Numbers 31:42

And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
children	בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel’s	יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
half	וּמִֽמַּחֲצִ֖ית u.mi.ma.cha.Tzit	H4276	a halving or the middle · conjunction + preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
Moses	מֹשֶׁ֔ה mo.Sheh	H4872	Mosheh · proper noun, a man's name
divided	חָצָ֣ה cha.Tzah	H2673	to cut or split in two · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
men	הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים ha.'a.na.Shim	H582	a man in general (singly or collectively) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
warred	הַצֹּבְאִֽים ha.tzoe.'Im	H6633	to mass (an army or servants) · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute

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Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 31:32

the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught--Some of the captives having been killed (Num 31:17) and part of the cattle taken for the support of the army, the total amount of the booty remaining was in the following proportions: Prey Total Amount Half to Soldiers Deducted to God Half to Congregation Deducted to Levites Sheep 675,000 337,500 675 337,500 6,750 Beeves 72,000 36,000 72 36,000 720 Asses 61,000 30,500 61 30,500 610 Persons 32,000 16,000 32 16,000 320

John Gill on Numbers 31:32

And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught,.... The remainder of it, besides what they had eaten in their return from the war, and during their seven days' stay without the camp: from hence to the end of Numbers 31:47 is only an account of the prey or booty taken, which in general were 675,000 sheep, 72,000 beeves or oxen, 61,000 asses, and 32,000 females who had never known man; the half out of these, which fell to the share of the soldiers, were 337,500 sheep, 36,000 beeves or oxen, 30,500 asses, and 16,000 females, out of which were given as an heave offering to the Lord six hundred and seventy five sheep, seventy two beeves or oxen, sixty one asses, and thi…

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John Calvin on Numbers 31:37-47

And the Lord's tribute of the sheep. The greatness of the victory is shewn by the result, since such an abundance of cattle could only have been collected from a wide and populous country. It is probable that it was not very fertile, and consequently only live stock, and not corn and wine, are enumerated as amongst their wealth. Still, we may conjecture that it was famous for pastures, since barren mountains could not have fed so many oxen, and goats, and sheep, and camels; besides, it is most evident, from the number of young women, that the men who were slain were more in number than their conquerors who had been sent to the battle; for suppose they each of them had an unmarried daughter,…

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Dictionary and topics

Booty — Captives or cattle or objects of value taken in war. In Canaan all that breathed were to be destroyed (Deut. 20: 16). The “pictures and images” of the Canaanites were to be destroyed also (Num.…
Priest — The Heb. kohen, Gr. hierus, Lat. sacerdos, always denote one who offers sacrifices. At first every man was his own priest, and presented his own sacrifices before God. Afterwards that office devolved…
Wars of the Lord, The Book of the — (Num. 21:14, 15), some unknown book so called (comp. Gen. 14:14-16; Ex. 17:8-16; Num. 14:40-45; 21:1-3, 21-25, 33-35; 31. The wars here recorded might be thus designated).
Desert, Journey Of Israel Through The · Midianites destroyed and Balaam slain — Midianites destroyed and Balaam slain
Heave-Offering · Consisted of: Part of spoil taken in war — Consisted of: Part of spoil taken in war
Servant · . — .
Spoils · inc — inc

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Numbers 31:42

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Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 31:32

John Gill on Numbers 31:32

John Calvin on Numbers 31:37-47

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Numbers 31:42

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 31:32

John Gill on Numbers 31:32

John Calvin on Numbers 31:37-47

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 31:31-47

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 31:36-47

Rashi on Numbers 31:42