Numbers 31:27 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 31:27

Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to battle and the rest of the congregation.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, that went out to battle, and all the congregation.

KJV

And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And divide the prey into two parts,.... Into two equal parts, both the number of the people and of the cattle, when taken: between them that took the war upon them, and went out to battle; the soldiers; and by this it appears that they went voluntarily and cheerfully: and between all the congregation; so that the part of them that went to battle, and of those that stayed in the camp, were alike, and which in process of time became a statute and ordinance, 1Sa 30:24.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְחָצִ֙יתָ֙	ve.cha.Tzi.ta	and you will divide	H2673 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַמַּלְק֔וֹחַ	ha.mal.Ko.ach	the booty	H4455 →
בֵּ֚ין	bein	between	H996 →
תֹּפְשֵׂ֣י	to.fe.Sei	[those] skilled of	H8610 →
הַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה	ha.mil.cha.Mah	the battle	H4421 →
הַיֹּצְאִ֖ים	hai.yo.tze.'Im	who went out	H3318 →
לַצָּבָ֑א	la.tza.Va'	to <the> war	H6635 →
וּבֵ֖ין	u.Vein	and between	H996 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הָעֵדָֽה׃	ha.'e.Dah	the congregation	H5712 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Joshua 22:8
saying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth, with immense herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and very many clothes. Divide with your brothers the spoil of your enemies.”
leads to
- 1 Samuel 30:24
  Who will listen to your proposal? The share of the one who went to battle will match the share of the one who stayed with the supplies. They will share alike.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 3:16
  Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
- Deuteronomy 8:17–18
  You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”
- Deuteronomy 8:9–14
  a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.
- 1 Samuel 30:16
  So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines…
Through
Psalms 68:12
“Kings and their armies flee in haste; she who waits at home divides the plunder.
leads to
- Joshua 10:16
  Now the five kings had fled and hidden in the cave at Makkedah.
- Judges 5:19
  Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.
Through
1 Samuel 30:4
So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 11:4
  When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.

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