Numbers 31:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְחָצִ֙יתָ֙ אֶת־הַמַּלְק֔וֹחַ בֵּ֚ין תֹּפְשֵׂ֣י הַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה הַיֹּצְאִ֖ים לַצָּבָ֑א וּבֵ֖ין כָּל־הָעֵדָֽה׃

Transliteration

And-ḥāṣîtā ʾet-the-malqôaḥ between tōpśê the-milḥāmāh the-yōṣəʾîm to-the-ṣābāʾ and-between all-the-ʿēdāh.

Grammar Details

*ḥāṣîtā*: Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you shall divide
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*malqôaḥ*: masculine singular noun with definite article - booty/plunder/spoil
*tōpśê*: Qal participle, masculine plural construct - handlers/warriors of
*milḥāmāh*: feminine singular noun with definite article - battle/war
*yōṣəʾîm*: Qal participle, masculine plural with definite article - going out
*ṣābāʾ*: masculine singular noun with definite article - army/host
*ʿēdāh*: feminine singular noun with definite article - congregation/assembly

Word Meanings

*ḥāṣîtā*: divide/split in half
*tōpśê*: handlers/seizers/warriors/participants
*milḥāmāh*: battle/war/fighting
*yōṣəʾîm*: going out/marching out/those who went out

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Referenced Verses

Josh 22:8 : 8 And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.
1 Sam 30:4 : 4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
1 Sam 30:24-25 : 24 For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike. 25 And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
Ps 68:12 : 12 Kings of armies did flee{H8799)} apace{H8799)}: and she that tarried at home divided{H8762)} the spoil.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Num 31:25-26
2 verses
87%
25And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
26Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:
Num 31:28-30
3 verses
83%
28And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:
29Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD.
30And 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.
Num 31:40-44
5 verses
82%
40And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons.
41And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD'S heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.
42And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
43(Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
44And thirty and six thousand beeves,
Num 31:53-54
2 verses
79%
53( For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
54And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.
Num 31:11-12
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11And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
12And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
Num 31:32-33
2 verses
78%
32And 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,
33And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
Num 31:46-47
2 verses
76%
46And sixteen thousand persons;)
47Even 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.
1 Sam 30:24
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24For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.
Num 31:36-37
2 verses
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36And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:
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Num 31:2-5
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2Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
3And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.
4Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
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2 Chr 28:14
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14So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation.
Num 7:5
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Deut 20:14
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Deut 3:7
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Num 34:18
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Num 26:2
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2Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.
Josh 22:8
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8And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.
Deut 2:35
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Num 34:29
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29These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.
Num 31:9
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9And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
Deut 21:10
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10When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,
Num 31:21
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21And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;
Exod 32:27
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27And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
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3From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
2 Chr 31:19
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19Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites.
Num 32:27
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27But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.
1 Chr 26:27
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Josh 18:5-6
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5And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
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Deut 29:8
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8And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.
Ezek 47:21
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21So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.
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