Numbers 31:28 meaning and explanation

Set aside a tribute for the LORD from what belongs to the soldiers who went into battle: one out of every five hundred, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, or sheep.

Numbers 31:28, Berean Standard Bible

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In this verse the LORD instructs Moses how to divide the spoils of the war against Midian. The soldiers who actually fought receive half the plunder, and from their half one out of every five hundred persons or animals is set apart as a tribute, a tax reserved for the LORD and given to Eleazar the priest.

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