King James Version
Numbers 31:13 in the King James Version says “And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.”
Numbers 31:13 · KJV
And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle. battle: Heb. host of war
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“went forth”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“the priest”
H3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and all the princes”
H5387properly, an exalted one, i.e., a king or sheik; also a rising mist
“of the congregation”
H5712a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
“to meet”
H7125an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
“the camp”
H4264an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or e
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