Numbers 31:30

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Summary

And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.

One portion

Numbers 31:42

And give

Numbers 31:28

Numbers 18:24

1 Corinthians 9:13

Keep the

Bible References

One portion

And from the half given to the children of Israel, which Moses had kept separate from that given to the fighting-men,

And give

And from the men of war who went out let there be offered to the Lord one out of every five hundred, from the persons, and from the oxen and asses and sheep:

For the tenths which the children of Israel give as a lifted offering to the Lord I have given to the Levites as their heritage. and so I have said to them, Among the children of Israel they will have no heritage.

Do you not see that the servants of the holy things get their living from the Temple, and the servants of the altar have their part in the food which is offered on the altar?

Keep the

In order that they may be responsible to him and to all Israel for the care of the Tent of meeting, and to do the work of the House;

And the Lord said to Aaron, You and your sons and your father's family are to be responsible for all wrongdoing in relation to the holy place: and you and your sons are to be responsible for the errors which come about in your work as priests.

Their sleeping-rooms were round the house of God, for they had the care of it, and were responsible for opening it morning by morning.

And they had the care of the Tent of meeting and the holy place, under the direction of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the work of the house of the Lord.

And the Levites their brothers were responsible for the stores of the house of God and the holy things.

Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.

And it is right for such servants to be safe persons.

Say to Archippus, See that you do the work which the Lord has given you to do.

Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.