Numbers 31:29

29 from their half ye do take, and thou hast given to Eleazar the priest -- the heave-offering of Jehovah.

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 thou hast halved the prey between those handling the battle who go out to the host and all the company;

28 and thou hast raised a tribute to Jehovah from the men of war, who go out to the host, one body out of five hundred, of man, and of the herd, and of the asses, and of the flock;

29 from their half ye do take, and thou hast given to Eleazar the priest -- the heave-offering of Jehovah.

30 `And from the sons of Israel's half thou dost take one possession out of fifty, of man, of the herd, of the asses, and of the flock, of all the cattle, and thou hast given them to the Levites keeping the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.'

31 And Moses doth -- Eleazar the priest also -- as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.