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 31:36 in other translations
| BSB | This was the half portion for those who had gone to war: |
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| WEB | The half, which was the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep; |
| ASV | And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep: |
| YLT | And the half--the portion of those who go out into the host--the number of the flock is three hundred thousand, and thirty thousand, and seven thousand and five hundred. |
| DARBY | And the half, the portion of them that had gone out to the war, was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep, |
| BBE | And the half given as their part to the men who went to the war, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand, five hundred sheep, |
| Webster | 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: |
What does Numbers 31:36 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 31:36 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 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 31:37
And the Lord’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.
Numbers 31:36 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y la mitad, la parte de los que habían salido á la guerra, fué el número de trescientas treinta y siete mil y quinientas ovejas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et la moitié, la part de ceux qui étaient allés à l’armée, fut, en nombre, de 337 500 têtes de menu bétail, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Hälfte, der Anteil derer, welche zum Heere ausgezogen waren, die Zahl des Kleinviehes, war: 337500 Stück, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dataque est media pars his qui in prælio fuerant, ovium trecenta triginta septem millia quingentæ: |