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Text -- Numbers 31:33-54 (NET)
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31:33 72,000 cattle ,
31:34 61,000 donkeys ,
31:35 and 32,000 young women who had never had sexual intercourse with a man .
31:36 The half-portion of those who went to war numbered 337,500 sheep ;
31:37 the Lord’s tribute from the sheep was 675 .
31:38 The cattle numbered 36,000 ; the Lord’s tribute was 72 .
31:39 The donkeys were 30,500 , of which the Lord’s tribute was 61 .
31:40 The people were 16,000 , of which the Lord’s tribute was 32 people .
31:41 So Moses gave the tribute , which was the Lord’s raised offering , to Eleazar the priest , as the Lord commanded Moses .
31:42 From the Israelites ’ half-share that Moses had separated from the fighting men ,
31:43 there were 337,500 sheep from the portion belonging to the community ,
31:44 36,000 cattle ,
31:45 30,500 donkeys ,
31:46 and 16,000 people .
31:47 From the Israelites ’ share Moses took one of every fifty people and animals and gave them to the Levites who were responsible for the care of the Lord’s tabernacle , just as the Lord commanded Moses .
31:48 Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army , the commanders over thousands and the commanders over hundreds , approached Moses
31:49 and said to him , “Your servants have taken a count of the men who were in the battle , who were under our authority , and not one is missing .
31:50 So we have brought as an offering for the Lord what each man found : gold ornaments , armlets , bracelets , signet rings , earrings , and necklaces , to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord .”
31:51 Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all of it in the form of ornaments .
31:52 All the gold of the offering they offered up to the Lord from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds weighed 16,750 shekels .
31:53 Each soldier had taken plunder for himself.
31:54 So Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds and brought it into the tent of meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the Lord .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
BOOTY |
MOSES |
Midianites |
Spoils |
Wars of the Lord, The Book of the |
BALAAM |
ABEL-SHITTIM |
Israel |
Armies |
Servant |
PRIEST |
METALS |
Liberality |
Levites |
Thankfulness |
TRIBUTE |
Gold |
Jericho |
Jewels |
Beeves |
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NET Notes: Num 31:35 Here again we encounter one of the difficulties of the book, the use of the large numbers. Only twelve thousand soldiers fought the Midianites, but th...
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NET Notes: Num 31:50 The expression here may include the idea of finding protection from divine wrath, which is so common to Leviticus, but it may also be a thank offering...
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