King James Version
Numbers 31:37 in the King James Version says “And the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen .” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen .”
Numbers 31:37 · KJV
And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.
And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:
And the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen .
And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve .
And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and one.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And the LORD'S”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“of the sheep”
H6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
“was six”
H8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth
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