Numbers 31:40

and the persons, sixteen thousand, and the tribute of them to the Lord, thirty-two souls.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD’S tribute was thirty and two persons.

In Context

39And asses, thirty thousand and five hundred, and the tribute to the Lord, sixty-one:

41And Moses gave the tribute to the Lord, the heave offering of God, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses;

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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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