King James Version
Numbers 31:31 in the King James Version says “And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.”
Numbers 31:31 · KJV
Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD.
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. flocks: or, goats
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the priest”
H3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“as the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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