Numbers 31:42

42 And of the half pertaining to the sons of Israel, which Moses divided from the men that had gone to war,

Numbers 31:42 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 31:42

(See Gill on Numbers 31:32).

Numbers 31:42 In-Context

40 And the persons were sixteen thousand, of which the tribute for the LORD was thirty-two persons.

41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD’s heave offering, unto Eleazar, the priest, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

42 And of the half pertaining to the sons of Israel, which Moses divided from the men that had gone to war,

43 (now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep

44 and thirty-six thousand oxen