Numeri 31:32

32 Or la preda, cioè quel che rimaneva del bottino fatto da quelli ch’erano stati alla guerra, consisteva in seicentosettanta cinquemila pecore,

Numeri 31:32 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 32-47. And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of
war had caught
The remainder of it, besides what they had eaten in their return from the war, and during their seven days' stay without the camp: from hence to the end of ( Numbers 31:47 ) is only an account of the prey or booty taken, which in general were 675,000 sheep, 72,000 beeves or oxen, 61,000 asses, and 32,000 females who had never known man; the half out of these, which fell to the share of the soldiers, were 337,500 sheep, 36,000 beeves or oxen, 30,500 asses, and 16,000 females, out of which were given as an heave offering to the Lord six hundred and seventy five sheep, seventy two beeves or oxen, sixty one asses, and thirty two women: the half divided unto the children of Israel consisted of 337,500 sheep, 36,000 beeves or oxen, 30,500 asses, and 16,000 women, out of which one in fifty, both of women and cattle, were given to the Levites; what that amounted to is not expressed, but may be easily reckoned.

Numeri 31:32 In-Context

30 E dalla metà che spetta ai figliuoli d’Israele prenderai uno su cinquanta, tanto delle persone quanto dei buoi, degli asini, delle pecore, di tutto il bestiame; e lo darai ai Leviti, che hanno l’incarico del tabernacolo dell’Eterno".

31 E Mosè e il sacerdote Eleazar fecero come l’Eterno aveva ordinato a Mosè.

32 Or la preda, cioè quel che rimaneva del bottino fatto da quelli ch’erano stati alla guerra, consisteva in seicentosettanta cinquemila pecore,

33 settantaduemila buoi,

34 sessantamila asini, e trentaduemila persone, ossia donne,