“Count the plunder that was taken, both of man and of animal, you, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the congregation;
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Numbers 31:26 in context
Numbers 31:23–29
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everything that may withstand the fire, you shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity. All that doesn’t withstand the fire you shall make to go through the water.
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You shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean. Afterward you shall come into the camp.”
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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“Count the plunder that was taken, both of man and of animal, you, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the congregation;
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and divide the plunder into two parts: between the men skilled in war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation.
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Levy a tribute to the LORD of the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred; of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks.
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Take it from their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for the LORD’s wave offering.
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