Numbers 31:40

40 The persons were 16,000, of which the Lord’s tribute was 32 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 36,000, of which the Lord’s tribute was 72.

39 The donkeys were 30,500, of which the Lord’s tribute was 61.

40 The persons were 16,000, of which the Lord’s tribute was 32 persons.

41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the contribution for the Lord, to Eleazar 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 served in the army—