Numbers 31:41
Moses gave the contribution to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the Lord as the Lord had ordered Moses.
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40and 16,000 people, with a Lord's contribution of 32.
Cross References
Numbers 5:9All holy offerings that the Israelites bring to the priest belong to him.
Numbers 18:19I am giving all the voluntary gifts that the Israelites present to the Lord to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent rule. It is a permanent agreement of salt before the Lord for you and your descendants.
Matthew 10:10or a bag for your journey, or two cloaks, or sandals, or a walking stick, for a worker deserves to be supported.
Galatians 6:6Those that are taught the Word should treat their teachers well, sharing with them all good things.
Hebrews 7:4Think how great this man was for Abraham the patriarch to give him a tithe of what was won in battle.
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 →