# Numbers 31.49
**Book:** [Numbers](/codex/numbers/) · NASB95
## Immediate context (±2 verses)
**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 47. even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, that kept the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses. 48. And the officers that were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses;
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> **49. and they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war that are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.**
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> 50. And we have brought Jehovah's oblation, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, ankle-chains, and bracelets, signet-rings, ear-rings, and armlets, to make atonement for our souls before Jehovah. 51. And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. (Numbers 31:47-51, ASV)
**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 47. even of the children of Israel’s half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of animal, and gave them to the Levites, who performed the duty of Yahweh’s tabernacle; as Yahweh commanded Moses. 48. The officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses.
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> **49. They said to Moses, “Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war who are under our command, and there lacks not one man of us.**
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> 50. We have brought Yahweh’s offering, what every man has gotten, of jewels of gold, armlets, and bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for our souls before Yahweh.” 51. Moses and Eleazar the priest took their gold, even all worked jewels. (Numbers 31:47-51, WEB)
**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 47. Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. 48. And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:
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> **49. And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us. charge: Heb. hand**
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> 50. We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD. gotten: Heb. found 51. And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. (Numbers 31:47-51, KJV)
**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 47. Moses taketh from the sons of Israel's half the one possession from the fifty, of man and of beast, and giveth them to the Levites keeping the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. 48. And the inspectors whom the thousands of the host hath, (heads of the thousands and heads of the hundreds), draw near unto Moses,
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> **49. and they say unto Moses, 'Thy servants have taken up the sum of the men of war who [are] with us, and not a man of us hath been missed;**
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> 50. and we bring near Jehovah's offering, each that which he hath found, vessels of gold, chain, and bracelet, seal-ring, [ear] -ring, and bead, to make atonement for ourselves before Jehovah.' 51. And Moses receiveth, Eleazar the priest also, the gold from them, every made vessel, (Numbers 31:47-51, YLT)
## Setting
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## 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._
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## Quoted in
**Arguments and defeaters:**
- [The Age of Reason Objection Defeater](/codex/the-age-of-reason-objection-defeater/)
## Notes
_Your annotations._
## 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](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/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](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.