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Numbers 31:31

So Moses and Eleazar the priest did 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.
Amplified Bible
Moses and Eleazar the priest did just as the LORD had 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.
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

25The LORD said to Moses, 26"You and Eleazar the priest and the family heads of the congregation are to take a count of what was captured, both of man and beast. 27Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to battle and the rest of the congregation. 28Set 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. 29Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD. 30From the Israelites' half, take one out of every fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or other animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD." 31So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD had commanded Moses,32and this plunder remained from the spoils the soldiers had taken: 675,000 sheep, 3372,000 cattle, 3461,000 donkeys,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Ezra 7:5 - Eleazar

Cross-References

Genesis 20:11
Abraham replied, "I thought to myself, 'Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.'
Genesis 31:26
Then Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done? You have deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives of war!
Genesis 31:27
Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.
Proverbs 29:25
The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD will be set securely on high.

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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