Numbers 31:48
46 and 16,000 people.
47 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.
Then the officers who were over the units of the army—the commanders of thousands and of hundreds—approached Moses
49 and said, “Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one of us is missing.
50 So we have brought to the LORD an offering of the gold articles each man acquired—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”
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
- Then the officers who were over the units of the army—the commanders of thousands and of hundreds—approached Moses
- KJV
- And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:
- WEB
- The officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses.
- ASV
- And the officers that were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses;
- DARBY
- And the officers who were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near to Moses,
- BLB
- And the officers who [were] over thousands of the army, captains of the thousands and captains of the hundreds, came near to Moses,
- ÅB
- Så gikk de som var satt over hærens tusener, høvdingene over tusen og høvdingene over hundre, fram for Moses
- OTB
- Da kom offiserene som hadde kommandoen over hærens enheter, tusenførerne og hundreførerne, til Moses,
- B1930
- Så gikk de som var satt over hærens tusener, høvdingene over tusen og høvdingene over hundre, frem for Moses