Numbers 31:47

47 from the people of Israel's half Moses took one of every fifty, both of persons and of beasts, and gave them to the Levites who had charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Numbers 31:47 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 31:47

(See Gill on Numbers 31:32).

Numbers 31:47 In-Context

45 and thirty thousand five hundred asses,
46 and sixteen thousand persons--
47 from the people of Israel's half Moses took one of every fifty, both of persons and of beasts, and gave them to the Levites who had charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
48 Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses,
49 and said to Moses, "Your servants have counted the men of war who are under our command, and there is not a man missing from us.
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