Numbers 31:32 (BSB)

and this plunder remained from the spoils the soldiers had taken: 675,000 sheep,

From Numbers 31. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Numbers 31:32

  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Numbers 31:32: And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the Lord,.... The whole amount, weight, and value of it put together: even of the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and perhaps of every common soldier, who might contribute his part, though it is not mentioned, but included in the oblation of the officers: was 16,750 shekels; which, according to...
  • Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Numbers 31:32: 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...
  • Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Numbers 31:31-47: Num 31:31-47 The booty, viz., “the rest of the booty, which the men of war had taken,” i.e., all the persons taken prisoners that had not been put to death, and all the cattle taken as booty that had not been consumed during the march home, amounted to 675,000 head of small cattle, 72,000 oxen, 61,000 asses, and 32,000 maidens.