Numbers 31:49

49 and said to him, “Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one is missing.

Numbers 31:49 in Other Translations

49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.

49 and said to Moses, "Your servants have counted the men of war who are under our command, and there is not a man missing from us.

49 and said, “We, your servants, have accounted for all the men who went out to battle under our command; not one of us is missing!

49 and said, "We have counted the soldiers under our command and not a man is missing.

49 and they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war that are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.

49 They said to him, "Sir, we have counted all the soldiers under our command, and not one of them is missing.

49 and told him, "Your servants have taken a census of the fighting men under our command, and not one of us is missing.

49 All of them said to Moses, "We have counted the soldiers under our command. Not a single one is missing.

Numbers 31:49 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 31:49

And they said unto Moses
Gave the following relation to him, which is a very surprising one: thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our
charge;
since the war with Midian was over, they had mustered the several companies under their command, such as had thousands, and those that had hundreds: and there lacketh not one man of us;
which is a most amazing and unheard of thing, that in waging war with a whole nation, slaying all their males, sacking and burning so many cities, plundering the inhabitants of their substance, taking and carrying off such a vast number of captives, yet not one should fall by the sword of the enemy, or by any disease or accident whatever, but all to a man should return to the camp of Israel again; this is not to be paralleled in any history.

Numbers 31:49 In-Context

47 From the Israelites’ half, Moses selected one out of every fifty people and animals, as the LORD commanded him, and gave them to the Levites, who were responsible for the care of the LORD’s tabernacle.

48 Then the officers who were over the units of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—went to Moses

49 and said to him, “Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one is missing.

50 So we have brought as an offering to the LORD the gold articles each of us acquired—armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”

51 Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted from them the gold—all the crafted articles.

Cross References

• 1. S Numbers 1:19
• 2. Jeremiah 23:4