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“And the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen .”
Numbers 31:37 (KJV)
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And the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen—The Hebrew terumah (תְּרוּמָה, 'heave offering') designates the portion lifted up and consecrated to Yahweh. This precise 0.2% levy (675 from 337,500 sheep) established Israel's recognition that all war spoils belonged first to God. The meticulous accounting reflects not mere bookkeeping but covenantal theology: victory comes from the LORD, and He claims first-fruits of plunder.Unlike pagan nations who credited military prowess or patron deities with conquest, Israel's tribute system acknowledged Yahweh as the true ...
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