Numbers 31:31

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

Numbers 31:31 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 31:31

And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded
Moses.
] Took an account of the booty, divided it equally between the soldiers and the congregation of Israel, and levied a part out of each as a tribute for the Lord, which was given to the priests and Levites.

Numbers 31:31 In-Context

29 take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest, as an offering to the LORD .

30 "From the sons of Israel's half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys and of the sheep, from all the animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD ."

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

32 Now the booty that remained from the spoil which the men of war had plundered was 675,000 sheep,

33 and 72,000 cattle,