Numbers 31:27 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁷ and divide the prey into two parts; between the men skilled in war, that went out to battle, and all the congregation:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ and divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ Divide the booty into two [equal] parts between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, that went out to battle, and all the congregation.

Common English Bible

²⁷ and divide the valuable property between the warriors who went into battle and the entire community.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ And you shall divide the prey equally, among those who went out to war and fought, and among the remainder of the multitude.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ And thou shalt divide the spoil equally, between them that fought and went out to the war, and between the rest of the multitude.

Numbers 31:27 Cross References

Psalm 68:12

Kings of armies flee, they flee: And she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.

Psalm 68:13

Will ye lie among the sheepfolds, As the wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold?

Numbers 31:26

Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the congregation:

Joshua 22:8

and spake unto them, saying, Return with much wealth 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.

1 Samuel 30:4

Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.