Numbers 31:29

29 Take it from the warriors' half and give it to Eleazar the priest as a gift offering to the LORD.

Numbers 31:29 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 31:29

And take it of their half
Of the half part of the prey divided to the soldiers:

and give it unto Eleazar the priest for an heave offering of the Lord;
by way of thanksgiving for the success and victory, God had given them, by means of which so much booty had fallen into their hands.

Numbers 31:29 In-Context

27 and divide the valuable property between the warriors who went into battle and the entire community.

28 You will offer as tribute to the LORD from each warrior who went into battle one living being in five hundred, whether human, oxen, donkeys, or flocks.

29 Take it from the warriors' half and give it to Eleazar the priest as a gift offering to the LORD.

30 But from the Israelites' half you will take one out of every fifty, whether from human, oxen, donkeys, or flock—all the animals. You will give them to the Levites who carry out the duties of the LORD's dwelling.

31 Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.