King James Version

Numbers 31:38

And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD’s tribute was threescore and twelve.

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וְהַ֨בָּקָ֔רvehabaqarand the herdבָּקָרconjunction, definite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “and the herd”, the ordinary formH1241beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herdbeeve, bull ([phrase] -ock), [phrase] calf, [phrase] cow, great (cattle), [phrase] heifer, herd, kine, ox.שִׁשָּׁ֥הshishahsixשֵׁשׁadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “six”, the ordinary formH8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixthsix(-teen, -teenth), sixth.וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖יםusheloshimand thirtyשְׁלוֹשִׁיםconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “and thirty”, the ordinary formH7970thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieththirty, thirtieth. Compare H7991 (שָׁלִישׁ).אָ֑לֶףalefthousandאֶלֶףadjective, cardinal, both genders, singular, absolute — “thousand”, the ordinary formH505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousandthousand.וּמִכְסָ֥םumikhsamand tributeמֶכֶסconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and tribute”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4371an assessment (as based upon a census)tribute.לַיהוָ֖הlayhvahto Jehovahיְהֹוָהpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).שְׁנַ֥יִםshenayimtwoשְׁנַיִםadjective, cardinal, masculine, dual, absolute — “two”, the ordinary formH8147two; also (as ordinal) twofoldboth, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.וְשִׁבְעִֽיםveshivimand seventyשִׁבְעִיםconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “and seventy”, the ordinary formH7657seventyseventy, threescore and ten ([phrase] -teen).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the beeves were thirty and six thousand, of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the oxen were thirty and six thousand; of which Jehovah’s tribute was threescore and twelve.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the herd [is] six and thirty thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah [is] two and seventy;

World English Bible

The cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which Yahweh’s tribute was seventy-two.

Darby Translation

and the oxen were thirty-six thousand, and the tribute thereof for Jehovah, seventy-two;

Douay-Rheims

And out of the thirty-six thousand oxen, seventy-two oxen:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the beeves were thirty and six thousand, of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the oxen, six and thirty thousand, and the tribute to the Lord, seventy-two.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ βόες, ἓξ καὶ τριάκοντα χιλιάδες, καὶ τὸ τέλος Κυρίῳ, δύο καὶ ἑβδομήκοντα·