Numbers 31:40

40 And the number of persons was sixteen thousand, of which the Lord's part 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 number of oxen was thirty-six thousand, of which the Lord's part was seventy-two;

39 The number of asses was thirty thousand, five hundred, of which the Lord's part was sixty-one.

40 And the number of persons was sixteen thousand, of which the Lord's part was thirty-two persons.

41 And Moses gave the Lord's part, lifted up as an offering, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

42 And from the half given to the children of Israel, which Moses had kept separate from that given to the fighting-men,