Numbers 31:39
And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD’S tribute was threescore and one.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
38And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD’S tribute was threescore and twelve.
40And the persons were sixteen thousand; of whom the LORD’S tribute was thirty and two persons.
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 →