Numeri 31:30

30 E, della metà appartenente ai figliuoli d’Israele, prendi uno, tratto di cinquanta, degli uomini, de’ buoi, degli asini, delle pecore, e in somma di tutto il bestiame; e da’ quelli a’ Leviti che fanno la fazione del Tabernacolo del Signore.

Numeri 31:30 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 31:30

And of the children of Israel's half, thou shall take one
portion of fifty
Which was abundantly more than what was taken out of the part of the soldiers; and the reason of it is plain and easy to be discerned; the soldiers had taken much pains, and gone through much fatigue, as well as had hazarded their lives, and therefore less was to be taken from them; and besides the tribute levied out of their half was to be given to the priests, who were not so numerous as the Levites, among whom the part out of the half of the congregation was to be distributed:

of the persons;
of the women, as the Targums of Jonathan, one of fifty out of them was to be given to the Levites to be their handmaids, or to be taken in marriage by them, or their sons, when fit for it:

of the beeves, of the asses, and of the sheep, of all manner of beasts;
of oxen, asses, sheep, and goats, one out of fifty of each of these sorts were to be taken. Aben Ezra observes, no mention is made of camels, being but few, and no part taken:

and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle
of the Lord;
for these being employed in the service of the tabernacle, came in for their share of the tribute levied unto the Lord.

Numeri 31:30 In-Context

28 E leva, della gente di guerra, ch’è andata a questa guerra, un tributo per lo Signore, una testa di cinquecento, degli uomini, de’ buoi, degli asini, e delle pecore.

29 Prendete quel tributo della metà che appartiene loro; e dallo al Sacerdote Eleazaro per un’offerta al Signore.

30 E, della metà appartenente ai figliuoli d’Israele, prendi uno, tratto di cinquanta, degli uomini, de’ buoi, degli asini, delle pecore, e in somma di tutto il bestiame; e da’ quelli a’ Leviti che fanno la fazione del Tabernacolo del Signore.

31 E Mosè e il Sacerdote Eleazaro fecero come il Signore avea comandato a Mosè.

32 Or la preda, cioè il rimasto della preda, che la gente ch’era andata a quella guerra avea fatta, fu di seicensettanta cinquemila pecore,