Numbers 31:41
And Moses giveth the tribute — Jehovah's heave-offering — to Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
42And of the sons of Israel's half, which Moses halved from the men who war —
Cross References
Numbers 5:9'And every heave-offering of all the holy things of the sons of Israel, which they bring near to the priest, becometh his;
Numbers 18:19all the heave-offerings of the holy things which the sons of Israel lift up to Jehovah I have given to thee and to thy sons, and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute age-during, a covenant of salt, age-during it [is] before Jehovah, to thee and to thy seed with thee.'
Matthew 10:10nor scrip for the way, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor staff — for the workman is worthy of his nourishment.
Galatians 6:6And let him who is instructed in the word share with him who is instructing — in all good things.
Hebrews 7:4And see how great this one [is], to whom also a tenth Abraham the patriarch did give out of the best 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 →