Numbers 31:48

And the inspectors whom the thousands of the host have (heads of the thousands and heads of the hundreds), draw near to Moses,

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In The King James Version

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 takes from the sons of Israel’s half one possession from the fifty, of man and of beast, and gives them to the Levites keeping the charge of the Dwelling Place of YHWH, as YHWH has commanded Moses.

49and they say to Moses, “Your servants have taken up the sum of the men of war who [are] with us, and not a man of us has been missed;

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Cross References

Numbers 31:14and Moses is angry against the inspectors of the force, chiefs of the thousands, and chiefs of the hundreds, who are coming in from the warfare of 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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