Numbers 31:33
And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
Numbers 31:33 in other translations
| BSB | 72,000 cattle, |
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| WEB | seventy-two thousand head of cattle, |
| ASV | and threescore and twelve thousand oxen, |
| YLT | and of the herd two and seventy thousand; |
| DARBY | and seventy-two thousand oxen, |
| BBE | And seventy-two thousand oxen, |
| Webster | And seventy two thousand beeves, |
What does Numbers 31:33 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 31:25-47
25-39. Take the sum of the prey that was taken--that is, of the captives and cattle, which, having been first lumped together according to ancient usage (Ex 15:9; Jud 5:30), were divided into two equal parts: the one to the people at large, who had sustained a common injury from the Midianites and who were all liable to serve: and the other portion to the combatants, who, having encountered the labors and perils of…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 31:25-47
Whatever we have, God justly claims a part. Out of the people's share God required one in fifty, but out of the soldiers' share only one in five hundred. The less opportunity we have of honouring God with personal services, the more should we give in money or value.
Numbers 31:33 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Numbers 31:32
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,
- Numbers 31:33
And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
- Numbers 31:34
And threescore and one thousand asses,
Numbers 31:33 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y setenta y dos mil bueyes, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | 72 000 têtes de gros bétail, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und 72000 Rinder, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | boum septuaginta duo millia, |