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Numbers 31:29

Eleazar

27 Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to battle and the rest of the congregation.

28 Set 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.

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

30 From 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.”

31 So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD had commanded Moses,

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BSB
Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD.
KJV
Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD.
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.
DARBY
Of their half shall ye take it, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for a heave-offering of Jehovah.
BLB
From their half you⁺ shall take and give [it] to Eleazar the priest as a contribution to YHWH.
ÅB
Dette skal dere ta av den halvdel som tilfaller krigsfolket; og du skal gi det til Eleasar, presten, som en gave til Herren.
OTB
ta det fra deres del, og gi det til Eleasar, presten, som en gave til Herren.
B1930
Dette skal I ta av den halvdel som tilfaller krigsfolket; og du skal gi det til Eleasar, presten, som en gave til Herren.

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  • Numbers 18:26

    “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.

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  • Deuteronomy 12:12

    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.

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  • Deuteronomy 12:19

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

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  • Exodus 29:27

    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.

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