Numbers 31:47
even of the children of Israel [God prevails]’s half, Moses [Drawn out] took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of animal, and gave them to the Levites [Descendants of United with], who performed the duty of Adonai’s tabernacle; as Adonai enjoined Moses [Drawn out].
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46and sixteen thousand persons),
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Exodus 12:28The children of Israel [God prevails] went and did so; as Adonai had enjoined Moses [Drawn out] and Aaron [Light-bringer], so they did. (6)
Numbers 18:21“To the children of Levi [United with], behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel [God prevails] for an inheritance, in teshuvah ·complete return· for their service which they serve, even the service of the Tent of Meeting.
Deuteronomy 12:17+ 12:17. Deut 12:17 (Deut 12:13-14) (#2b.173): T. The person vowing shall not eat the sacrifices they give as free will offerings on their own property / R. Not to eat its meat + 12:17. Deut 12:17 (Deut 12:17-18) (#4.343): T. The person shall not eat the ma'aser sheni ·second tithe· on your own property / R. Not to eat ma'aser sheni ·second tithe· of grains outside Jerusalem You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, + 12:17. Deut 12:17 (Deut 12:17-18) (#4.344): T. The person shall not eat the ma'aser sheni ·second tithe· of wine on your own property / R. Not to eat ma'aser sheni ·second tithe· of wine products outside Jerusalem or of your new wine, + 12:17. Deut 12:17 (Deut 12:17-18) (#4.345): T. The person shall not eat the ma'aser sheni ·second tithe· of oil on your own property / R. Not to eat ma'aser sheni ·second tithe· of oil outside Jerusalem or of your oil, + 12:17. Deut 12:17 (Deut 12:13-14, 12:17-18) (#2b.174): T. The person shall not eat a firstborn animal on your own property / R. The Cohenim ·Priests· shall not eat an unblemished firstborn animal outside Jerusalem + 12:17. Deut 12:17 (Deut 12:17-19) (#4.346): T. This command is not found in the straightforward text / R. That the Cohen ·Priest· shall not eat the first fruits before they are set down in the Courtyard of Adonai / R. The Cohenim ·Priests· must not eat the first fruits outside Jerusalem or the firstborn of your herd or of your flock, + 12:17. Deut 12:17 (Deut 12:13-14, 12:17-18) (#2b.175): T. The person shall not eat their vow offerings on their own property / R. The Cohenim ·Priests· shall not eat the flesh of the sin offering or trespass offering outside the Courtyard nor any of your vows which you vow, + 12:17. Deut 12:17 (Deut 12:13-14, 12:15-16, 12:17-19) (#2b.176): T. The person shall not eat that which they raise up with their hand (tithe, vow, or voluntary offerings) on their own property / R. The non-Priest shall not eat their own free will offerings, until the animal’s blood has been sprinkled (as an offering to Adonai at the Sanctuary) nor your free will offerings, nor the wave offering of your hand;
Psalms 134:1Look! Praise Adonai, all you servants of Adonai, 2 who stand by night in Adonai’s house! 1
Luke 10:1.Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every city and place, where he was about to come.
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 →