Numbers 31:9
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Bible text
The children of Israel took the women of Midian captive with their little ones; and all their livestock, all their flocks, and all their goods, they took as plunder.
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Statistics
- 33 Uses? Every use that covers this verse, also through a reference to its whole chapter.
- 27 Uses naming the verse? As in the Top 100: only uses that name this verse.
- #6,754 Rank? Rank 6,754 of 27,463 verses named in at least one use; tied verses share a rank.
- mapped Mapping? Position 4,675 in the sequence Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering), Old Testament
33 of the uses are a lower bound (repetitions not known exactly).
The two numbers differ because a reference to a whole chapter counts in the first number for each of its verses, but does not name the verse.
Persons in this verse
"Via pronoun": the verse does not name the person but refers to them, for example with "he" or "her"; the link comes from the grammatical analysis of the Hebrew or Greek text.
Topics of this verse
No topic is linked to this verse yet.
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Numbering in the versification systems?
Bible editions number some verses differently. This verse has the following labels; labels that differ from the one shown above are marked.
Sources that cite this verse?
Uses?
33 approved public uses (data: Official), newest first.
- Date
- 1915
- Cited as
- Numbers 30:2-32:42
- Source
- Sefaria: links from Jewish works to the Tanakh, Commentary on Sefer Hamitzvot of Rasag
- Author
- Yerucham Fishel Perla
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Judaism
- Language
- he
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- 1915
- Cited as
- Numbers 30:2-32:42
- Source
- Sefaria: links from Jewish works to the Tanakh, Commentary on Sefer Hamitzvot of Rasag
- Usage
- Reference
- Author
- Yerucham Fishel Perla
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Judaism
- Language
- he
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- 1915
- Cited as
- Numbers 30:2-32:42
- Source
- Sefaria: links from Jewish works to the Tanakh, Commentary on Sefer Hamitzvot of Rasag
- Usage
- Reference
- Author
- Yerucham Fishel Perla
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Judaism
- Language
- he
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1855 – Dec 31, 1905
- Cited as
- Numbers 30:2-32:42
- Source
- Sefaria: links from Jewish works to the Tanakh, Sefat Emet
- Usage
- Reference
- Author
- Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Judaism
- Language
- he
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1855 – Dec 31, 1905
- Cited as
- Numbers 30:2-32:42
- Source
- Sefaria: links from Jewish works to the Tanakh, Sefat Emet
- Usage
- Reference
- Author
- Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Judaism
- Language
- he
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1854 – Dec 31, 1874
- Cited as
- Numbers 30:2-32:42
- Source
- Sefaria: links from Jewish works to the Tanakh, Minchat Chinukh
- Usage
- Reference
- Author
- Joseph Babad
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Judaism
- Language
- he
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1809 – Dec 31, 1849
- Cited as
- Numbers 30:2-32:42
- Source
- Sefaria: links from Jewish works to the Tanakh, Likutei Halakhot
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Nathan Sternhartz
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Judaism
- Language
- he
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1796 – Dec 31, 1846
- Cited as
- Numbers 30:2-32:42
- Source
- Sefaria: links from Jewish works to the Tanakh, Agra DeKala
- Author
- Tzvi Elimelekh Shapira of Dinov
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Judaism
- Language
- he
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1796 – Dec 31, 1846
- Cited as
- Numbers 31:9
- Source
- Sefaria: links from Jewish works to the Tanakh, Agra DeKala
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Tzvi Elimelekh Shapira of Dinov
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Judaism
- Language
- he
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1796 – Dec 31, 1846
- Cited as
- Numbers 30:2-32:42
- Source
- Sefaria: links from Jewish works to the Tanakh, Agra DeKala
- Author
- Tzvi Elimelekh Shapira of Dinov
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Judaism
- Language
- he
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1796 – Dec 31, 1846
- Cited as
- Numbers 30:2-32:42
- Source
- Sefaria: links from Jewish works to the Tanakh, Agra DeKala
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Tzvi Elimelekh Shapira of Dinov
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Judaism
- Language
- he
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1796 – Dec 31, 1846
- Cited as
- Numbers 30:2-32:42
- Source
- Sefaria: links from Jewish works to the Tanakh, Agra DeKala
- Author
- Tzvi Elimelekh Shapira of Dinov
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Judaism
- Language
- he
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1785 – Dec 31, 1845
- Cited as
- Numbers 30:2-32:42
- Source
- Sefaria: links from Jewish works to the Tanakh, Yismach Moshe
- Author
- Moshe Teitelbaum of Ujhel
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Judaism
- Language
- he
