Numbers 31:53
For whatever each one had taken away in the spoils was his own.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
( For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
In Context
52weighing sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels, from the tribunes and the centurions.
Cross References
Numbers 31:32Now the prey which the army had seized was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,
2 Chronicles 20:25Therefore, Jehoshaphat went, and all the people with him, in order to take away the spoils of the dead. And they found, among the dead bodies, diverse equipment, and also garments, and very precious vessels. And they despoiled these, to such an extent that they were unable to carry everything. Neither could they, over three days, take away the spoils because of the magnitude of the plunder.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 31:49-54
48 And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses: 49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us. 50 We have therefore brought an oblation for the Lord , what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the Lord . 51 And Moses and Eleazar the… Read the whole commentary →