Numbers 31:29

And thou shalt give it to Eleazar the priest, because they are the firstfruits of the Lord.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD.

In Context

28And thou shalt separate a portion to the Lord from them that fought and were in the battle, one soul of five hundred as well of persons as of oxen and asses and sheep.

30Out of the moiety also of the children of Israel thou shalt take the fiftieth head of persons, and of oxen, and asses, and sheep, and of all beasts, and thou shalt give them to the Levites that watch in the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.

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Cross References

Exodus 29:27And thou shalt sanctify both the consecrated breast, and the shoulder that thou didst separate of the ram,

Numbers 18:28And of all the things of which you receive tithes, offer the firstfruits to the Lord, and give them to Aaron the priest.

Deuteronomy 12:19Take heed thou forsake not the Levite all the time that thou livest in the land.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 31:26-48

Distribution of the Spoil. ( b. c. 1452.) 25 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation: 27 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: 28 And levy a tribute unto the Lord of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of… Read the whole commentary →

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