Numbers - 31:49



49 and they said to Moses, "Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war who are under our command, and there lacks not one man of us.

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Explanation and meaning of Numbers 31:49.

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And 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.
We thy servants have reckoned up the number of the fighting men, whom we had under our hand, and not so much as one was wanting.
and they said to Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war who were under our hand, and there is not one man of us lacking.
and they say unto Moses, 'Thy servants have taken up the sum of the men of war who are with us, and not a man of us hath been missed;
And they said to Moses, Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacks not one man of us.
And said to him, Your servants have taken note of the number of all the fighting-men under our orders, and every one is present;
"We, your servants, have taken a census of the number of the fighting men, whom we had under our hand, and indeed not one was lacking.
Dixeruntque ad Mosen, Servi tui levarunt (vel, subduxerunt,) summam virorum bellatorum qui sunt in manu nostra, et non defuit in nobis quisquam.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

There is no mention of any resistance on the part of the Midianites. The Israelites saw in this and in the preservation of all those engaged, proofs that the Lord had been with them in the work, and hence, the free-will oblation of Numbers 31:50.

And they said unto Moses,.... Gave the following relation to him, which is a very surprising one:
thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge; since the war with Midian was over, they had mustered the several companies under their command, such as had thousands, and those that had hundreds:
and there lacketh not one man of us; which is a most amazing and unheard of thing, that in waging war with a whole nation, slaying all their males, sacking and burning so many cities, plundering the inhabitants of their substance, taking and carrying off such a vast number of captives, yet not one should fall by the sword of the enemy, or by any disease or accident whatever, but all to a man should return to the camp of Israel again; this is not to be paralleled in any history.

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