Numbers 31:48

The officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near 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:

In Context

47even of the children of Israel’s half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of animal, and gave them to the Levites, who performed the duty of the LORD’s tabernacle, as the LORD commanded Moses.

49They said to Moses, “Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war who are under our command, and there lacks not one man of us.

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Cross References

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

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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