Numbers 31:43
(Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
Numbers 31:43 in other translations
| BSB | this half belonged to the congregation: 337,500 sheep, |
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| WEB | (now the congregation’s half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep, |
| ASV | (now the congregation’s half was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred sheep, |
| YLT | and the company's half is, of the flock three hundred thousand, and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred; |
| DARBY | (now the half belonging to the assembly was of the sheep, three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred, |
| BBE | (Now the people's half was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand, five hundred sheep, |
| Webster | (Now the half that pertained to the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep, |
What does Numbers 31:43 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 31:43 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Numbers 31:42
And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
- Numbers 31:43
(Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
- Numbers 31:44
And thirty and six thousand beeves,
Numbers 31:43 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | (La mitad para la congregación fué: de las ovejas, trescientas treinta y siete mil y quinientas; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | (or la moitié qui était à l’assemblée fut de 337 500 têtes de menu bétail, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | die Hälfte der Gemeinde war nämlich: 337500 Stück Kleinvieh, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | De media vero parte, quæ contigerat reliquæ multitudini, id est, de ovibus trecentis triginta septem millibus quingentis, |