Numbers 31:47

47 From the people's half Moses took one item out of every fifty for the Lord. This included the animals and the people. Then he gave them to the Levites, who took care of the Lord's Holy Tent. This was what the Lord had commanded Moses.

Numbers 31:47 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 31:47

(See Gill on Numbers 31:32).

Numbers 31:47 In-Context

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46 and 16,000 people.

47 From the people's half Moses took one item out of every fifty for the Lord. This included the animals and the people. Then he gave them to the Levites, who took care of the Lord's Holy Tent. This was what the Lord had commanded Moses.

48 Then the officers of the army, the commanders of a thousand men and commanders of a hundred men, came to Moses.

49 They told Moses, "We, your servants, have counted our soldiers under our command, and not one of them is missing.