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Selected Verse: Numbers 31:53 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Nu 31:53 |
King James |
(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.) |
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| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| This verse seems to imply that the soldiers, as distinct from the officers (compare Num 31:49), did not make any offering from their plunder. Of course besides the gold there would be much spoil of less precious materials; see Num 31:20, Num 31:22. |
22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
20 And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.
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.