Numbers 31:29

29 take from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest [as] a contribution to Yahweh.

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 divide the war-booty between those who engaged in the war, who went out to the battle, and all the community.

28 Exact a tribute for Yahweh from the men of the war, those who went out to the battle, one from five hundred persons, and from the cattle and from the male donkeys and from the flock;

29 take from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest [as] a contribution to Yahweh.

30 From half of the {Israelites}, take one [share] drawn by lot from the fifty from the humans, from the cattle, from the male donkeys, from the flock, from all the domestic animals, and give them to the Levities who keep the responsibilities of the tabernacle of Yahweh."

31 Moses and Eleazar the priest did just as Yahweh commanded Moses.