Numbers 31:27

WEB

and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation.

KJV

And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:

Commentary

And divide the prey into two parts,.... Into two equal parts, both the number of the people an d of the cattle, when taken: between them that took the war upon them, and went out to battle; the soldiers; and by this it appears that they went voluntarily and cheerfully: and between all the congregation; so that the part of them that went to battle, and of those that stayed in the camp, were alike, and which in process of time became a statute and ordinance, Sa1 30:24 .