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Numbers 31:31

Moses and Eleazar the priest did just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Servant;   Spoils;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Heave-Offering;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Midianites;   Spoil;   Tithe;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Booty;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Priest;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Beeves,;   Eleazar ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Booty;   Priest;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Booty;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Slave;   Tax;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Moshe and El`azar the Kohen did as the LORD commanded Moshe.
King James Version
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.
Lexham English Bible
Moses and Eleazar the priest did just as Yahweh commanded Moses.
English Standard Version
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.
New Century Version
So Moses and Eleazar did as the Lord commanded Moses.
New English Translation
So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.
New American Standard Bible
Moses and Eleazar the priest did just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Legacy Standard Bible
Moses and Eleazar the priest did just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
Contemporary English Version
Moses and Eleazar followed the Lord 's instructions
Complete Jewish Bible
Moshe and El‘azar the cohen did as Adonai had ordered Moshe.
Darby Translation
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
Easy-to-Read Version
So Moses and Eleazar did what the Lord commanded Moses.
George Lamsa Translation
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
Good News Translation
Moses and Eleazar did what the Lord commanded.
Christian Standard Bible®
So Moses and the priest Eleazar did as the Lord commanded Moses.
Literal Translation
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Moses and Eleasar the prest dyd as the LORDE commaunded Moses.
American Standard Version
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Bible in Basic English
So Eleazar and Moses did as the Lord had given orders to Moses.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Moyses and Eleazar the priest, dyd as the Lorde comaunded Moyses.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
King James Version (1611)
And Moses and Eleazar the Priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.
English Revised Version
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
Berean Standard Bible
So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD had commanded Moses,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Moyses and Eleazar diden, as the Lord comaundide.
Young's Literal Translation
And Moses doth -- Eleazar the priest also -- as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
Update Bible Version
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
World English Bible
Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Yahweh commanded Moses.
New King James Version
So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
New Living Translation
So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.
New Life Bible
Moses and Eleazar the religious leader did just as the Lord had told Moses.
New Revised Standard
Then Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord had commanded Moses:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did, - As Yahweh commanded Moses.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Moses and Eleazar did as the Lord had commanded.
Revised Standard Version
And Moses and Elea'zar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
THE MESSAGE
Moses and Eleazar followed through with what God had commanded Moses.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Moses and Eleazar the priest did just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Contextual Overview

25Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 26"You and Eleazar the priest and the leaders of the fathers' households of the congregation are to take a count of the spoil of war that was captured, both people and livestock. 27"Divide the spoil into two [equal] parts between those who were involved in the war, that is, those who went out to battle and all [the rest of] the congregation. 28"Levy a tax for the LORD from the warriors who went to battle, one in five hundred of the persons, the oxen, the donkeys, and the flocks. 29"Take this tribute from the warriors' half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD. 30"From the Israelites' half [of the spoil] you shall take one out of every fifty of the persons, the oxen, the donkeys, the flocks, and of all the livestock, and give them to the Levites who are in charge of the tabernacle of the LORD." 31Moses and Eleazar the priest did just as the LORD had commanded Moses.32The plunder that remained from the spoil of war which the warriors had taken, was 675,000 sheep, 33and 72,000 cattle, 34and 61,000 donkeys,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Ezra 7:5 - Eleazar

Cross-References

Genesis 20:11
Abraham said, "Because I thought, 'Surely there is no fear or reverence of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.'
Genesis 31:26
Then Laban said to Jacob, "What do you mean by deceiving me and leaving without my knowledge, and carrying off my daughters as if [they were] captives of the sword?
Genesis 31:27
"Why did you run away secretly and deceive me and not tell me, so that [otherwise] I might have sent you away with joy and with songs, with [music on the] tambourine and lyre?
Proverbs 29:25
The fear of man brings a snare, But whoever trusts in and puts his confidence in the LORD will be exalted and safe.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses. Took an account of the booty, divided it equally between the soldiers and the congregation of Israel, and levied a part out of each as a tribute for the Lord, which was given to the priests and Levites.


 
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