Numbers 31:35

the souls of the persons of womenkind, that knew not men, were two and thirty thousand. (and thirty-two thousand young women, who knew not men.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.

In Context

34of asses, sixty thousand and a thousand; (and sixty-one thousand donkeys;)

36And the half part (that) was given to them that were in the battle, of sheep three hundred seven and thirty thousand, and five hundred; (And so the half portion of the sheep, that was given to them who were in the battle, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand, and five hundred;)

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 20:14without women, and young children, beasts, and other things that be in the city. Thou shalt part all the prey to the host, and thou shalt eat of the spoils of thine enemies, which spoils thy Lord God hath given to thee. (but not the women, and the young children, and the beasts, and the other things that be in the city. Thou shalt divide all the prey among the army, and thou shalt eat the spoils of thy enemies, which spoils the Lord thy God hath given thee.)

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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