Numbers 31:53

Each of the soldiers had taken plunder for himself.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

( For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)

In Context

52All the gold that the commanders of thousands and of hundreds presented as an offering to the LORD weighed 16,750 shekels.

54And Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds and brought it into the Tent of Meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD.

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Cross References

Numbers 31:32and this plunder remained from the spoils the soldiers had taken: 675,000 sheep,

2 Chronicles 20:25Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables—more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for three days because there was so much.

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 →

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