Numbers 31:29

Take it from their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for the LORD’s wave offering.

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In The King James Version

Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD.

In Context

28Levy a tribute to the LORD of the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred; of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks.

30Of the children of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all the livestock, and give them to the Levites, who perform the duty of the LORD’s tabernacle.”

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Cross References

Exodus 29:27You shall sanctify the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the wave offering, which is waved, and which is raised up, of the ram of consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons.

Numbers 18:28Thus you also shall offer a wave offering to the LORD of all your tithes, which you receive of the children of Israel; and of it you shall give the LORD’s wave offering to Aaron the priest.

Deuteronomy 12:19Be careful that you don’t forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.

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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