Numbers 31:42

The Israelites' half share left after Moses had given the half share to the troops who had gone to fight,

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And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,

In Context

41Moses gave the contribution to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the Lord as the Lord had ordered Moses.

43consisted of: 337,500 sheep,

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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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