Numbers 31:37 (BSB)

including a tribute to the LORD of 675,

From Numbers 31. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Numbers 31:37

  • John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Numbers 31:37: 37. And the Lord’s tribute of the sheep. The greatness of the victory is shewn by the result, since such an abundance of cattle could only have been collected from a wide and populous country. It is probable that it was not very fertile, and consequently only live stock, and not corn and wine, are enumerated as amongst their wealth.
  • Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Numbers 31:37: And the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen. (m) This is the portion that the soldiers gave to the Lord.
  • 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.