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Numbers 31:40

Verse 40 of 54. The 31st of 36 chapters in Numbers, in The Law.

36The half, which was the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep;

37and the LORD’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred seventy-five.

38The cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which the LORD’s tribute was seventy-two.

39The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred, of which the LORD’s tribute was sixty-one.

40The persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the LORD’s tribute was thirty-two persons.

41Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD’s wave offering, to Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.

42Of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided off from the men who fought

43(now the congregation’s half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,

44thirty-six thousand head of cattle,

Read Numbers 31

World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.