Numbers 31 · Verse 34

Numbers 31:34

And threescore and one thousand asses,
Numbers 31:34, King James Version

Numbers 31:34 in other translations

BSB61,000 donkeys,
WEBsixty-one thousand donkeys,
ASVand threescore and one thousand asses,
YLTand of asses one and sixty thousand;
DARBYand sixty-one thousand asses,
BBEAnd sixty-one thousand asses;
WebsterAnd sixty one thousand asses,

What does Numbers 31:34 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…

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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.

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Numbers 31:34 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַחֲמֹרִ֕יםva.cha.mo.Rimand donkeysH2543
אֶחָ֥ד'e.ChadoneH259
וְשִׁשִּׁ֖יםve.shi.Shimand sixtyH8346
אָֽלֶף\׃'A.lefthousandH505

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • Numbers 31:33

    And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,

  • Numbers 31:34

    And threescore and one thousand asses,

  • Numbers 31:35

    And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.

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Numbers 31:34 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y setenta y un mil asnos;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
61 000 ânes,
German
Elberfelder 1871
und 61000 Esel;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
asinorum sexaginta millia et mille: