The Meaning of Numbers 31:40 Explained

Numbers 31:40

KJV: And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons.

YLT: and the human beings are sixteen thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah is two and thirty persons.

Darby: and the human persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the tribute for Jehovah was thirty-two persons.

ASV: And the persons were sixteen thousand; of whom Jehovah's tribute was thirty and two persons.

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What is the context of Numbers 31:40?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the persons [were] sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute [was] thirty and two persons.

What does Numbers 31:40 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 31:40 mean?

And The persons [were] six [and] ten thousand and tribute [was] of which Yahweh two and thirty persons

וְנֶ֣פֶשׁ אָדָ֔ם שִׁשָּׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר אָ֑לֶף וּמִכְסָם֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה שְׁנַ֥יִם וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים נָֽפֶשׁ

אָדָ֔ם	The persons [were]
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אָדָם Sense: man, mankind.
שִׁשָּׁ֥ה	six
Parse: Number, masculine singular Root: שֵׁשׁ Sense: six.
עָשָׂ֖ר	[and] ten
Parse: Number, masculine singular Root: עָשָׂר Sense: ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers).
אָ֑לֶף	thousand
Parse: Number, masculine singular Root: אֶלֶף Sense: a thousand.
וּמִכְסָם֙	and tribute [was]
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural Root: מֶכֶס Sense: computation, proportion to be paid, tribute, tax.
לַֽיהוָ֔ה	of which Yahweh
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
שְׁנַ֥יִם	two
Parse: Number, md Root: שְׁנַיִם Sense: two.
וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים	and thirty
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural Root: שְׁלֹשִׁים Sense: thirty, thirtieth.
נָֽפֶשׁ	persons
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: נֶפֶשׁ Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.

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