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Numbers 31:40

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— and the human beings were 16,000, from whom the LORD’S levy was 32 persons.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And the persons [were] sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute [was] thirty and two persons.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And the persons were sixteen thousand; of whom the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And the persons were sixteen thousand; of whom Jehovah's tribute was thirty and two persons.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And the persons [were] sixteen thousand, of which the LORD'S tribute [was] thirty and two persons.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— and the human persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the tribute for Jehovah was thirty-two persons.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— and, the human persons, sixteen thousand,—and, the tribute of them unto Yahweh, thirty-two persons.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— and the human beings [are] sixteen thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah [is] two and thirty persons.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Out of the sixteen thousand persons, there fell to the portion of the Lord, thirty-two souls.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And of persons sixtene thousand, whereof the Lordes tribute was two and thirtie persons.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And the persons [were] sixteene thousand, of which the LORDS tribute [was] thirtie and two persons.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD's tribute was three hundred and twenty persons.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— and the persons, sixteen thousand, and the tribute of them to the Lord, thirty-two souls.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And the persons [were] sixteen thousand; of which Yahweh's tribute [was] thirty and two persons.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
And the persons 120
{0120} Prime
אָדָם
'adam
{aw-dawm'}
From H0119; ruddy, that is, a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.).
5315
{5315} Prime
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
{neh'-fesh}
From H5314; properly a breathing creature, that is, animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental).
[were] sixteen 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.
6240
{6240} Prime
עָשָׂר
`asar
{aw-sawr'}
For H6235; ten (only in combination), that is, the 'teens'; also (ordinal) a 'teenth'.
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] thirty 7970
{7970} Prime
שְׁלוֹשִׁים
sh@lowshiym
{shel-o-sheem'}
Multiple of H7969; thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth.
and two 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.
persons. 5315
{5315} Prime
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
{neh'-fesh}
From H5314; properly a breathing creature, that is, animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

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.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Numbers 31:40

And (n) the persons [were] sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute [was] thirty and two persons.

(n) Meaning, of the maids, or virgins who had not slept with a man.

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