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49And 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.

Numbers 31:49

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  • That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.

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  • He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

Commentary

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

(vv. 48-54)

Here is a great example of piety and devotion in the officers of the army, the colonels, that are called captains of thousands , and the inferior officers that were captains of hundreds ; they came to Moses as their general and commander-in-chief, and, though he was now going off the stage they very humbly and respectfully addressed themselves to him, calling themselves his servants ; the honours…

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