Numbers 31:38
And the oxen, six and thirty thousand, and the tribute to the Lord, seventy-two.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD’S tribute was threescore and twelve.
In Context
37And the tribute to the Lord from the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five.
39And asses, thirty thousand and five hundred, and the tribute to the Lord, 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 →