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| | 31:32 |
In addition to the goods that the troops had taken as booty, the plunder consisted of 675,000 sheep,
Vayehi hamalkoach yeter habaz asher bazezu am hatsava tson shesh-me'ot elef veshiv'im elef vachameshet alafim. |
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72,000 head of cattle,
Uvakar shnayim veshiv'im alef. |
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61,000 donkeys,
Vachamorim echad veshishim alef. |
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Commentary:
goods
Inanimate goods (Rashi; cf. Midrash HaGadol; Bachya, on 31:12). Specifically, gold and silver (Lekach Tov; see Numbers, 31:53). Or, 'besides what was destroyed in the war' (Lekach Tov), or, 'besides what was eaten' (Ibn Ezra; Chizzkuni).
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