Numbers 31:42

42 From the half of the {Israelites}, which Moses divided from the men who were fighting,

Numbers 31:42 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 31:42

(See Gill on Numbers 31:32).

Numbers 31:42 In-Context

40 the humans were sixteen thousand, and the tribute to Yahweh [was] thirty-two persons.

41 And Moses gave away the tribute of the contribution of Yahweh to Eleazar the priest, just as Yahweh commanded Moses.

42 From the half of the {Israelites}, which Moses divided from the men who were fighting,

43 the half that belonged to the community was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred from the flock,

44 and thirty-six thousand cattle,

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "sons/children of Israel"