KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Numbers 31:25–27
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Numbers 31:25
25¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
25¶ And the LORD spake vnto Moses, saying,
Numbers 31:26
26Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:
26Take the summe of the pray, †that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou and Eleazar the Priest, and the chiefe fathers of the Congregation:
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Numbers 31:27
27And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
27And diuide the pray into two parts, betweene them that tooke the warre vpon them, who went out to battell, and betweene all the Congregation.
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DEFINED WORDS
Numbers 31:25
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
DEFINED WORDS
Numbers 31:26
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Booty or spoil taken by force; an animal or person hunted or seized.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Received, seized, carried, accepted, captured, chosen, or laid hold of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A person who officiates in sacred service, especially by offering sacrifices or ministering in worship; the KJV applies the term to Mosaic priests, priests of other gods, and Christ as Priest, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Principal, foremost, highest in rank or importance; also a leader.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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congregation
An assembled body or community of people, especially the gathered people of Israel or worshippers before God.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Numbers 31:27
To part or separate an entire thing; to part a thing into two or more pieces. To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition or by an imaginary line or limit.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Booty or spoil taken by force; an animal or person hunted or seized.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The number equal to one and one.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Portions or divisions of a whole; also divides, separates, departs, or assigns shares.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
In the space, relation, or distinction separating two or more.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Armed conflict; as a verb, to fight or contend.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A fight or armed conflict; also, troops drawn up for fighting.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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congregation
An assembled body or community of people, especially the gathered people of Israel or worshippers before God.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 27
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Open the full verse study8And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.
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Open the full verse study24For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.
25And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
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Open the full verse study12Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
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Open the full verse study4Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
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