Numbers 31:40
38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD’s tribute was threescore and twelve.
39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD’s tribute was threescore and one.
And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD’s tribute was thirty and two persons.
41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD’s heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.
42 And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- and 16,000 people, including a tribute to the LORD of 32.
- KJV
- And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD’s tribute was thirty and two persons.
- WEB
- The persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the LORD’s tribute was thirty-two persons.
- ASV
- And the persons were sixteen thousand; of whom Jehovah`s tribute was thirty and two persons.
- DARBY
- and the human persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the tribute for Jehovah was thirty-two persons.
- BLB
- And the persons [were] sixteen thousand, and their tribute to YHWH two and thirty persons.
- ÅB
- og av mennesker seksten tusen, og avgiften derav til Herren to og tretti.
- OTB
- seksten tusen personer, hvorav Herrens tributt var 32.
- B1930
- og av mennesker seksten tusen, og avgiften derav til Herren to og tretti.