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Numbers 31:47

in Numbers 31

From the Israelites’ half, Moses took one out of every fifty persons and animals and gave them to the Levites who kept charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD had commanded him.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

even of the children of Israel’s half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, that kept the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

KJV

Even of the children of Israel’s half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord; as the Lord commanded Moses.

This verse in Numbers 31

Commentary

1 note on this verse

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught--Some of the captives having been killed (Nu 31:17) and part of the cattle taken for the support of the army, the total amount of the booty remaining was in the following proportions:

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The words behind it

26 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיִּקַּ֨חand he took

    vaiyikachH3947 →966 times

  • מֹשֶׁ֜הMoses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • מִמַּחֲצִ֣תfrom [the] half of

    mimachatzitH4276 →16 times

  • בְּנֵֽי־[the] people of

    benei-H1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הָֽאָחֻז֙those drawn

    haachuzH270 →67 times

  • אֶחָ֣דone

    ʾechadH259 →971 times

  • מִן־from

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הַחֲמִשִּׁ֔יםthe fifty

    hachamishimH2572 →163 times

  • מִן־from

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הָאָדָ֖ם<the> humankind

    haadamH120 →551 times

  • וּמִן־and from

    umin-H4480 →1188 times

  • הַבְּהֵמָ֑הthe livestock

    habehemahH929 →190 times

  • וַיִּתֵּ֨ןand he gave

    vaiyitenH5414 →2011 times

  • אֹתָ֜ם<obj.> them

    ʾotamH853 →10935 times

  • לַלְוִיִּ֗םto the Levites

    lalviyimH3881 →291 times

  • שֹֽׁמְרֵי֙[who] keep

    shomereiH8104 →468 times

  • מִשְׁמֶ֙רֶת֙<of> [the] service of

    mishmeretH4931 →78 times

  • מִשְׁכַּ֣ן[the] tabernacle of

    mishkanH4908 →139 times

  • יְהוָ֔הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • כַּאֲשֶׁ֛רjust as

    kaasherH834 →5497 times

  • צִוָּ֥הhe had commanded

    tzivahH6680 →494 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • מֹשֶֽׁה׃Moses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Numbers 31:30

    From the Israelites’ half, take one out of every fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or other animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.”

    it leads to

    • Numbers 3:25

      The duties of the Gershonites at the Tent of Meeting were the tabernacle and tent, its covering, the curtain for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,

    • Numbers 3:7–8

      They are to perform duties for him and for the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, attending to the service of the tabernacle.

    • Numbers 3:31

      Their duties were the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the articles of the sanctuary used with them, and the curtain—all the service for these items.

    • 1 Chronicles 9:27–29

      They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.

    • 1 Corinthians 9:13–14

      Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?

Where this verse is studied

About Numbers

The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.
The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.