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New King James Version

Numbers 31:29

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Offerings;   Priest;   Servant;   Spoils;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dedication;   Heave-Offerings;   Offerings;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Heave-Offering;   Priests;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Midianites;   Spoil;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Booty;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Priest;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Beeves,;   Eleazar ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Booty;   Priest;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Booty;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Priest, High;   Slave;   Tax;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Priestly Code;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
take it of their half, and give it to El`azar the Kohen, for the LORD's heave-offering.
King James Version
Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the Lord .
Lexham English Bible
take from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as a contribution to Yahweh.
English Standard Version
Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as a contribution to the Lord .
New Century Version
Take it from the soldiers' half, and give it to Eleazar the priest as the Lord 's share.
New English Translation
You are to take it from their half-share and give it to Eleazar the priest for a raised offering to the Lord .
Amplified Bible
"Take this tribute from the warriors' half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD.
New American Standard Bible
take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest, as an offering to the LORD.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Yee shall take it of their halfe and giue it vnto Eleazar the Priest, as an heaue offring of the Lorde.
Legacy Standard Bible
take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest, as a contribution to Yahweh.
Complete Jewish Bible
take it from their half and give it to El‘azar the cohen as a portion set apart for Adonai .
Darby Translation
Of their half shall ye take it, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for a heave-offering of Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
Take that share from the soldiers' half of the things they took in war. Then give these things to Eleazar the priest. That part will belong to the Lord .
George Lamsa Translation
Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD.
Good News Translation
Give them to Eleazar the priest as a special contribution to the Lord .
Christian Standard Bible®
Take the tribute from their half and give it to the priest Eleazar as a contribution to the Lord.
Literal Translation
you shall take from their half, and you shall give to Eleazar the priest as the heave offering of Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Of their halfe parte shalt thou take it, and geue it vnto Eleasar the prest for an Heueofferynge vnto the LORDE.
American Standard Version
take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for Jehovah's heave-offering.
Bible in Basic English
Take this from their part and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to be lifted up to the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And ye shall take it of their halfe, and geue it vnto Eleazar the priest, as an heaue offeryng of the Lorde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, as a portion set apart for the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
Take it of their halfe, and giue it vnto Eleazar the Priest, for an heaue offering of the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt give them to Eleazar the priest as the first-fruits of the Lord.
English Revised Version
take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for the LORD'S heave offering.
Berean Standard Bible
Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou schalt yyue `that part to Eleazar, preest, for tho ben the firste fruytis of the Lord.
Young's Literal Translation
from their half ye do take, and thou hast given to Eleazar the priest -- the heave-offering of Jehovah.
Update Bible Version
take it of their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for Yahweh's heave-offering.
Webster's Bible Translation
Take [it] of their half, and give [it] to Eleazar the priest, [for] a heave-offering of the LORD.
World English Bible
take it of their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for Yahweh's heave-offering.
New Living Translation
Give this share of the army's half to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the Lord .
New Life Bible
Take this from their half and give it to Eleazar the religious leader, as a gift to the Lord.
New Revised Standard
Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
out of their half, shall ye take them , - and thou shall give them unto Eleazar the priest as a heave-offering unto Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt give it to Eleazar the priest, because they are the firstfruits of the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
take it from their half, and give it to Elea'zar the priest as an offering to the LORD.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest, as an offering to the LORD.

Contextual Overview

25 Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 26 "Count up the plunder that was taken--of man and beast--you and Eleazar the priest and the chief fathers of the congregation; 27 and divide the plunder into two parts, between those who took part in the war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation. 28 And levy a tribute for the LORD on the men of war who went out to battle: one of every five hundred of the persons, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep; 29 take it from their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest as a heave offering to the LORD. 30 And from the children of Israel's half you shall take one of every fifty, drawn from the persons, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep, from all the livestock, 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 commanded Moses. 32 The booty remaining from the plunder, which the men of war had taken, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep, 33 seventy-two thousand cattle, 34 sixty-one thousand donkeys,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

an heave: Numbers 18:26, Exodus 29:27, Deuteronomy 12:12, Deuteronomy 12:19

Reciprocal: Exodus 29:28 - is an heave Leviticus 7:14 - an heave Numbers 18:19 - the heave Numbers 31:41 - Eleazar 2 Chronicles 15:11 - offered

Cross-References

Genesis 28:13
And behold, the LORD stood above it and said: "I am the LORD God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants.
Genesis 31:2
And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and indeed it was not favorable toward him as before.
Genesis 31:3
Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your family, and I will be with you."
Genesis 31:10
"And it happened, at the time when the flocks conceived, that I lifted my eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the rams which leaped upon the flocks were streaked, speckled, and gray-spotted.
Genesis 31:11
Then the Angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, "Jacob.' And I said, "Here I am.'
Genesis 31:24
But God had come to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, "Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad."
Genesis 31:38
These twenty years I have been with you; your ewes and your female goats have not miscarried their young, and I have not eaten the rams of your flock.
Genesis 31:39
That which was torn by beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it. You required it from my hand, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.
Genesis 31:42
Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night."
Genesis 31:53
The God of Abraham, the God of Nahor, and the God of their father judge between us." And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

An heave-offering - Render simply an offering, and compare Numbers 18:24. The verb from which the word here rendered “heave-offering” is derived, is rightly translated “levy” in Numbers 31:28.


 
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