Numbers 31:48

Then the officers of the army, the commanders over thousands and the captains over hundreds, came to Moses.

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And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:

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47From the people of Israel's half, Moses took one out of every fifty, both of people and animals. He gave them to the Levites who kept care of Yahweh's tabernacle, as Yahweh had commanded him to do.

49They said to him, “Your servants have counted the soldiers who are under our command, and not one man is missing.

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Cross References

Numbers 31:14But Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from battle.

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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