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JPS Old Testament
Numbers 31:32
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Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,
And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
Thus the war-booty that remained of the plunder that the people of the battle plundered was six hundred and seventy-five thousand flocks of sheep,
Now the plunder remaining of the spoil that the army took was 675,000 sheep,
There remained from what the soldiers had taken 675,000 sheep,
The spoil that remained of the plunder which the fighting men had gathered was 675,000 sheep,
The plunder that remained from the spoil of war which the warriors had taken, was 675,000 sheep,
Now the spoils that remained from the plunder which the men of war had plundered was 675,000 sheep,
And the bootie, to wit, the rest of the praie which the men of warre had spoyled, was sixe hundreth seuentie and fiue thousand sheepe,
Now the loot that remained from the plunder which the men of war had plundered was 675,000 sheep,
and listed everything that had been taken from the Midianites. The list included 675,000 sheep and goats, 72,000 cattle, 61,000 donkeys, and 32,000 young women who had never had sex.
The booty, over and above the portion which the soldiers took, came to 675,000 sheep,
And the prey, the rest of the spoil, which the men of war had taken, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,
The soldiers had taken 675,000 sheep,
And the booty and the captives which the men of war had plundered was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,
The following is a list of what was captured by the soldiers, in addition to what they kept for themselves: 675,000 sheep and goats, 72,000 cattle, 61,000 donkeys, and 32,000 virgins.
The captives remaining from the plunder the army had taken totaled:
And the prey, the rest of the spoil which the people of the army plundered, was six hundred and seventy five thousand sheep,
And the spoyle and praye which ye men of warre had spoyled, was sixe hundreth thousande and fyue and seuentye thousande shepe,
Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
Now the beasts taken, in addition to what the fighting-men took for themselves, were six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,
And the bootie, and the rest of the pray which the men of warre had caught, was sixe hundred thousande, and three sore and fifteene thousande sheepe,
And the bootie being the rest of the pray which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand, and seuenty thousand, and fiue thousand sheepe,
And that which remained of the spoil which the warriors took, was—of the sheep, six hundred and seventy-five thousand:
Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
and this plunder remained from the spoils the soldiers had taken: 675,000 sheep,
Forsothe the prey which the oost hadde take, was sixe hundrid fyue and seuenti thousynde of scheep,
And the prey, the residue of the spoil which the people of the host have spoiled, is of the flock six hundred thousand, and seventy thousand, and five thousand;
Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
And the booty, [being] the rest of the prey which the men of war had taken, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,
The booty remaining from the plunder, which the men of war had taken, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,
The plunder remaining from everything the fighting men had taken totaled 675,000 sheep and goats,
What was left from that which the men of war had taken was 675,000 sheep,
The booty remaining from the spoil that the troops had taken totaled six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,
And it came to pass that the booty, over and above the prey which the people of the host had seized, was, - of the flock, six hundred and seventy-five thousand;
And the spoil which the army had taken, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,
Now the booty remaining of the spoil that the men of war took was: six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,
The rest of the plunder taken by the army: 675,000 sheep 72,000 cattle 61,000 donkeys 32,000 women who were virgins
Now the booty that remained from the spoil which the men of war had plundered was 675,000 sheep,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the booty: It appears from the enumeration here, that the Israelites, in this war with the Midianites, took 32,000 female prisoners, 61,000 asses, 72,000 beeves, and 675,000 sheep and small cattle; besides the immense number of males who fell in battle, and the women and children who were slain by the divine command - Numbers 31:17. This booty was divided into equal parts, by which partition a far larger share was justly given to the warriors employed on the expedition, who were only 12,000, than to those, who being equally willing to go, were ordered to stay in the camp. Each party was to give a certain proportion to Jehovah, as their sovereign, in grateful acknowledgment that to him they owed their success. The soldiers to give to the Lord one out of every five hundred persons, beeves, asses, and sheep - Numbers 31:28, and the people, who by staying at home risked nothing, and had no fatigue, were to give one out of fifty of each of the above to the Levites, who were far more numerous than the priests - Numbers 31:30. The booty, its division among the soldiers and people, and the proportion given by each to the Lord and to the Levites, will be seen at one view by the following table:
Offering Types To Soldiers To God To People To Levites Total Offerings Sheep 337,500 675 337,500 6,750 675,000 Beeves 36,000 72 36,000 720 72,000 Asses 30,500 61 30,500 610 61,000 Persons 16,000 32 16,000 320 32,000
It does not appear that a single ox, sheep or ass, was required by Moses as his portion; or that there was any given to him by the people; and though he had a family as well as others yet no provision was made for them above the common lot of Levites!
