Numbers 31:41

Numbers 31:41 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Moses gave the tribute, which was the Lord’s heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses.
• New International Version (NIV)Moses gave the tribute to Eleazar the priest as the Lord’s part, as the Lord commanded Moses.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Moses gave the tribute, which was the contribution for the Lord, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Moses gave the tribute which was the Lord’s heave offering to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Context of Numbers 31:41

39And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD’S tribute was threescore and one. 40And the persons were sixteen thousand; of whom the LORD’S tribute was thirty and two persons. And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD’S heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses. 42And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred, 43(now the congregation’s half was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred sheep,

Numbers 31:41 word by word

וַיִּתֵּ֣ן מֹשֶׁ֗ה אֶת־מֶ֙כֶס֙ תְּרוּמַ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה לְאֶלְעָזָ֖ר הַכֹּהֵ֑ן כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה׃Read the interlinear

• Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• tributeמֶ֫כֶסmekes · tributeH4371
• whichכַּאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · as whichH834
• LORD’Sיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• heaveתְּרוּמָהterûmâh terûmâh · contributionH8641
• Eleazarאֶלְעָזָר'el‛âzâr · EleazarH499
• priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680

Cross-references for Numbers 31:41

• Numbers 31:29take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for the LORD’S heave offering.
• Numbers 18:8And the LORD spake unto Aaron, And I, behold, I have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings, even all the hallowed things of the children of Israel, unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, as a due for ever.
• Matthew 10:10no wallet for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the labourer is worthy of his food.
• 1 Corinthians 9:10or saith he it altogether for our sake? Yea, for our sake it was written: because he that ploweth ought to plow in hope, and he that thresheth, to thresh in hope of partaking.
• Galatians 6:6But let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
• 1 Timothy 5:17Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially those who labour in the word and in teaching.
• Hebrews 7:4Now consider how great this man was, unto whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the chief spoils.

Commentaries on Numbers 31:41

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-47Verses 25-47 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. The less opportunity we have of honouring God with personal services, the more should we give in money or value.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36-47The plunder was distributed according to the principles established in 31:25–30.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-541-2. the Lord spake unto Moses, Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites--a semi-nomad people, descended from Abraham and Keturah, occupying a tract of country east and southeast of Moab, which lay on the eastern coast of the Dead Sea. They seem to have been the principal instigators of the infamous scheme of seduction, planned to entrap the Israelites into the double crime of idolatry and licentiousness [Nu 25:1-3, 17, 18] by which, it was hoped…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 31:41

• Armies
• Offerings
• Servant
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In the dictionaries

• Eleazar
• Moses
• Heave offering
• Booty
• Prey
• Purify
• Abel-Shittim
• Balaam
• Numbers, Book of
• Sacrifice

Commentaries on Numbers 31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings