Numbers 31:29 “Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offeri…”

Numbers 31:29

Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for Jehovah’s heave-offering.

Geneva Bible 1599

Yee shall take it of their halfe and giue it vnto Eleazar the Priest, as an heaue offring of the Lord.

Darby Translation

Of their half shall ye take it, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for a heave-offering of Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

from their half ye do take, and thou hast given to Eleazar the priest — the heave-offering of Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English

Take this from their part and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to be lifted up to the Lord.

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Cross references

“an heave”

Numbers 18:26 Exodus 29:27 Deuteronomy 12:12 Deuteronomy 12:19

Numbers 18:26 · BSB

“Speak to the Levites and tell them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you as your inheritance, you must present part of it as an offering to the LORD—a tithe of the tithe.

Exodus 29:27 · BSB

Consecrate for Aaron and his sons the breast of the wave offering that is waved and the thigh of the heave offering that is lifted up from the ram of ordination.

Deuteronomy 12:12 · BSB

And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.

Deuteronomy 12:19 · BSB

and be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

28Set aside a tribute for the LORD from what belongs to the soldiers who went into battle: one out of every five hundred, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, or sheep.

30From the Israelites’ half, take one out of every fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or other animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.”

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