Passage

Numbers 31.31

Book: Numbers · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"29. take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for Jehovah's heave-offering. 30. And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the asses, and of the flocks, even of all the cattle, and give them unto the Levites, that keep the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah."

"31. And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Jehovah commanded Moses."

"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, 33. and threescore and twelve thousand oxen," (Numbers 31:29-33, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"29. Take it from their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for Yahweh’s wave offering. 30. Of the children of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all the livestock, and give them to the Levites, who perform the duty of Yahweh’s tabernacle.”"

"31. Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Yahweh commanded Moses."

"32. Now the plunder, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep, 33. and seventy-two thousand head of cattle," (Numbers 31:29-33, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"29. Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD. 30. And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD. ^{flocks: or, goats}"

"31. And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses."

"32. And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep, 33. And threescore and twelve thousand beeves," (Numbers 31:29-33, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"29. from their half ye do take, and thou hast given to Eleazar the priest, the heave-offering of Jehovah. 30. 'And from the sons of Israel's half thou dost take one possession out of fifty, of man, of the herd, of the asses, and of the flock, of all the cattle, and thou hast given them to the Levites keeping the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.'"

"31. And Moses doth, Eleazar the priest also, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses."

"32. And the prey, the residue of the spoil which the people of the host have spoiled, is of the flock six hundred thousand, and seventy thousand, and five thousand; 33. and of the herd two and seventy thousand;" (Numbers 31:29-33, YLT)

Setting

Speaker: TBD
Audience: TBD
Location: TBD
Time period: TBD

Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

Quoted in

Black Hebrew Israelite Doctrine

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See Bibles for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.