Numbers 31:48

What does Numbers 31:48 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 31:48 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the officers that were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the officers that were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Then the men in authority over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, came to Moses,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And the inspectors whom the thousands of the host hath, (heads of the thousands and heads of the hundreds), draw near unto Moses,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And when the commanders of the army, and the tribunes and centurions were come to Moses, they said:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the officers who were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near to Moses,

Context

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.

v.48This passage

v.49and they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war that are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.

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