Thematic Bible: Captive bondservants shared by priests and levites


Thematic Bible



And levy a tax for Jehovah from the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, of the persons and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the flock. Take from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest, a heave offering to Jehovah. And from the sons of Israel's half you shall take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, of the flocks, of all kinds of animals, and give them to the Levites who keep the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah. read more.
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Jehovah commanded Moses. And the prize, the rest of the spoil which the men of war had captured, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep, seventy-two thousand beef cattle, sixty-one thousand asses, and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known a man by lying with a male. And the half, the portion of those who went out to war, the number of the flock was three hundred thirty-seven thousand, five hundred; and Jehovah's tax of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five. And the beef cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which Jehovah's tax was seventy-two. And the asses, thirty thousand, five hundred, of which Jehovah's tax was sixty-one. And the persons were sixteen thousand, of which Jehovah's tax was thirty-two persons. And Moses gave the tax, Jehovah's heave offering, to Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah commanded Moses. And of the sons of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men who warred; even the congregation's half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand, five hundred sheep, and thirty-six thousand beef cattle, and thirty thousand and five hundred asses, and sixteen thousand persons; even of the sons of Israel's half, Moses took one portion in fifty, of man and of animal, and gave them to the Levites who kept the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah, even as Jehovah commanded Moses.