Reciprocal: Job 1:3 - seven@
Cross-References
And Abram said unto Lot: 'Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we are brethren.
And he said: 'I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly.
So shall my righteousness witness against me hereafter, when thou shalt come to look over my hire that is before thee: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and dark among the sheep, that if found with me shall be counted stolen.'
And the LORD said unto Jacob: 'Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.'
and said unto them: 'I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as beforetime; but the God of my father hath been with me.
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
And he said: Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled; for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels;
Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep. And Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father's.
And Jacob outwitted Laban the Aramean, in that he told him not that he fled.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Ver. 32-47. And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught,.... The remainder of it, besides what they had eaten in their return from the war, and during their seven days' stay without the camp: from hence to the end of Numbers 31:47 is only an account of the prey or booty taken, which in general were 675,000 sheep, 72,000 beeves or oxen, 61,000 asses, and 32,000 females who had never known man; the half out of these, which fell to the share of the soldiers, were 337,500 sheep, 36,000 beeves or oxen, 30,500 asses, and 16,000 females, out of which were given as an heave offering to the Lord six hundred and seventy five sheep, seventy two beeves or oxen, sixty one asses, and thirty two women: the half divided unto the children of Israel consisted of 337,500 sheep, 36,000 beeves or oxen, 30,500 asses, and 16,000 women, out of which one in fifty, both of women and cattle, were given to the Levites; what that amounted to is not expressed, but may be easily reckoned.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Compare Numbers 31:11, and render “And the prey” (i. e., the live prey) “in addition to the spoil which the men of war seized, etc.” The “spoil” is described in Numbers 31:50.
The number of sheep, beeves, asses, and persons taken is given in this and following verses in round thousands. Hence, the Lord’s tribute (Numbers 31:29, Numbers 31:37-38, etc.), being the 500th part of the half, comes out also in round numbers. The enormous amount both of live stock and of personal ornament was characteristic of the Midianites. When they invaded Israel in the days of the Judges, their wealth was still of the same kind (Judges 6:5; Judges 8:24 ff). The Bedouins, notwithstanding their wild nomadic life, retain their ancestral love of finery to the present day.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Numbers 31:32. The booty — It appears from the enumeration here that the Israelites, in this war against the Midianites, took 32,000 female prisoners, 61,000 asses, 72,000 beeves, 675,000 sheep and small cattle; besides the immense number of males who fell in battle, and the women and children who were slain by the Divine command, Numbers 31:17. And it does not appear that in this expedition, a single man of Israel fell! This was naturally to be expected, because the battle was the Lord's, Numbers 31:49.
As the booty was divided into two equal parts, Numbers 31:22, one for the soldiers employed in the expedition, and the other for those who, being equally willing to be employed, were ordered to stay in the camp; so each of the parties in this booty was to give a certain proportion to the Lord. The soldiers to give to the Lord one out of every five hundred persons, beeves, asses, and sheep, Numbers 31:28. The people, who by staying at home risked nothing, and had no fatigue, were to give one out of fifty of the above, Numbers 31:30. The booty, its divisions among the soldiers and people, the proportion given by each to the Lord and to the Levites, will be seen in one view by the following table, which I copy from Houbigant.
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| Total of sheep 675,000 | To the soldiers .. 337,500 To the people ... 337,500 |
| .. of beeves ... 72,000 | To the soldiers .... 36,000 To the people ..... 36,000 |
| .. of asses ..... 61,000 | To the soldiers .... 30,500 To the people ..... 30,500 |
| .. of persons .. 32,000 | To the soldiers .... 16,000 To the people ..... 16,000 |
| ..... sheep ....... | To the Lord from the soldiers ....... 675 To the Levites from the people .. 6,750 |
| ..... beeves ...... | To the Lord from the soldiers ........ 72 To the Levites from the people .... 720 |
| ..... asses ....... | To the Lord from the soldiers ........ 61 To the Levites from the people .... 610 |
| ..... persons ..... | To the Lord from the soldiers ........ 32 To the Levites from the people .... 320 |
In this table the booty is equally divided between the people and the soldiers; a five-hundredth part being given to the Lord, and a fiftieth part to the Levites.
