Numbers 31:41
Moses gave the tribute to Eleazar the priest as an offering for the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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In Context
40and 16,000 people, including a tribute to the LORD of 32.
42From the Israelites’ half, which Moses had set apart from the men who had gone to war,
Cross References
Numbers 5:9Every sacred contribution the Israelites bring to the priest shall belong to him.
Numbers 18:19All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.”
Matthew 10:10Take no bag for the road, or second tunic, or sandals, or staffs; for the worker is worthy of his provisions.
Galatians 6:6Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor.
Hebrews 7:4Consider how great Melchizedek was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder.
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 →