Numbers 31:41

And Moses delivered the number of the firstfruits of the Lord to Eleazar the priest, as had been commanded him,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD’S heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.

In Context

40Out of the sixteen thousand persons, there fell to the portion of the Lord, thirty-two souls.

42Out of the half of the children of Israel, which he had separated for them that had been in the battle.

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Cross References

Numbers 5:9an the firstfruits also, which the children of Israel offer, belong to the priest:

Numbers 18:19All the firstfruits of the sanctuary which the children of Israel offer to the Lord, I have given to thee and to thy sons and daughters, by a perpetual ordinance. It is a covenant of salt for ever before the Lord, to thee and to thy sons.

Matthew 10:10Nor scrip for your journey, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor a staff; for the workman is worthy of his meat.

Galatians 6:6And let him that is instructed in the word, communicate to him that instructeth him, in all good things.

Hebrews 7:4Now consider how great this man is, to whom also Abraham the patriarch gave tithes out of the principal things.

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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