Numbers 31:35
And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.
Numbers 31:35 in other translations
| BSB | and 32,000 women who had not slept with a man. |
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| WEB | and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of the women who had not known man by lying with him. |
| ASV | and thirty and two thousand persons in all, of the women that had not known man by lying with him. |
| YLT | and of human beings--of the women who have not known the lying of a male--all the persons are two and thirty thousand. |
| DARBY | and of human persons, of the women that had not known lying with a man, all the persons were thirty-two thousand. |
| BBE | And thirty-two thousand persons, that is, women who had never had sex relations with a man. |
| Webster | And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him. |
What does Numbers 31:35 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 31:35 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 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.
- Numbers 31:36
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:
Numbers 31:35 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y en cuanto á personas, de mujeres que no habían conocido ayuntamiento de varón, en todas treinta y dos mil. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et les personnes, les femmes qui n’avaient pas eu compagnie d’homme, en tout, 32 000 âmes. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und was die Menschenseelen betrifft, so waren der Mädchen, welche den Beischlaf eines Mannes nicht gekannt hatten, insgesamt 32000 Seelen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | animæ hominum sexus feminei, quæ non cognoverant viros, triginta duo millia. |