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1815 – Dec 31, 1845
- Cited as
- Numbers 30:2-32:42
- Source
- Sefaria: links from Jewish works to the Tanakh, Bnei Yissaschar
- Usage
- Reference
- Author
- Tzvi Elimelekh Shapira of Dinov
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Judaism
- Language
- he
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1808 – Dec 31, 1832
- Cited as
- Numbers 30:2-32:42
- Source
- Sefaria: links from Jewish works to the Tanakh, Derekh Mitzvotekha
- Author
- Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (Third Lubavitcher Rebbe)
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Judaism
- Language
- he
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1775 – Dec 31, 1815
- Cited as
- Numbers 30:2-32:42
- Source
- Sefaria: links from Jewish works to the Tanakh, Arvei Nachal
- Author
- David Solomon Eibeschutz
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Judaism
- Language
- he
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1797 – Dec 31, 1813
- Cited as
- Numbers 31
- Source
- Sefaria: links from Jewish works to the Tanakh, Likutei Moharan
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Nachman of Breslov
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Judaism
- Language
- he
- Place of origin
- Bratslav, Ukraine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1797 – Dec 31, 1813
- Cited as
- Numbers 31
- Source
- Sefaria: links from Jewish works to the Tanakh, Likutei Moharan
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Nachman of Breslov
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Judaism
- Language
- he
- Place of origin
- Bratslav, Ukraine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1753 – Dec 31, 1777
- Cited as
- Numbers 31
- Source
- Sefaria: links from Jewish works to the Tanakh, Peri Megadim on Yoreh De'ah
- Usage
- Reference
- Author
- Joseph ben Meir Teomim
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Judaism
- Language
- he
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1695 – Dec 31, 1765
- Cited as
- Numbers 30:2-32:42
- Source
- Sefaria: links from Jewish works to the Tanakh, Ba'al Shem Tov
- Usage
- Reference
- Author
- Ba'al Shem Tov
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Judaism
- Language
- he
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1695 – Dec 31, 1765
- Cited as
- Numbers 30:2-32:42
- Source
- Sefaria: links from Jewish works to the Tanakh, Ba'al Shem Tov
- Author
- Ba'al Shem Tov
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Judaism
- Language
- he
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1695 – Dec 31, 1765
- Cited as
- Numbers 30:2-32:42
- Source
- Sefaria: links from Jewish works to the Tanakh, Ba'al Shem Tov
- Author
- Ba'al Shem Tov
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Judaism
- Language
- he
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- 1584
- Cited as
- Numbers 30:2-32:42
- Source
- Sefaria: links from Jewish works to the Tanakh, Matnot Kehunah on Bereshit Rabbah
- Usage
- Reference
- Author
- Issachar Berman ben Naphtali Ha-Kohen
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Judaism
- Language
- he
- Place of origin
- Poland
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1015 – Dec 31, 1225
- Cited as
- Numbers 31:9
- Source
- Sefaria: links from Jewish works to the Tanakh, Midrash Aggadah
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Judaism
- Language
- he
- Place of origin
- Middle-Age France
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- 1200
- Cited as
- Numbers 31:9
- Source
- Sefaria: links from Jewish works to the Tanakh, Bamidbar Rabbah
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Judaism
- Language
- he
- Place of origin
- Talmudic Israel/Babylon
- Contributed by
- import-agent
How this was computed – counting rule: Every covered verse (baseline) / Named verses only; data: Official; as of Nov 12, 2026, 10:15 AM UTC
Neutral key: nrf1:NUM.031.009
- Metric
- Verse-level uses: every citation adds one for each verse it covers, under the counting rule. A citation of three verses adds 3. (definition)
- Counting rule
- Every covered verse (baseline) The baseline rule: every mention of every verse counts; a chapter or a range counts once for each verse it covers, and an unknown repetition counts as one. (definition) – uses; references to a whole chapter count for each of its verses
Named verses only Like the baseline rule, but only references that name verses count; whole chapters and books are left out. The Top 100 verses use it, so a chapter reference does not lift every verse of the chapter. (definition) – uses naming the verse (owner decision P5); the basis of the Top 100 and of the rank - Profile
- Official The official profile of every public number: only reviewed and approved entries whose evidence quality is high enough. (definition) – reviewed and approved data only
- Epoch
- 186, published Nov 12, 2026, 10:15 AM UTC (provisional)
- Sequence
- Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering)
prot66.nrf, mapping release R9 - Rank
- As in the Top 100: uses naming the verse, highest first, over the verses named at least once; tied verses share a rank.
- Uses
- Approved public uses of the data shown, with at least one cited passage on these verses. The list follows the current approved data; the numbers are those of the epoch.
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