Numbers 31:40 · Darby Translation
Numbers 31:40 in the Original Hebrew
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Numbers 31:40 in Other Translations
| KJV | And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD’s tribute was thirty and two persons. |
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| WEB | The persons were sixteen thousand; of whom Yahweh’s tribute was thirty-two persons. |
| ASV | And the persons were sixteen thousand; of whom Jehovah’s tribute was thirty and two persons. |
| YLT | and the human beings are sixteen thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah is two and thirty persons. |
| WBT | And the persons [were] sixteen thousand, of which the LORD'S tribute [was] thirty and two persons. |
| DBY | and the human persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the tribute for Jehovah was thirty-two persons. |
Commentary on Numbers 31:40
Expositions from classic Bible commentators.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · Numbers 31:32–47
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
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Questions about Numbers 31:40
What does Numbers 31:40 say?
Numbers 31:40 in the Darby Translation reads: “and the human persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the tribute for Jehovah was thirty-two persons.” Read it in the full context of Numbers 31, alongside the classic commentary on this page.
Where is Numbers 31:40 found in the Bible?
Numbers 31:40 is in the book of Numbers, chapter 31, verse 40, in the Old Testament.
What Bible translation is Numbers 31:40 shown in?
This is the Darby Translation (DBY), a public-domain translation. You can compare how other translations render Numbers 31:40 in the table on this page.
And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the Lord,.... The whole amount, weight, and value of it put together:
even of the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and perhaps of every common soldier, who might contribute his part, though it is not mentioned, but included in the oblation of the officers:
was 16,750 shekels; which, according to the calculation of a very learned man (i), were 7,780 ounces, four drachms, two scruples, and thirty five grains.
(i) Scheuchzer. Physica Sacr. vol. 2. p. 399.