Numbers 31:29

29 take it from their half, and give it to Elea'zar the priest as an 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 booty into two parts, between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation.

28 And levy for the LORD a tribute from the men of war who went out to battle, one out of five hundred, of the persons and of the oxen and of the asses and of the flocks;

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

30 And from the people of Israel's half you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all the cattle, and give them to the Levites who have charge of the tabernacle of the LORD."

31 And Moses and Elea'zar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.