King James Version
Numbers 31:38 in the King James Version says “And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve .” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve .”
Numbers 31:38 · KJV
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.
And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And the beeves”
H1241a beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
“and six”
H8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth
“thousand”
H505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
“of which the LORD'S”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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