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John Gill's Exposition on Numbers 31:28

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And levy a tribute unto the Lord of the men of war, which went out to battle, etc.] That is, out of the part of the prey which was divided to them: one soul of five hundred, both “of the persons”; or one woman of five hundred, as the Targum of Jonathan: and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep; that is, one out of five hundred, of each of them also.
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