Numbers 31 · Verse 45

Numbers 31:45

And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,
Numbers 31:45, King James Version

Numbers 31:45 in other translations

BSB30,500 donkeys,
WEBthirty thousand five hundred donkeys,
ASVand thirty thousand and five hundred asses,
YLTand of asses thirty thousand and five hundred;
DARBYand thirty thousand five hundred asses,
BBEAnd thirty thousand, five hundred asses,
WebsterAnd thirty thousand asses and five hundred,

What does Numbers 31:45 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 31:45 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
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםshe.lo.ShimthirtyH7970
אֶ֖לֶף'E.lefthousandH505
וַחֲמֵ֥שׁva.cha.Meshand fiveH2568
מֵאֽוֹת\׃me.'othundred<s>H3967

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

Context

  • Numbers 31:44

    And thirty and six thousand beeves,

  • Numbers 31:45

    And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,

  • Numbers 31:46

    And sixteen thousand persons;)

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Numbers 31:45 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y de los asnos, treinta mil y quinientos;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
30 500 ânes,
German
Elberfelder 1871
und 30500 Esel,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et de asinis triginta millibus quingentis,