Numbers 31:53
What does Numbers 31:53 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 31:53 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000(For the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.)
KJV
King James Version · 1611(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901(For the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.)
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949(For every man of the army had taken goods for himself in the war.)
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862(the men of the host have spoiled each for himself);
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For that which every one had taken in the booty was his own.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890(The men of war had taken spoil each one for himself.)
Context
v.52And all the gold of the heave-offering that they offered up to Jehovah, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.
v.53This passage
v.54And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, for a memorial for the children of Israel before Jehovah.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 31:32
Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
- Deuteronomy 20:14
but the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take for a prey unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which Jehovah thy God hath given thee.
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