Numbers 31:38
And the bakar were 36,000; of which the mekhes for Hashem was 72.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 mekhes (tribute) for Hashem of the tzon was 675.
39And the chamorim were 30,500; of which the mekhes for Hashem was 61.
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 →