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Numbers 31

Num. 31:27 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And divide
chatsah (Hebrew #2673)
to cut or split in two; to halve
KJV usage: divide, X live out half, reach to the midst, participle
Pronounce: khaw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2086))
l the prey
malqowach (Hebrew #4455)
transitively (in dual) the jaws (as taking food); intransitively, spoil (and captives) (as taken)
KJV usage: booty, jaws, prey.
Pronounce: mal-ko'-akh
Origin: from 3947
into two parts
chatsah (Hebrew #2673)
to cut or split in two; to halve
KJV usage: divide, X live out half, reach to the midst, participle
Pronounce: khaw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2086))
; between them that took
taphas (Hebrew #8610)
to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably
KJV usage: catch, handle, (lay, take) hold (on, over), stop, X surely, surprise, take.
Pronounce: taw-fas'
Origin: a primitive root
the war
milchamah (Hebrew #4421)
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
KJV usage: battle, fight(-ing), war((-rior)).
Pronounce: mil-khaw-maw'
Origin: from 3898 (in the sense of fighting)
upon them, who went out
yatsa' (Hebrew #3318)
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
KJV usage: X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.
Pronounce: yaw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
to battle
tsaba' (Hebrew #6635)
from 6633; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
KJV usage: appointed time, (+) army, (+) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
Pronounce: tsaw-baw'
Origin: or (feminine) tsbadah {tseb-aw-aw'}
, and between all the congregation
`edah (Hebrew #5712)
a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
KJV usage: assembly, company, congregation, multitude, people, swarm. Compare 5713.
Pronounce: ay-daw'
Origin: feminine of 5707 in the original sense of fixture
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Josh. 22:8• 8And 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. (Josh. 22:8)
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1 Sam. 30:24• 24For 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. (1 Sam. 30:24)
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Psa. 68:12• 12Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil. (Psa. 68:12)

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Josh. 22:8• 8And 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. (Josh. 22:8)
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1 Sam. 30:4,24‑25• 4Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
 24For 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. (1 Sam. 30:4,24‑25)
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Psa. 68:12• 12Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil. (Psa. 68:12)
• He will also honor, in their place, those who have been left behind according to His sovereign will, and who have faithfully discharged the perhaps less arduous task allotted to them; but who have, however, done it according to His will. (“Numbers 31” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and divide the prey into halves, between them that conducted the war, who went out to the battle, and the whole assembly.