Numbers 31:40

40 The persons were sixteen thousand, of which the LORD's tribute was thirty-two persons.

Numbers 31:40 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 31:40

(See Gill on Numbers 31:32).

Numbers 31:40 In-Context

38 The cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which the LORD's tribute was seventy-two.
39 The asses were thirty thousand five hundred, of which the LORD's tribute was sixty-one.
40 The persons were sixteen thousand, of which the LORD's tribute was thirty-two persons.
41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the offering for the LORD, to Elea'zar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.
42 From the people of Israel's half, which Moses separated from that of the men who had gone to war--
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