Numbers - 31:40

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40 The persons were sixteen thousand; of whom Yahweh's tribute was thirty-two persons.

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Explanation and meaning of Numbers 31:40.

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And the persons were sixteen thousand; of whom Jehovah's tribute was thirty and two persons.
Out of the sixteen thousand persons, there fell to the portion of the Lord, thirty-two souls.
and the human beings are sixteen thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah is two and thirty persons.
And the number of persons was sixteen thousand, of which the Lord's part was thirty-two persons.
From the sixteen thousand human souls, there fell to the portion of the Lord thirty-two souls.
Et animarum hominum sedecim millia: census vero eorum Jehovae, duae et triginta animae.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And (n) the persons [were] sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute [was] thirty and two persons.
(n) Meaning, of the maids, or virgins who had not slept with a man.

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