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Numbers 31:47 Cross-References
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“Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.”
Numbers 31:47 (KJV)
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Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites—From the congregation's half, Moses extracted a 2% Levitical tax (אֶחָד אָחֻז מִן־הַחֲמִשִּׁים, echad achutz min-ha-chamishim, "one drawn/seized from the fifty"). This totaled 6,750 sheep, 720 cattle, 610 donkeys, and 320 persons for the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD (שֹׁמְרֵי מִשְׁמֶרֶת מִשְׁכַּן יְהוָה, shomrei mishmereth mishkan YHWH, "keepers of the keeping/service of the tabernacle").This wasn't Moses' innovation but as the LORD co...
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Cross-References for Numbers 31:47
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“you shall take one drawn out of every fifty”
“or of your new wine”
“the Lord also appointed seventy others”
“all you servants of Yahweh”
“behold”
“brothers”
“they are all without knowledge; they are all mute dogs”