The Meaning of Numbers 31:37 Explained

Numbers 31:37

KJV: And the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

YLT: And the tribute to Jehovah of the sheep is six hundred five and seventy;

Darby: and the tribute for Jehovah of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five;

ASV: and Jehovah's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

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What is the context of Numbers 31:37?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

What does Numbers 31:37 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 31:21-54 - The Disposition Of The Spoils Of War

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 intended to wean the Hebrews from the practice of war, giving them a higher standard than that of surrounding nations. Thus God educates us, by placing before us an ever higher standard, as we are able to obey it. It is easy to say hard things against this treatment of Midian, but extermination is sometimes the only way to safety.

For us the lesson is one of rigid separation. Some may be able to stand God's searching fire; but others cannot bear that flame. Yet these may not go altogether free. See Numbers 31:23. As strangers and pilgrims we must abstain from fleshly lusts. God demands our holiness, but discriminates in the method of producing it. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 31

¹ The Midianites are spoiled, and Balaam slain
¹³ Moses is angry with the officers, for saving the women alive
¹⁹ How the soldiers, with their captives and spoil, are to be purified
²⁵ The proportion in which the prey is to be divided
⁴⁸ The voluntary offering unto the treasure of the Lord

What do the individual words in Numbers 31:37 mean?

And was tribute of Yahweh of the sheep six hundred five and seventy

וַיְהִ֛י הַמֶּ֥כֶס לַֽיהוָ֖ה מִן־ הַצֹּ֑אן שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת חָמֵ֥שׁ וְשִׁבְעִֽים

וַיְהִ֛י	And was
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
הַמֶּ֥כֶס	tribute
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: מֶכֶס Sense: computation, proportion to be paid, tribute, tax.
לַֽיהוָ֖ה	of Yahweh
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
הַצֹּ֑אן	the sheep
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular Root: צֹאן Sense: small cattle, sheep, sheep and goats, flock, flocks.
שֵׁ֥שׁ	six
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct Root: שֵׁשׁ Sense: six.
מֵא֖וֹת	hundred
Parse: Number, feminine plural Root: מֵאָה Sense: hundred.
חָמֵ֥שׁ	five
Parse: Number, feminine singular Root: חָמֵשׁ Sense: five.
וְשִׁבְעִֽים	and seventy
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural Root: שִׁבְעִים Sense: seventy.

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