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Numbers 31:46

What does Numbers 31:46 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 31:46 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and sixteen thousand persons),

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And sixteen thousand persons;)

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and sixteen thousand persons),

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And sixteen thousand persons;)

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and of human beings sixteen thousand--

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And out of the sixteen thousand persons,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and sixteen thousand human persons,)

Context

v.45and thirty thousand and five hundred asses,

v.46This passage

v.47even 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.

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