Numbers 31:47 (BSB)

From the Israelites’ half, Moses took one out of every fifty persons and animals and gave them to the Levites who kept charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD had commanded him.

From Numbers 31. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Numbers 31:47

  • Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Numbers 31:47: Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, [both] of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. (p) Which had not been at war.
  • 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.