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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 31:30

Of the children of Israel's half, thou shall take one portion of fifty— The congregation, not having hazarded their lives, are enjoined to part with ten times as much as those who went to battle, and in such a proportion as the number of them that went to battle held to the whole number of warriors, which was about the fiftieth part; for that is the proportion between the twelve thousand men of war, and the whole company of warriors, which make up the number of six hundred thousand and upwards, ch. 26: See Bishop Kidder.

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    7. THE WAR AGAINST THE MIDIANITES CHAPTER 31 _ 1. The command to fight Midian (Numbers 31:1)_ 2. The war (Numbers 31:7) 3. The cleansing (Numbers 31:13) 4. The spoil taken ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE DIVISION OF THE BOOTY. The principle of equal division between those who went forth to fight, and those who remained in the camp was observed by David (1 Samuel 30:22), who seems to have been the...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    OF THE. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and of the". TABERNACLE. habitation. Hebrew. _mishkan._ App-40....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _The apportionment of the spoil_. Those who fought and those who remained behind were to receive equal shares. This was an ancient custom, which was traced to the action of David (1 Samuel 30:24 f.)....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    D. DIVISION OF THE BOOTY vv. 25-54 TEXT Numbers 31:25. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 26. Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and t...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND DIVIDE THE PREY INTO TWO PARTS; BETWEEN THEM THAT TOOK THE WAR UPON THEM, WHO WENT OUT TO BATTLE, AND BETWEEN ALL THE CONGREGATION:_ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    WAR AGAINST MIDIAN This chapter contains an account of the fulfilment of the decree of extermination passed upon the Midianites as being the occasion of Israel's apostasy in the plains of Moab: see o...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 31 *ISRAEL’S WAR AGAINST THE COUNTRY CALLED MIDIAN – NUMBERS 31:1-12 V1 The *LORD said to Moses, V2...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    ONE PORTION OF FIFTY. — The Levites were much more numerous than the priests, and consequently it was ordered that they should have two per cent. of the spoil which fell to the congregation, whereas t...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ מִ מַּחֲצִ֨ת בְּנֵֽי ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל תִּקַּ֣ח...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    WAR AND SETTLEMENT 1. THE WAR WITH MIDIAN Numbers 31:1 THE command to vex and smite the Midianites Numbers 25:16 has already been considered. Israel had not the spiritual power which would have just...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE DISPOSITION OF THE SPOILS OF WAR Numbers 31:21 This law, which subjected the victors to a whole week of separation and to special purification, instead of an immediate welcome into the camp, was...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here we have the story of the end of Balaam. It took place in connection with a war directly resulting from the sin of the people committed through the influence of Balaam. They had corrupted the nati...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take (l) one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites,...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I think it not necessary to break the chain of those verses, when one general observation may be properly made from the whole taken together. It is worthy of remark, how graciously the LORD, by taking...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The successes given to the children of Israel alarmed some of their neighbours, more particularly Moab; and this gives occasion for a striking episode in the history which brought to issue as solemn a...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    War is found in the wilderness (though it is not characteristic of it) whenever we fall into the snares the enemy there lays for us. There are always conflicts in the heavenly places in order to the e...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL'S HALF, THOU SHALL TAKE ONE PORTION OF FIFTY,.... Which was abundantly more than what was taken out of the part of the soldiers; and the reason of it is plain and easy to...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A heave-offering_ In thankfulness to God for their preservation and good success. _One of fifty_ Whereas the former part was one of five hundred; the reason of the difference Isaiah, 1 st, Because th...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The Midianites are spoyled, and Balaam slaine. 13 Moses is wroth with the officers, for sauing the women aliue. 19 How the souldiers with their captiues and spoile, are to be purified. 25 The pro...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And of the children of Israelis half, of the portion which had been allotted to the congregation that had remained in camp, THOU SHALL TAKE ONE PORTION OF FIFTY, or two per cent. OF THE PERSONS, OF TH...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE DIVISION OF THE SPOILS...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    VENGEANCE ON MIDIAN (vs.1-11) The Midianites had been guilty of seducing Israel, and God required that account to be settled. This was the last charge laid upon Moses before his death (v.2). His own...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    FLOCKS: Or, goats...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    25-47 Whatever we have, God justly claims a part. Out of the people's share God required one in fifty, but out of the soldiers' share only one in five hundred. The less opportunity we have of honourin...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    ONE PORTION OF FIFTY; whereas the former part was one of five hundred: the reason of the difference is, partly because this was taken out of the people's portion, whose hazards being less than the oth...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    We have here the closing scene of Moses' _ official_ life; as in Deuteronomy 34:1-12 we have the closing scene of his _ personal_ history. "and the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Avenge the children o...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Numbers 31:30 children H1121 Israels H3478 half H4276 take H3947 (H8799) one H259 H270 (H8803) fifty...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    (II) THE DIVISION OF THE SPOILS (NUMBERS 31:25). This whole passage follows the following pattern. a The sum of the prey that was taken and the levies commanded (Numbers 31:25). b Division between t...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The judgment of Midian. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Balaam. CONCLUSION: Our worst enemies are those that draw us to sin. Over all such enemies there is absolute victory for those who take side...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Numbers 31:2. _Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites._ If it were just to cut off twenty four thousand of the Israelites for the awful feast, apostasy, and fornication at Baal-peor, it was e...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 31:25 Half of the spoils of war went to the soldiers and half to those who stayed behind (v. Numbers 31:27; compare...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 31:1__ The Midianites were nomadic people who lived in the deserts on the outside edges of Canaan. They were associated with the Ishmaelites, Amalekites, and Moabites. It is th...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Moses had already received command to smite the Midianites (Numbers 25:16); and in this chapter we have the order given to him to execute that command, and the narrativ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Then as we get into Numbers chapter thirty-one, the Lord orders the destruction of the Midianites. Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward thou shall be gathered to your people (Nu...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 23:32; 1 Chronicles 26:20; 1 Chronicles 9:27; 1 Corinthians 18:1;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    One of fifty — Whereas the former part was one of five hundred; the reason of the difference is, partly, because this was taken out of the peoples portion, whose hazards being less than the others, th...

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