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Wycliffe Bible

Numbers 31:29

And thou schalt yyue `that part to Eleazar, preest, for tho ben the firste fruytis of the Lord.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Offerings;   Priest;   Servant;   Spoils;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dedication;   Heave-Offerings;   Offerings;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Heave-Offering;   Priests;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Midianites;   Spoil;   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 - Priest, High;   Slave;   Tax;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Priestly Code;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
take it of their half, and give it to El`azar the Kohen, for the LORD's heave-offering.
King James Version
Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the Lord .
Lexham English Bible
take from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as a contribution to Yahweh.
English Standard Version
Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as a contribution to the Lord .
New Century Version
Take it from the soldiers' half, and give it to Eleazar the priest as the Lord 's share.
New English Translation
You are to take it from their half-share and give it to Eleazar the priest for a raised offering to the Lord .
Amplified Bible
"Take this tribute from the warriors' half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD.
New American Standard Bible
take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest, as an offering to the LORD.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Yee shall take it of their halfe and giue it vnto Eleazar the Priest, as an heaue offring of the Lorde.
Legacy Standard Bible
take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest, as a contribution to Yahweh.
Complete Jewish Bible
take it from their half and give it to El‘azar the cohen as a portion set apart for Adonai .
Darby Translation
Of their half shall ye take it, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for a heave-offering of Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
Take that share from the soldiers' half of the things they took in war. Then give these things to Eleazar the priest. That part will belong to the Lord .
George Lamsa Translation
Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD.
Good News Translation
Give them to Eleazar the priest as a special contribution to the Lord .
Christian Standard Bible®
Take the tribute from their half and give it to the priest Eleazar as a contribution to the Lord.
Literal Translation
you shall take from their half, and you shall give to Eleazar the priest as the heave offering of Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Of their halfe parte shalt thou take it, and geue it vnto Eleasar the prest for an Heueofferynge vnto the LORDE.
American Standard Version
take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for Jehovah's heave-offering.
Bible in Basic English
Take this from their part and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to be lifted up to the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And ye shall take it of their halfe, and geue it vnto Eleazar the priest, as an heaue offeryng of the Lorde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, as a portion set apart for the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
Take it of their halfe, and giue it vnto Eleazar the Priest, for an heaue offering of the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt give them to Eleazar the priest as the first-fruits of the Lord.
English Revised Version
take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for the LORD'S heave offering.
Berean Standard Bible
Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD.
Young's Literal Translation
from their half ye do take, and thou hast given to Eleazar the priest -- the heave-offering of Jehovah.
Update Bible Version
take it of their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for Yahweh's heave-offering.
Webster's Bible Translation
Take [it] of their half, and give [it] to Eleazar the priest, [for] a heave-offering of the LORD.
World English Bible
take it of their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for Yahweh's heave-offering.
New King James Version
take it from their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest as a heave offering to the LORD.
New Living Translation
Give this share of the army's half to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the Lord .
New Life Bible
Take this from their half and give it to Eleazar the religious leader, as a gift to the Lord.
New Revised Standard
Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
out of their half, shall ye take them , - and thou shall give them unto Eleazar the priest as a heave-offering unto Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt give it to Eleazar the priest, because they are the firstfruits of the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
take it from their half, and give it to Elea'zar the priest as an offering to the LORD.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest, as an offering to the LORD.

Contextual Overview

25 And the Lord seide to Moises, Take ye the summe of tho thingis that ben takun, fro man `til to beeste, 26 thou, and Eleazar, preest, and alle the princes of the comyn puple. 27 And thou schalt departe euenli the prey bytwixe hem that fouyten and yeden out to batel, and bitwixe al the multitude. 28 And thou schalt departe a part to the Lord, of hem that fouyten, and weren in batel, `o soule of fiue hundrid, as wel of men, as of oxun, and of assis, and of scheep. 29 And thou schalt yyue `that part to Eleazar, preest, for tho ben the firste fruytis of the Lord. 30 Also of the myddil part of the sones of Israel, thou schalt take the fiftithe heed of men, and of oxun, and of assis, and of scheep, and of alle lyuynge beestis; and thou schalt yyue tho to the dekenes, that waken in the kepyngis of the tabernacle of the Lord. 31 And Moyses and Eleazar diden, as the Lord comaundide. 32 Forsothe the prey which the oost hadde take, was sixe hundrid fyue and seuenti thousynde of scheep, 33 of oxun two and seuenti thousynde, of assis sixti thousynde and a thousynde; 35 the soules of persones of femal kynde, that knewen not fleischli men, two and thretti thousynde.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

an heave: Numbers 18:26, Exodus 29:27, Deuteronomy 12:12, Deuteronomy 12:19

Reciprocal: Exodus 29:28 - is an heave Leviticus 7:14 - an heave Numbers 18:19 - the heave Numbers 31:41 - Eleazar 2 Chronicles 15:11 - offered

Cross-References

Genesis 28:13
and the Lord fastned to the laddir, seiynge to hym, Y am the Lord God of Abraham, thi fadir, and God of Isaac; Y schal yyue to thee and to thi seed the lond in which thou slepist.
Genesis 31:2
Also Jacob perseyuede the face of Laban, that it was not ayens hym as yistirdai, and the thridde dai agoon,
Genesis 31:3
moost for the Lord seide to hym, Turne ayen into the lond of thi fadris, and to thi generacioun, and Y shal be with thee.
Genesis 31:10
For aftir that the tyme of conseyuyng of sheep cam, Y reiside myn iyen, and seiy in sleep malis dyuerse, and spotti, and of dyuerse colouris, stiynge on femalis.
Genesis 31:11
And the aungel of the Lord seide to me in sleep, Jacob! and Y answeride, Y am redy.
Genesis 31:24
And Laban seiy in sleep the Lord seiynge to him, Be war that thou speke not ony thing sharpli ayens Jacob.
Genesis 31:38
Was I with thee herfore twenti yeer? Thi sheep and geet weren not bareyn, Y eet not the rammes of thi flok,
Genesis 31:39
nether Y schewide to thee ony thing takun of a beeste; Y yeldide al harm; what euer thing perischide bi thefte, thou axidist of me;
Genesis 31:42
If God of my fadir Abraham, and the drede of Isaac hadde not helpid me, perauenture now thou haddist left me nakid; the Lord bihelde my turmentyng and the traueyl of myn hondis, and repreuyde thee yistirdai.
Genesis 31:53
God of Abraham, and God of Nachor, God of the fadir of hem, deme bitwixe vs. Therfor Jacob swoor by the drede of his fadir Ysaac;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And take it of their half,.... Of the half part of the prey divided to the soldiers:

and give it unto Eleazar the priest for an heave offering of the Lord; by way of thanksgiving for the success and victory, God had given them, by means of which so much booty had fallen into their hands.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

An heave-offering - Render simply an offering, and compare Numbers 18:24. The verb from which the word here rendered “heave-offering” is derived, is rightly translated “levy” in Numbers 31:28.


 
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