Numbers 31:53

Bible in Basic English (1941)

(For every man of the army had taken goods for himself in the war.)

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 20:14 : 14 But the women and the children and the cattle and everything in the town and all its wealth, you may take for yourselves: the wealth of your haters, which the Lord your God has given you, will be your food.
  • Num 31:32 : 32 Now the beasts taken, in addition to what the fighting-men took for themselves, were six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,

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  • Num 31:11-12
    2 verses
    79%

    11 They went away with the goods they had taken, man and beast.

    12 And the prisoners and the goods and everything they had taken, they took to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the people of Israel, to the tent-circle in the lowlands of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

  • Num 31:49-52
    4 verses
    79%

    49 And said to him, Your servants have taken note of the number of all the fighting-men under our orders, and every one is present;

    50 And we have here an offering for the Lord from what every man took in the war, ornaments of gold, leg-chains and arm-rings, finger-rings, ear-rings, and neck-ornaments, to make our souls free from sin before the Lord.

    51 So Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, even all the worked ornaments.

    52 And the gold which the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds gave, as an offering to be lifted up before the Lord, came to sixteen thousand, seven hundred and fifty shekels.

  • Num 31:26-30
    5 verses
    79%

    26 Get an account of everything which was taken in the war, of man and of beast, you and Eleazar the priest and the heads of families of the people:

    27 And let division be made of it into two parts, one for the men of war who went out to the fight, and one for all the people:

    28 And from the men of war who went out let there be offered to the Lord one out of every five hundred, from the persons, and from the oxen and asses and sheep:

    29 Take this from their part and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to be lifted up to the Lord.

    30 And from the part given to the children of Israel, take one out of every fifty, from the persons, and from the oxen and asses and sheep, and give it to the Levites who have the care of the House of the Lord.

  • Num 31:54
    78%

    54 Then Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold given by the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and took it into the Tent of meeting, to be a sign in memory of the children of Israel before the Lord.

  • Num 31:41-42
    2 verses
    75%

    41 And Moses gave the Lord's part, lifted up as an offering, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

    42 And from the half given to the children of Israel, which Moses had kept separate from that given to the fighting-men,

  • Deut 3:7
    74%

    7 But we took for ourselves all the cattle and the stored wealth of the towns.

  • Num 31:32
    74%

    32 Now the beasts taken, in addition to what the fighting-men took for themselves, were six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,

  • Num 31:9
    73%

    9 The women of Midian with their little ones the children of Israel took prisoner; and all their cattle and flocks and all their goods they took for themselves;

  • Deut 2:35
    72%

    35 Only the cattle we took for ourselves, with the goods from the towns we had taken.

  • Num 31:2-5
    4 verses
    72%

    2 Give the Midianites punishment for the wrong they did to the children of Israel: and after that you will go to rest with your people.

    3 So Moses said to the people, Let men from among you be armed for war to put into effect against Midian the Lord's punishment on them.

    4 From every tribe of Israel send a thousand to the war.

    5 So from the thousands of Israel a thousand were taken from every tribe, twelve thousand men armed for war.

  • Judg 8:25
    72%

    25 And they gave answer, We will gladly give them. So they put down a robe, every man dropping into it the ear-rings he had taken.

  • 2 Chr 28:14
    72%

    14 So the armed men gave up the prisoners and the goods they had taken to the heads and the meeting of the people.

  • Deut 20:14
    71%

    14 But the women and the children and the cattle and everything in the town and all its wealth, you may take for yourselves: the wealth of your haters, which the Lord your God has given you, will be your food.

  • Gen 34:29
    71%

    29 And all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives; everything in their houses they took and made them waste.

  • Num 31:47
    71%

    47 Even from the children of Israel's half, Moses took one out of every fifty, men and beasts, and gave them to the Levites who had the care of the House of the Lord; as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

  • Josh 22:8
    70%

    8 And said to them, Go back with much wealth to your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver and gold and brass and iron, and with a very great store of clothing; give your brothers a part of the goods taken in the war.

  • Josh 8:27
    70%

    27 But the cattle and the goods from that town, Israel took for themselves, as the Lord had given orders to Joshua.

  • Exod 32:27
    70%

    27 And he said to them, This is the word of the Lord, the God of Israel: Let every man take his sword at his side, and go from one end of the tents to the other, putting to death his brother and his friend and his neighbour.

  • 1 Sam 30:24
    70%

    24 Who is going to give any attention to you in this question? for an equal part will be given to him who went to the fight and to him who was waiting by the goods: they are all to have the same.

  • Num 31:7
    70%

    7 And they made war on Midian, as the Lord gave orders to Moses; and they put to death every male.

  • 1 Sam 17:53
    69%

    53 Then the children of Israel came back from going after the Philistines, and took their goods from the tents.

  • Exod 25:3
    69%

    3 And this is the offering you are to take from them: gold and silver and brass;

  • 1 Sam 30:20
    69%

    20 And they took all the flocks and herds, and driving them in front of him, said, These are David's.

  • Num 7:5
    69%

    5 Take the things from them, to be used for the work of the Tent of meeting; and give them to the Levites, to every man what is needed for his work.

  • Num 3:49-50
    2 verses
    69%

    49 So Moses took the money, the price of those whose place had not been taken by the Levites;

    50 From the first sons of Israel he took it, a thousand, three hundred and sixty-five shekels, by the scale of the holy place;

  • Num 31:21
    69%

    21 Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had been to the fight, This is the rule of the law which the Lord has given to Moses:

  • 1 Chr 26:27
    69%

    27 From the goods taken in war, they gave, as a holy offering, materials for the building of the house of the Lord.

  • Exod 3:22
    69%

    22 For every woman will get from her neighbour and from the woman living in her house, ornaments of silver and gold, and clothing; and you will put them on your sons and your daughters; you will take the best of their goods from the Egyptians.

  • Judg 5:30
    69%

    30 Are they not getting, are they not parting the goods among them: a young girl or two to every man; and to Sisera robes of coloured needlework, worked in fair colours on this side and on that, for the neck of the queen?

  • 2 Chr 20:25
    69%

    25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their goods from them, they saw beasts in great numbers, and wealth and clothing and things of value, more than they were able to take away; all this they took for themselves, and they were three days getting it away, there was so much.

  • Exod 12:35
    69%

    35 And the children of Israel had done as Moses had said; and they got from the Egyptians ornaments of silver and of gold, and clothing:

  • Num 5:10
    69%

    10 And every man's holy things will be his: whatever a man gives to the priest will be his.