Numbers 31:9
15,16; De 20:14; 2Ch 28:5,8-10Numbers 31:30-47
one portion.42-47flocks, or, goats. and give.28; 18:24-28; 1Co 9:13,14keep the.3:7,8,25,31,36-39; 18:1-5,23; 1Ch 9:27-29; 23:32; 26:20-27Ac 20:28; 1Co 4:2; Col 4:17; Heb 13:17 31 the booty.It appears from the enumeration here, that the Israelites, in this war with the Midianites, took 32,000 female prisoners, 61,000 asses, 72,000 beeves, and 675,000 sheep and small cattle; besides the immense number of males who fell in battle, and the women and children who were slain by the divine command. (ver. 17.) This booty was divided into equal parts, by which partition a far larger share was justly given to the warriors employed on the expedition, who were only 12,000, than to those, who being equally willing to go, were ordered to stay in the camp. Each party was to give a certain proportion to Jehovah, as their sovereign, in grateful acknowledgement that to him they owed their success. The soldiers to give to the Lord one out of every five hundred persons, beeves, asses, and sheep, (ver. 28,) and the people, who by staying at home risked nothing, and had no fatigue, were to give one out of fifty of each of the above to the Levites, who were far more numerous than the priests. (ver. 30.) The booty, its division among the soldiers and people, and the proportion given by each to the Lord and to the Levites, will be seen at one view by the following table:-- Sheep . . . . 675,000 To soldiers . . . 337,500 To God. . . . . . 675 To people . . . . 337,500 To Levites. . . . 6,750 Beeves. . . . 72,000 To soldiers . . . 36,000 To God. . . . . . 72 To people . . . . 36,000 To Levites. . . . 720 Asses . . . . 61,000 To soldiers . . . 30,500 To God. . . . . . 61 To people . . . . 30,500 To Levites. . . . 610 Persons . . . 32,000 To soldiers . . . 16,000 To God. . . . . . 32 To people . . . . 16,000 To Levites. . . . 320 It does not appear that a single ox, sheep, or ass, was required by Moses as his portion; or that there was any given to him by the people; and though he had a family as well as others, yet no provision was made for them above the common lot of Levites! 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Eleazar.29-31; 18:8,19; Mt 10:10; 1Co 9:10-14; Ga 6:6; 1Ti 5:17Heb 7:4-6,9-12 42 43 44 45 46 the Levites.18:21-24; De 12:17-19; Lu 10:1-8; 1Th 5:12,13kept the charge.30; Ps 134:1; Isa 56:10,111 Samuel 30:20
This is David's spoil.26; Nu 31:9-12; 2Ch 20:25; Isa 53:12; Ro 8:371 Chronicles 5:21
took away. Heb. led captive. camels.The camel, in Hebrew {gamal,} retained with little variation in all languages, is, according to the Linnæan system, a genus of quadrapeds of the order pecora; comprehending the camel, properly so called, with two prominences; the dromedary, with a single one; the lama, or Peruvian camel, with the back even and the breast gibbose, and the pacos, or camel without any gibbosity. The camel, properly so called, is about 6® feet in height: its head is small; ears short; neck long, slender, and bending; legs long and slender, having four callosities on the fore legs and two on the hinder, on which it rests; feet soft, parted, but not thoroughly divided; bottom of the foot tough and pliant; tail about two feet in length, terminating in a tuft; and hair fine, soft, of considerable length, and of a dusky reddish colour. Besides the same internal structure as other ruminating animals, it is furnished with an additional bag for containing a quantity of water till wanted. men. Heb. souls of men.Nu 31:35; Re 18:13
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