Numbers 31:48

And when the leaders of the army, and the tribunes, and the centurions had approached Moses, they said:

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And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:

In Context

47Moses took the fiftieth head, and gave it to the Levites who stand watch at the tabernacle of the Lord, just as the Lord had instructed.

49“We, your servants, have taken a census of the number of the fighting men, whom we had under our hand, and indeed not one was lacking.

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Cross References

Numbers 31:14And Moses, being angry with the leaders of the army, and the tribunes, and the centurions, who had arrived from the battle,

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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