
and she saith unto her father, `Let it not be displeasing in the eyes of my lord that I am not able to rise at thy presence, for the way of women [is] on me;' and he searcheth, and hath not found the teraphim.
Exodus 22:31
`And ye are holy men to Me, and flesh torn in the field ye do not eat, to a dog ye do cast it.
Leviticus 22:8
a carcase or torn thing he doth not eat, for uncleanness thereby; I [am] Jehovah.
Luke 2:8
And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the field, and keeping the night-watches over their flock,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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