Bible verse
Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD.
Numbers 31:29 · BSB
The verses around it, from Numbers 31.
25 The LORD said to Moses,
26 “You and Eleazar the priest and the family heads of the congregation are to take a count of what was captured, both of man and beast.
27 Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to battle and the rest of the congregation.
28 Set aside a tribute for the LORD from what belongs to the soldiers who went into battle: one out of every five hundred, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, or sheep.
29 Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD.
30 From the Israelites’ half, take one out of every fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or other animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.”
31 So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD had commanded Moses,
32 and this plunder remained from the spoils the soldiers had taken: 675,000 sheep,
33 72,000 cattle,
KJV
Take [it] of their half, and give [it] unto Eleazar the priest, [for] an heave offering of the LORD.
ASV
take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for Jehovah’s heave-offering.
ERV
take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for the LORD’S heave offering.
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