King James Version
Numbers 31:43 in the King James Version says “(Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and...” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“(Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep ,”
Numbers 31:43 · KJV
And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD'S heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.
And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
(Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep ,
And thirty and six thousand beeves,
And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“that pertained unto the congregation”
H5712a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
“thousand”
H505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
“thousand”
H505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
“and seven”
H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
“thousand”
H505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
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