Numbers 31:26
in Numbers 31“You and Eleazar the priest and the family heads of the congregation are to take a count of what was captured, both of man and beast.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the congregation;
KJV
Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:
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This verse in Numbers 31
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
take a count of what was captured
on Numbers 31:26-31
The soldiers’ half gives "one out of every five hundred" to Eleazar, and the congregation’s half gives "one out of every fifty" to the Levites. The levy on those who stayed is ten times the levy on those who went.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and beast,.... The number of the females that were taken captive and spared, and of the cattle, the sheep, oxen, and asses: thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation; who were all men of authority and character, and fit to be employed in such service, and of whose capacity and fidelity there could be no doubt.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Take the sum of the prey that was taken--that is, of the captives and cattle, which, having been first lumped together according to ancient usage (Ex 15:9;
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The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שָׂ֗א | sa' | lift up | H5375 → | 656 times |
| אֵ֣ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| רֹ֤אשׁ | rosh | [the] head of | H7218 → | 599 times |
| מַלְק֙וֹחַ֙ | malkoach | [the] booty of | H4455 → | 8 times |
| הַשְּׁבִ֔י | hashevi | <the> captivity | H7628 → | 49 times |
| בָּאָדָ֖ם | baadam | among <the> humankind | H120 → | 551 times |
| וּבַבְּהֵמָ֑ה | uvabehemah | and among the livestock | H929 → | 190 times |
| אַתָּה֙ | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| וְאֶלְעָזָ֣ר | veelazar | and Eleazar | H499 → | 72 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֔ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| וְרָאשֵׁ֖י | verashei | and [the] leaders of | H7218 → | 599 times |
| אֲב֥וֹת | ʾavot | [the] fathers of | H1 → | 1212 times |
| הָעֵדָֽה׃ | haedah | the congregation | H5712 → | 149 times |
שָׂ֗אlift up
sa'H5375 →656 times
אֵ֣ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
רֹ֤אשׁ[the] head of
roshH7218 →599 times
מַלְק֙וֹחַ֙[the] booty of
malkoachH4455 →8 times
הַשְּׁבִ֔י<the> captivity
hasheviH7628 →49 times
בָּאָדָ֖םamong <the> humankind
baadamH120 →551 times
וּבַבְּהֵמָ֑הand among the livestock
uvabehemahH929 →190 times
אַתָּה֙you
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
וְאֶלְעָזָ֣רand Eleazar
veelazarH499 →72 times
הַכֹּהֵ֔ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
וְרָאשֵׁ֖יand [the] leaders of
verasheiH7218 →599 times
אֲב֥וֹת[the] fathers of
ʾavotH1 →1212 times
הָעֵדָֽה׃the congregation
haedahH5712 →149 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.