Numbers 31:27 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

Navigate

Chapter 31

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54

²⁷And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:

Numbers 31:27 —

My Notes

Notes are saved on this device.

← Numbers 31:26 Numbers 31:28 →

Original word meaning

— of 8

Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.

Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 22:8
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 Samuel 30:24-25
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. …
Psalms 68:12
Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
1 Samuel 30:4
Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

Topics

Spoils

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 25-47)

We have here the distribution of the spoil which was taken in this expedition against Midian. God himself directed how it should be distributed, and Moses and Eleazar did according to the directions, and thus unhappy contests among themselves were prevented and the victory was made to turn to the common benefit. It was fit that he who gave them the prey should order the disposal of it. All we have…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 27)

25-39. Take the sum of the prey that was taken--that is, of the captives and cattle, which, having been first lumped together according to ancient usage (Ex 15:9; Jud 5:30), were divided into two equal parts: the one to the people at large, who had sustained a common injury from the Midianites and who were all liable to serve: and the other portion to the combatants, who, having encountered the la…