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New King James Version

Numbers 31:36

And the half, the portion for those who had gone out to war, was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Servant;   Spoils;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Heave-Offering;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Midianites;   Spoil;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Booty;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Priest;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Beeves,;   Eleazar ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Booty;   Priest;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Jephthah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The half, which was the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep:
King James Version
And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:
Lexham English Bible
The half of the share that was going out to the battle: the number of the flock of sheep was thee hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred;
English Standard Version
And the half, the portion of those who had gone out in the army, numbered 337,500 sheep,
New Century Version
The soldiers who went to war got 337,000 sheep,
New English Translation
The half-portion of those who went to war numbered 337,500 sheep;
Amplified Bible
The half share, the portion of those who went to war, was 337,500 sheep in number,
New American Standard Bible
The half, the share of those who went to war, was as follows: the number of sheep was 337,500,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the halfe, to wit, the part of them that went out to warre touching the nomber of sheepe, was three hundreth seuen and thirtie thousand, and fiue hundreth.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the half, the portion of those who went out to war, was as follows: the number of sheep was 337,500;
Contemporary English Version
Each half included 337,500 sheep and goats, 36,000 cattle, 30,500 donkeys, and 16,000 young women. From the half that belonged to the soldiers, Moses counted out 675 sheep and goats, 72 cattle, 61 donkeys, and 32 women and gave them to Eleazar to be dedicated to the Lord . Then from the half that belonged to the people, Moses set aside one out of every fifty animals and women, as the Lord had said, and gave them to the Levites.
Complete Jewish Bible
The half which was the portion of the soldiers who went out to fight, numbered 337,500 sheep,
Darby Translation
And the half, the portion of them that had gone out to the war, was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,
Easy-to-Read Version
The soldiers who went to war got 337,500 sheep.
George Lamsa Translation
And the half, which was the portion of those who went out to war was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand and five hundred sheep;
Good News Translation
The half share of the soldiers was 337,500 sheep and goats, of which 675 were the tax for the Lord ; 36,000 cattle for the soldiers, of which 72 were the tax for the Lord ; 30,500 donkeys for the soldiers, of which 61 were the tax for the Lord ; and 16,000 virgins for the soldiers, of which 32 were the tax for the Lord .
Christian Standard Bible®
The half portion for those who went out to war numbered:
Literal Translation
And the half, the portion of those who went out to the war, the number of the flock was three hundred and thirty seven thousand, five hundred.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the halfe parte which belonged vnto them that wente to the warre, was in nobre thre hundreth thousande, and seuen and thirtie thousande, and fyue hundreth shepe:
American Standard Version
And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep:
Bible in Basic English
And the half given as their part to the men who went to the war, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand, five hundred sheep,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the halfe, which was the part of them that went out to warre, was in number three hundred thousande, and seuen and thirtie thousande, & fiue hundred, sheepe.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep.
King James Version (1611)
And the halfe which was the portion of them that went out to warre, was in number three hundred thousand, and seuen and thirtie thousand, and fiue hundred sheepe.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the half, even the portion of them that went out to war, from the number of the sheep, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand and five hundred.
English Revised Version
And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep:
Berean Standard Bible
This was the half portion for those who had gone to war: 337,500 sheep
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the myddil part was youun to hem that weren in the batel, of scheep thre hundrid seuene and thretti thousynde and fyue hundrid;
Young's Literal Translation
And the half -- the portion of those who go out into the host -- the number of the flock is three hundred thousand, and thirty thousand, and seven thousand and five hundred.
Update Bible Version
And the half, which was the portion of those that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep:
Webster's Bible Translation
And the half [which was] the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:
World English Bible
The half, which was the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep:
New Living Translation
Half of the plunder was given to the fighting men. It totaled 337,500 sheep and goats,
New Life Bible
The half taken by those who went out to war was 337,500 sheep.
New Revised Standard
The half-share, the portion of those who had gone out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep and goats,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the half, the share of them who had gone forth in the host, was, - the number of the flock - three hundred and thirty-seven thousand and five hundred;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And one half was given to them that had been in the battle, to wit, three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep:
Revised Standard Version
And the half, the portion of those who had gone out to war, was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,
THE MESSAGE
The half-share for those who had fought in the war: 337,500 sheep, with a tax of 675 for God 36,000 cattle, with a tax of 72 for God 30,500 donkeys, with a tax of 61 for God 16,000 people, with a tax of 32 for God
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The half, the portion of those who went out to war, was as follows: the number of sheep was 337,500,

Contextual Overview

25 Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 26 "Count up the plunder that was taken--of man and beast--you and Eleazar the priest and the chief fathers of the congregation; 27 and divide the plunder into two parts, between those who took part in the war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation. 28 And levy a tribute for the LORD on the men of war who went out to battle: one of every five hundred of the persons, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep; 29 take it from their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest as a heave offering to the LORD. 30 And from the children of Israel's half you shall take one of every fifty, drawn from the persons, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep, from all the livestock, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD." 31 So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses. 32 The booty remaining from the plunder, which the men of war had taken, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep, 33 seventy-two thousand cattle, 34 sixty-one thousand donkeys,

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Cross-References

Genesis 30:2
And Jacob's anger was aroused against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"
Genesis 31:19
Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel had stolen the household idols that were her father's.
Genesis 31:20
And Jacob stole away, unknown to Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him that he intended to flee.
Genesis 34:7
And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved and very angry, because he had done a disgraceful thing in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, a thing which ought not to be done.
Genesis 49:7
Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; And their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob And scatter them in Israel.
Numbers 16:15
Then Moses was very angry, and said to the LORD, "Do not respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, nor have I hurt one of them."
2 Kings 5:11
But Naaman became furious, and went away and said, "Indeed, I said to myself, "He will surely come out to me, and stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leprosy.'
2 Kings 13:19
And the man of God was angry with him, and said, "You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck Syria till you had destroyed it! But now you will strike Syria only three times."
Proverbs 28:1
The wicked flee when no one pursues, But the righteous are bold as a lion.
Mark 3:5
And when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other. [fn]

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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