Numbers 31:42

from the one half portion belonging to the sons of Israel, which he had separated from the portion of those who had been in the battle.

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In The King James Version

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

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41And Moses delivered the number of the first-fruits of the Lord to Eleazar the priest, just as had been commanded of him,

43Yet truly, from the one half portion which fell to the remainder of the multitude, that is, from the three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,

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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 →

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