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Numbers 31:27
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Numbers 31:27
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
27 then divide the spoils[a] between the warriors who went on the campaign and the whole community.
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- 31:27 Divide the spoils: for a similar division of the plunder into two equal parts, between those who engaged in the battle and those who stayed with the baggage, cf. 1 Sm 30:24. But note that here the tax on the plunder of the noncombatants is ten times as much as that on the soldiers’ plunder.
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