KJV King James Version
Take the sum of the prey that was taken, [both] of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Numbers 31:26
Take the sum of the prey that was taken, [both] of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
“You and Eleazar the priest and the family heads of the congregation are to take a count of what was captured, both of man and beast.
WEB World English Bible
“Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of animal, you, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the congregation;
ASV American Standard Version
Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the congregation;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Take up the sum of the prey of the captives, among man and among beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers of the company;
Surrounding context — Numbers 31
23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make [it] go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.
24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, [both] of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:
27 And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
28 And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, [both] of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:
29 Take [it] of their half, and give [it] unto Eleazar the priest, [for] an heave offering of the LORD.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
שָׂ֗אH5375 · na.sato lift: raiseאֵ֣תH853 · et[Obj.]רֹ֤אשׁH7218 · roshheadמַלְק֙וֹחַ֙H4455 · mal.qo.achpreyהַשְּׁבִ֔יH7628 · she.vicaptivityבָּאָדָ֖םH120 · a.dammanוּבַבְּהֵמָ֑הH929 · be.he.mahanimalאַתָּה֙H859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)וְאֶלְעָזָ֣רH499 · el.a.zarEleazarהַכֹּהֵ֔ןH3548 · ko.henpriestוְרָאשֵׁ֖יH7218 · roshheadאֲב֥וֹתH1 · avfatherהָעֵדָֽה׃H5712 · e.dahcongregation
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