Numbers 31:42

from the half belonging to the children of Israel, whom Moses separated from the men of war.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,

In Context

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

43And the half taken from the sheep, belonging to the congregation, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand and five hundred.

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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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