Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Numbers 31:32 - 31:32

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Numbers 31:32 - 31:32


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the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught - Some of the captives having been killed (Num 31:17) and part of the cattle taken for the support of the army, the total amount of the booty remaining was in the following proportions:

Prey Total Amount Half to Soldiers Deducted to God Half to Congregation Deducted to Levites

Sheep 675,000 337,500 675 337,500 6,750

Beeves 72,000 36,000 72 36,000 720

Asses 61,000 30,500 61 30,500 610

Persons 32,000 16,000 32 16,000 320