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Young's Literal Translation

Numbers 31:42

And of the sons of Israel's half, which Moses halved from the men who war --

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.
Update Bible Version
And of the sons of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred
Webster's Bible Translation
And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided 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 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
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Numbers 31:30 - one portion

Cross-References

Genesis 11:5
And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded;
Genesis 16:11
and the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, `Behold thou [art] conceiving, and bearing a son, and hast called his name Ishmael, for Jehovah hath hearkened unto thine affliction;
Genesis 16:13
And she calleth the name of Jehovah who is speaking unto her, `Thou [art], O God, my beholder;' for she said, `Even here have I looked behind my beholder?'
Genesis 27:33
and Isaac trembleth a very great trembling, and saith, `Who, now, [is] he who hath provided provision, and bringeth in to me, and I eat of all before thou comest in, and I bless him? -- yea, blessed is he.'
Genesis 29:32
and Leah conceiveth, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Reuben, for she said, `Because Jehovah hath looked on mine affliction; because now doth my husband love me.'
Genesis 31:1
And he heareth the words of Laban's sons, saying, `Jacob hath taken all that our father hath; yea, from that which our father hath, he hath made all this honour;'
Genesis 31:3
And Jehovah saith unto Jacob, `Turn back unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred, and I am with thee.'
Genesis 31:5
and saith to them, `I am beholding your father's face -- that it is not towards me as heretofore, and the God of my father hath been with me,
Genesis 31:11
and the messenger of God saith unto me in the dream, Jacob, and I say, Here [am] I.
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;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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