The Meaning of Numbers 31:39 Explained

Numbers 31:39

KJV: And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and one.

YLT: and the asses are thirty thousand and five hundred, and their tribute to Jehovah is one and sixty;

Darby: and the asses were thirty thousand five hundred, and the tribute thereof for Jehovah, sixty-one;

ASV: And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which Jehovah's tribute was threescore and one.

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What is the context of Numbers 31:39?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the asses [were] thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD'S tribute [was] threescore and one.

What does Numbers 31:39 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 31:21-54 - The Disposition Of The Spoils Of War

This law, which subjected the victors to a whole week of separation and to special purification, instead of an immediate welcome into the camp, was intended to wean the Hebrews from the practice of war, giving them a higher standard than that of surrounding nations. Thus God educates us, by placing before us an ever higher standard, as we are able to obey it. It is easy to say hard things against this treatment of Midian, but extermination is sometimes the only way to safety.

For us the lesson is one of rigid separation. Some may be able to stand God's searching fire; but others cannot bear that flame. Yet these may not go altogether free. See Numbers 31:23. As strangers and pilgrims we must abstain from fleshly lusts. God demands our holiness, but discriminates in the method of producing it. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 31

¹ The Midianites are spoiled, and Balaam slain
¹³ Moses is angry with the officers, for saving the women alive
¹⁹ How the soldiers, with their captives and spoil, are to be purified
²⁵ The proportion in which the prey is to be divided
⁴⁸ The voluntary offering unto the treasure of the Lord

What do the individual words in Numbers 31:39 mean?

And the donkeys [were] thirty thousand and five hundred and tribute [was] of which Yahweh one and sixty

וַחֲמֹרִ֕ים שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף וַחֲמֵ֣שׁ מֵא֑וֹת וּמִכְסָ֥ם לַֽיהוָ֖ה אֶחָ֥ד וְשִׁשִּֽׁים

וַחֲמֹרִ֕ים	And the donkeys [were]
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural Root: חֲמֹור Sense: (he)ass.
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים	thirty
Parse: Number, common plural Root: שְׁלֹשִׁים Sense: thirty, thirtieth.
אֶ֖לֶף	thousand
Parse: Number, masculine singular Root: אֶלֶף Sense: a thousand.
וַחֲמֵ֣שׁ	and five
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular construct Root: חָמֵשׁ Sense: five.
מֵא֑וֹת	hundred
Parse: Number, feminine plural Root: מֵאָה Sense: hundred.
וּמִכְסָ֥ם	and tribute [was]
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural Root: מֶכֶס Sense: computation, proportion to be paid, tribute, tax.
לַֽיהוָ֖ה	of which Yahweh
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֶחָ֥ד	one
Parse: Number, masculine singular Root: אֶחָד Sense: one (number).
וְשִׁשִּֽׁים	and sixty
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural Root: שִׁשִּׁים Sense: sixty, three score.

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