Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 31:40
And the persons [were] sixteen thousand; of which the LORD’s tribute [was] thirty and two persons.
[See comments on Nu 31:32].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
And the persons. Figure of speech Epanadiplosis. App-6.
persons = souls. Hebrew. nephesh (plural) App-13. Literally soul of man.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
31:40 And {n} the persons [were] sixteen thousand; of which the LORD’S tribute [was] thirty and two persons.
(n) Meaning, of the maids, or virgins who had not slept with a man.