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Selected Verse: Numbers 31:29 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Nu 31:29 |
King James |
Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD. |
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| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| An heave-offering - Render simply an offering, and compare Num 18:24. The verb from which the word here rendered "heave-offering" is derived, is rightly translated "levy" in Num 31:28. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| An heave - offering - In thankfulness to God for their preservation and good success. |
28 And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:
24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.