Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version From the Israelites’ half, select one out of every fifty, whether people, cattle, donkeys, sheep or other animals. Give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the LORD’s tabernacle.” New Living Translation From the half that belongs to the people of Israel, take one of every fifty of the prisoners and of the cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, and other animals. Give this share to the Levites, who are in charge of maintaining the LORD’s Tabernacle.” English Standard Version And from the people of Israel’s half you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the people, of the oxen, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all the cattle, and give them to the Levites who keep guard over the tabernacle of the LORD.” Berean Standard Bible From the Israelites’ half, take one out of every fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or other animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.” King James Bible And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD. New King James Version And from the children of Israel’s half you shall take one of every fifty, drawn from the persons, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep, from all the livestock, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.” New American Standard Bible And from the sons of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn from every fifty of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the sheep, from all the animals; and give them to the Levites who perform the duty of the tabernacle of the LORD.” NASB 1995 “From the sons of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys and of the sheep, from all the animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.” NASB 1977 “And from the sons of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys and of the sheep, from all the animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.” Legacy Standard Bible And from the sons of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the sheep, from all the animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of Yahweh.” Amplified Bible From the Israelites’ half [of the spoil] you shall take one out of every fifty of the persons, the oxen, the donkeys, the flocks, and of all the livestock, and give them to the Levites who are in charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.” Christian Standard Bible From the Israelites’ half, take one out of every fifty from the people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats, all the livestock, and give them to the Levites who perform the duties of the LORD’s tabernacle.” Holman Christian Standard Bible From the Israelites’ half, take one out of every 50 from the people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats, all the livestock, and give them to the Levites who perform the duties of the LORD’s tabernacle.” American Standard Version And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the asses, and of the flocks, even of all the cattle, and give them unto the Levites, that keep the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And from the half of the children of Israel take one of fifty from the men and from the donkeys and from bulls and from the sheep and from all domestic animals, and give them to the Levites who keep the watch of the Tabernacle of LORD JEHOVAH.” Brenton Septuagint Translation And from the half belonging to the children of Israel thou shalt take one in fifty from the men, and from the oxen, and from the sheep, and from the asses, and from all the cattle; and thou shalt give them to the Levites that keep the charges in the tabernacle of the Lord. Contemporary English Version From the half that belongs to the people, set aside one out of every 50 and give these to the Levites in charge of the sacred tent. Douay-Rheims Bible Out of the moiety also of the children of Israel thou shalt take the fiftieth head of persons, and of oxen, and asses, and sheep, and of all beasts, and thou shalt give them to the Levites that watch in the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord. English Revised Version And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, even of all the cattle, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD. GOD'S WORD® Translation From the Israelites' half of the loot, collect one out of every 50 things. This includes people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, and every other kind of animal. Give them to the Levites who are in charge of the work done at the LORD's tent." Good News Translation From the part given to the rest of the people, take one out of every fifty prisoners and the same proportion of the cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats. Give them to the Levites who are in charge of the LORD's Tent." International Standard Version Then take half the share of the Israelis, one drawn out of every 50 people, cattle, donkeys, flocks, and from every animal, then give to the descendants of Levi who maintain the service of the LORD's tent." JPS Tanakh 1917 And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, even of all the cattle, and give them unto the Levites, that keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.' Literal Standard Version And from the sons of Israel’s half you take one possession out of fifty, of man, of the herd, of the donkeys, and of the flock, of all the livestock, and you have given them to the Levites keeping the charge of the Dwelling Place of YHWH.” Majority Standard Bible From the Israelites’ half, take one out of every fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or other animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.” New American Bible From the Israelites’ half you will take one captive from every fifty human beings, oxen, donkeys, and sheep—all the animals—and give them to the Levites, who perform the duties of the LORD’s tabernacle. NET Bible From the Israelites' half-share you are to take one portion out of fifty of the people, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep--from every kind of animal--and you are to give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the LORD's tabernacle." New Revised Standard Version But from the Israelites’ half you shall take one out of every fifty, whether persons, oxen, donkeys, sheep, or goats—all the animals—and give them to the Levites who have charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.” New Heart English Bible Of the children of Israel's half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all the livestock, and give them to the Levites, who perform the duty of the tabernacle of the LORD." Webster's Bible Translation And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them to the Levites, who keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD. World English Bible Of the children of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all the livestock, and give them to the Levites, who perform the duty of Yahweh’s tabernacle.” Young's Literal Translation 'And from the sons of Israel's half thou dost take one possession out of fifty, of man, of the herd, of the asses, and of the flock, of all the cattle, and thou hast given them to the Levites keeping the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Division of the Spoils…29Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD. 30From the Israelites’ half, take one out of every fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or other animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.” 31So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD had commanded Moses,… Cross References Numbers 3:7 They are to perform duties for him and for the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, attending to the service of the tabernacle. Numbers 3:8 They shall take care of all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting and fulfill obligations for the Israelites by attending to the service of the tabernacle. Numbers 18:3 And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die. Numbers 18:4 They are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you. Numbers 31:29 Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD. Numbers 31:31 So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD had commanded Moses, Treasury of Scripture And of the children of Israel's half, you shall take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them to the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD. one portion Numbers 31:42-47 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred, … flocks, or goats. Numbers 31:28 And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep: Numbers 18:24-28 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance… 1 Corinthians 9:13,14 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? … keep the Numbers 3:7,8,25,31,36 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle… Numbers 18:1-5,23 And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood… 1 Chronicles 9:27-29 And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them… Jump to Previous Asses Beasts Beeves Cattle Charge Children Donkeys Drawn Duty Half Israel's Livestock Manner Perform Persons Portion TabernacleJump to Next Asses Beasts Beeves Cattle Charge Children Donkeys Drawn Duty Half Israel's Livestock Manner Perform Persons Portion TabernacleNumbers 31 1. The Midianites are spoiled, and Balaam slain13. Moses is angry with the officers, for saving the women alive 19. How the soldiers, with their captives and spoil, are to be purified 25. The proportion in which the prey is to be divided 48. The voluntary offering unto the treasure of the Lord (30) One portion of fifty.--The Levites were much more numerous than the priests, and consequently it was ordered that they should have two per cent. of the spoil which fell to the congregation, whereas the priests had only one-fifth percent, of a like amount. The portion of the Levites, therefore, was 320 maidens, 6,750 sheep and goats, 720 oxen, and 610 asses.Verse 30. - One portion of fifty. Two percent of the prey. This probably corresponded very closely to the number of Levites as compared with the twelve tribes, and would tend to show that God intended the Levites to be neither better nor worse off than their neighbours. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Fromמִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of the Israelites’ בְּנֵֽי־ (bə·nê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son half, וּמִמַּחֲצִ֨ת (ū·mim·ma·ḥă·ṣiṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 4276: A halving, the middle take תִּקַּ֣ח ׀ (tiq·qaḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3947: To take one אֶחָ֣ד ׀ (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular Strong's 259: United, one, first out of מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of every fifty, הַחֲמִשִּׁ֗ים (ha·ḥă·miš·šîm) Article | Number - common plural Strong's 2572: Fifty whether persons, הָאָדָ֧ם (hā·’ā·ḏām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being cattle, הַבָּקָ֛ר (hab·bā·qār) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1241: Beef cattle, ox, a herd donkeys, הַחֲמֹרִ֥ים (ha·ḥă·mō·rîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2543: A male ass sheep, הַצֹּ֖אן (haṣ·ṣōn) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock [or] other מִכָּל־ (mik·kāl) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every animals, הַבְּהֵמָ֑ה (hab·bə·hê·māh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 929: A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal and give וְנָתַתָּ֤ה (wə·nā·ṯat·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set them to the Levites לַלְוִיִּ֔ם (lal·wî·yim) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi who keep שֹׁמְרֵ֕י (šō·mə·rê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to charge מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת (miš·me·reṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 4931: A guard, watch, charge, function of the tabernacle מִשְׁכַּ֥ן (miš·kan) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4908: A residence, the Tabernacle of the LORD.” יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Links Numbers 31:30 NIVNumbers 31:30 NLT Numbers 31:30 ESV Numbers 31:30 NASB Numbers 31:30 KJV Numbers 31:30 BibleApps.com Numbers 31:30 Biblia Paralela Numbers 31:30 Chinese Bible Numbers 31:30 French Bible Numbers 31:30 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 31:30 Of the children of Israel's half you (Nu Num.) |