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Numbers 31:38

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— and the cattle were 36,000, from which the LORD’S levy was 72;
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And the beeves [were] thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute [was] threescore and twelve.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And the oxen were thirty and six thousand; of which Jehovah's tribute was threescore and twelve.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And the beeves [were] thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute [was] seventy two.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— and the oxen were thirty-six thousand, and the tribute thereof for Jehovah, seventy-two;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— and, the herd, thirty-six thousand,—and, the tribute of them unto Yahweh—seventy-two;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— and the herd [is] six and thirty thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah [is] two and seventy;
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And out of the thirty-six thousand oxen, seventy-two oxen:
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And the beeues were six ? thirty thousad, whereof the Lordes tribute was seuentie ? two.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And the beeues [were] thirtie and sixe thousand, of which the LORDS tribute [was] threescore and twelue.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And the oxen were thirty-six thousand; of which the LORD's tribute was seven hundred and twenty.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And the oxen, six and thirty thousand, and the tribute to the Lord seventy-two.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And the beeves [were] thirty and six thousand; of which Yahweh's tribute [was] threescore and twelve.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
And the beeves 1241
{1241} Prime
בָּקָר
baqar
{baw-kawr'}
From H1239; a beeve or animal of the ox kind of either gender (as used for ploughing); collectively a herd.
[were] thirty 7970
{7970} Prime
שְׁלוֹשִׁים
sh@lowshiym
{shel-o-sheem'}
Multiple of H7969; thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth.
and six 8337
{8337} Prime
שֵׁשׁ
shesh
{shaysh}
(The second form is masculine); a primitive number; six (as an overplus (see H7797) beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal sixth.
thousand; 505
{0505} Prime
אֶלֶף
'eleph
{eh'-lef}
Properly the same as H0504; hence (an ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand.
of which Yähwè's יָהוֶה 3068
{3068} Prime
יְהֹוָה
Y@hovah
{yeh-ho-vaw'}
From H1961; (the) self Existent or eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.
tribute 4371
{4371} Prime
מֶכֶס
mekec
{meh'-kes}
Probably from an unused root meaning to enumerate; an assessment (as based upon a census).
[was] threescore and twelve. 7657
{7657} Prime
שִׁבְעִים
shib`iym
{shib-eem'}
Multiple of H7651; seventy.
8147
{8147} Prime
שְׁתַּיִם
sh@nayim
{shen-ah'-yim}
(The first form being dual of H8145; the second form being feminine); two; also (as ordinal) twofold.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Numbers 31:25-39.


Numbers 31:32-47

_ _ the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught — Some of the captives having been killed (Numbers 31:17) and part of the cattle taken for the support of the army, the total amount of the booty remaining was in the following proportions:

Prey Total Amount Half to Soldiers Deducted to God Half to Congregation Deducted to Levites
Sheep 675,000 337,500 675 337,500 6,750
Beeves 72,000 36,000 72 36,000 720
Asses 61,000 30,500 61 30,500 610
Persons 32,000 16,000 32 16,000 320
Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Numbers 31:25-47.

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