Numbers 31:29
Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the Lord.
Numbers 31:29 in other translations
| BSB | Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD. |
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| WEB | Take it from their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for the LORD’s wave offering. |
| ASV | take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for Jehovah’s heave-offering. |
| YLT | from their half ye do take, and thou hast given to Eleazar the priest--the heave-offering of Jehovah. |
| DARBY | Of their half shall ye take it, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for a heave-offering of Jehovah. |
| BBE | Take this from their part and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to be lifted up to the Lord. |
| Webster | Take it of their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for a heave-offering of the LORD. |
What does Numbers 31:29 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 31:25-47
25-39. Take the sum of the prey that was taken--that is, of the captives and cattle, which, having been first lumped together according to ancient usage (Ex 15:9; Jud 5:30), were divided into two equal parts: the one to the people at large, who had sustained a common injury from the Midianites and who were all liable to serve: and the other portion to the combatants, who, having encountered the labors and perils of…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 31:25-47
Whatever we have, God justly claims a part. Out of the people's share God required one in fifty, but out of the soldiers' share only one in five hundred. The less opportunity we have of honouring God with personal services, the more should we give in money or value.
Numbers 31:29 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 31:29
- Numbers 18:26
Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the Lord, even a tenth part of the tithe.
- Deuteronomy 12:12
And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.
- Deuteronomy 12:19
Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.
- Exodus 29:27
And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons:
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- Numbers 31:28
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 the asses, and of the sheep:
- Numbers 31:29
Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the Lord.
- Numbers 31:30
And of the children of Israel’s half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.
Numbers 31:29 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | De la mitad de ellos lo tomarás; y darás á Eleazar el sacerdote la ofrenda de Jehová. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | vous le prendrez de leur moitié, et tu le donneras à Éléazar, le sacrificateur, comme offrande élevée à l’ Éternel. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | von ihrer Hälfte sollt ihr sie nehmen, und du sollst sie Eleasar, dem Priester, geben als ein Hebopfer Jehovas. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et dabis eam Eleazaro sacerdoti, quia primitiæ Domini sunt. |