KJV ORIGINAL
And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
The plunder that remained from what the soldiers had captured included 675,000 sheep,
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse records the enormous amount of livestock captured as spoils of war from the defeated Midianites.
📚 Historical Context
This occurs after Israel's military campaign against the Midianites, who had led Israel into idolatry and immorality at Balaam's counsel. The massive numbers of livestock reflect the wealth and pastoral lifestyle of the Midianite people, who were nomadic herders in the region east of the Jordan River.
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