Context 43now the congregations half was 337,500 sheep, 44and 36,000 cattle, 45and 30,500 donkeys, 46and the human beings were 16,000 47and from the sons of Israels half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of animals, and gave them to the Levites, who kept charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. 48Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, approached Moses, 49and they said to Moses, Your servants have taken a census of men of war who are in our charge, and no man of us is missing. 50So we have brought as an offering to the LORD what each man found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD. 51Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all kinds of wrought articles. 52All the gold of the offering which they offered up to the LORD, from the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, was 16,750 shekels. 53The men of war had taken booty, every man for himself. 54So Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it to the tent of meeting as a memorial for the sons of Israel before the LORD. Parallel Verses American Standard Version(now the congregation's half was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred sheep, Douay-Rheims Bible But out of the half that fell to the rest of the multitude, that is to say, out of the three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep, Darby Bible Translation (now the half belonging to the assembly was of the sheep, three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred, English Revised Version (now the congregation's half was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred sheep, Webster's Bible Translation (Now the half that pertained to the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep, World English Bible (now the congregation's half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep, Young's Literal Translation and the company's half is, of the flock three hundred thousand, and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred; Library NumbersLike the last part of Exodus, and the whole of Leviticus, the first part of Numbers, i.-x. 28--so called,[1] rather inappropriately, from the census in i., iii., (iv.), xxvi.--is unmistakably priestly in its interests and language. Beginning with a census of the men of war (i.) and the order of the camp (ii.), it devotes specific attention to the Levites, their numbers and duties (iii., iv.). Then follow laws for the exclusion of the unclean, v. 1-4, for determining the manner and amount of restitution … John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament Links Numbers 31:43 NIV • Numbers 31:43 NLT • Numbers 31:43 ESV • Numbers 31:43 NASB • Numbers 31:43 KJV • Numbers 31:43 Bible Apps • Numbers 31:43 Parallel • Bible Hub |