Numbers 31:29

Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD.

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Interpretation

Whatever we have, God justly claims a part. Out of the people's share God required one in fifty, but out of the soldiers' share only one in five hundred.

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This thought runs through Numbers 31:25-29.

Numbers 31:25 Numbers 31:26 Numbers 31:27 Numbers 31:28 Numbers 31:29

Glossary

Eleazar Person: God has helped. (1. ) The third son of Aaron ( Ex. 6:23 ). His wife, a daughter of Putiel, bore him Phinehas ( Ex. 6:25 ). After the death of Nadab and Abihu.