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## Numbers 31:40 in Context (Verses 37–43 KJV)
 
 [37 ](/kjv/numbers/31/37) And the LORD’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.
 
 [38 ](/kjv/numbers/31/38) And the beeves *were* thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD’s tribute *was* threescore and twelve.
 
 [39 ](/kjv/numbers/31/39) And the asses *were* thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD’s tribute *was* threescore and one.
 
 [40 ](/kjv/numbers/31/40) And the persons *were* sixteen thousand; of which the LORD’s tribute *was* thirty and two persons.
 
 [41 ](/kjv/numbers/31/41) And Moses gave the tribute, *which was* the LORD’s heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.
 
 [42 ](/kjv/numbers/31/42) And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
 
 [43 ](/kjv/numbers/31/43) (Now the half *that pertained unto* the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand *and* seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
 
[Numbers 30](/kjv/numbers/30) [Numbers 32](/kjv/numbers/32)

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