Numbers 31:47
Moses took from the Israelites' half one out of every fifty people and animals and gave them to the Levites who take care of the Lord's Tabernacle, as the Lord had ordered him.
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48The army officers, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, came to Moses
Cross References
Exodus 12:28Then the Israelites went and did just as the Lord had told Moses and Aaron.
Numbers 18:21Instead I have given the Levites all the tithes in Israel as compensation for the service they provide in doing the work in the Tent of Meeting.
Deuteronomy 12:17In your towns you must not eat the tithe of your grain or new wine or olive oil, the firstborn of your herds or flocks, any of the offerings that you give to fulfill a promise, your freewill offerings, or your special gifts.
Psalms 134:1Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord who worship at night in the house of the Lord.
Luke 10:1After this, the Lord appointed seventy other disciples, and sent them in pairs to every town and place that he planned to visit.
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 →