Numbers 31:40
And the number of persons was sixteen thousand, of which the Lord's part was thirty-two persons.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD’S tribute was thirty and two persons.
In Context
39The number of asses was thirty thousand, five hundred, of which the Lord's part was sixty-one.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 31:26-48
Distribution of the Spoil. ( b. c. 1452.) 25 And the Lord spake unto 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 unto the Lord of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of… Read the whole commentary →