Numbers 31:26

“Count all the plundered things that were taken, both people and animals. You, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community's ancestor's clans

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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:

In Context

25Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,

27must divide the plunder into two parts. Divide it between the soldiers who went out to battle and all the rest of the community.

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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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