Numbers 31:53
(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
Numbers 31:53 in other translations
| BSB | Each of the soldiers had taken plunder for himself. |
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| WEB | The men of war had taken booty, every man for himself. |
| ASV | (For the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.) |
| YLT | (the men of the host have spoiled each for himself); |
| DARBY | (The men of war had taken spoil each one for himself.) |
| BBE | (For every man of the army had taken goods for himself in the war.) |
| Webster | (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.) |
What does Numbers 31:53 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 31:48-54
48-54. officers ... said ... there lacketh not one man of us--A victory so signal, and the glory of which was untarnished by the loss of a single Israelitish soldier, was an astonishing miracle. So clearly betokening the direct interposition of Heaven, it might well awaken the liveliest feelings of grateful acknowledgment to God (Psa 44:2, 3). The oblation they brought for the Lord "was partly an atonement" or…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 31:48-54
The success of the Israelites had been very remarkable, so small a company overcoming such multitudes, but it was still more wonderful that not one was slain or missing. They presented the gold they found among the spoils, as an offering to the Lord. Thus they confessed, that instead of claiming a reward for their service, they needed forgiveness of much that had been amiss, and desired to be thankful for the…
Numbers 31:53 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 31:53
- Deuteronomy 20:14
But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.
- Numbers 31:32
And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
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Context
- Numbers 31:52
And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the Lord, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.
- Numbers 31:53
(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
- Numbers 31:54
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord.
Numbers 31:53 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Los hombres del ejército habían pillado cada uno para sí. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | (les hommes de l’armée avaient pillé chacun pour soi). |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die Kriegsleute aber hatten ein jeder für sich geplündert. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Unusquisque enim quod in præda rapuerat, suum erat. |