Numbers 31:41
And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD'S heave-offering, to Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.
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40And the persons were sixteen thousand, of which the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons.
42And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
Cross References
Numbers 5:9And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring to the priest, shall be his.
Numbers 18:19All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to the LORD, have I given to thee, and to thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD to thee and to thy seed with thee.
Matthew 10:10Nor bag for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor a staff: for the workman is worthy of his food.
Galatians 6:6Let him that is taught in the word communicate to him that teacheth in all good things.
Hebrews 7:4Now consider how great this man was , to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
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 →