Numbers 31:28

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“You must exact a tribute for the LORD from the fighting men who went out to battle: one life out of five hundred, from the people, the cattle, and from the donkeys and the sheep.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 18:26 : 26 “You are to speak to the Levites, and you must tell them,‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you from them as your inheritance, then you are to offer up from it as a raised offering to the LORD a tenth of the tithe.
  • Num 31:30 : 30 From the Israelites’ half-share you are to take one portion out of fifty of the people, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep– from every kind of animal– and you are to give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the LORD’s tabernacle.”
  • Num 31:47 : 47 From the Israelites’ share Moses took one of every fifty people and animals and gave them to the Levites who were responsible for the care of the LORD’s tabernacle, just as the LORD commanded Moses.
  • Josh 6:19 : 19 All the silver and gold, as well as bronze and iron items, belong to the LORD. They must go into the LORD’s treasury.”
  • Josh 6:24 : 24 But they burned the city and all that was in it, except for the silver, gold, and bronze and iron items they put in the treasury of the LORD’s house.
  • 2 Sam 8:11-12 : 11 King David dedicated these things to the LORD, along with the dedicated silver and gold that he had taken from all the nations that he had subdued, 12 including Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek. This also included some of the plunder taken from King Hadadezer son of Rehob of Zobah.
  • 1 Chr 18:11 : 11 King David dedicated these things to the LORD, along with the silver and gold which he had carried off from all the nations, including Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek.
  • 1 Chr 26:26-27 : 26 Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of all the storehouses containing the consecrated items dedicated by King David, the family leaders who led units of a thousand and a hundred, and the army officers. 27 They had dedicated some of the plunder taken in battles to be used for repairs on the LORD’s temple.
  • Prov 3:9-9 : 9 Honor the LORD from your wealth and from the first fruits of all your crops; 10 then your barns will be filled completely, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
  • Isa 18:7 : 7 At that time tribute will be brought to the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, by a people that are tall and smooth-skinned, a people that are feared far and wide, a nation strong and victorious, whose land rivers divide. The tribute will be brought to the place where the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has chosen to reside, on Mount Zion.
  • Isa 23:18 : 18 Her profits and earnings will be set apart for the LORD. They will not be stored up or accumulated, for her profits will be given to those who live in the LORD’s presence and will be used to purchase large quantities of food and beautiful clothes.
  • Isa 60:9 : 9 Indeed, the coastlands look eagerly for me, the large ships are in the lead, bringing your sons from far away, along with their silver and gold, to honor the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has bestowed honor on you.
  • Matt 22:21 : 21 They replied,“Caesar’s.” He said to them,“Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
  • Gen 14:20 : 20 Worthy of praise is the Most High God, who delivered your enemies into your hand.” Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
  • Num 18:21 : 21 See, I have given the Levites all the tithes in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they perform– the service of the tent of meeting.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 31:26-27
    2 verses
    83%

    26“You and Eleazar the priest, and all the family leaders of the community, take the sum of the plunder that was captured, both people and animals.

    27Divide the plunder into two parts, one for those who took part in the war– who went out to battle– and the other for all the community.

  • Num 31:29-30
    2 verses
    82%

    29You are to take it from their half-share and give it to Eleazar the priest for a raised offering to the LORD.

    30From the Israelites’ half-share you are to take one portion out of fifty of the people, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep– from every kind of animal– and you are to give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the LORD’s tabernacle.”

  • Num 31:36-47
    12 verses
    82%

    36The half-portion of those who went to war numbered 337,500 sheep;

    37the LORD’s tribute from the sheep was 675.

    38The cattle numbered 36,000; the LORD’s tribute was 72.

    39The donkeys were 30,500, of which the LORD’s tribute was 61.

    40The people were 16,000, of which the LORD’s tribute was 32 people.

    41So Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD’s raised offering, to Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.

    42From the Israelites’ half-share that Moses had separated from the fighting men,

    43there were 337,500 sheep from the portion belonging to the community,

    4436,000 cattle,

    4530,500 donkeys,

    46and 16,000 people.

    47From the Israelites’ share Moses took one of every fifty people and animals and gave them to the Levites who were responsible for the care of the LORD’s tabernacle, just as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Num 31:32-34
    3 verses
    80%

    32The spoil that remained of the plunder which the fighting men had gathered was 675,000 sheep,

    3372,000 cattle,

    3461,000 donkeys,

  • Num 31:3-6
    4 verses
    76%

    3So Moses spoke to the people:“Arm men from among you for the war, to attack the Midianites and to execute the LORD’s vengeance on Midian.

    4You must send to the battle a thousand men from every tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel.”

    5So a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for battle in all, were provided out of the thousands of Israel.

    6Campaign Against the Midianites So Moses sent them to the war, one thousand from every tribe, with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who was in charge of the holy articles and the signal trumpets.

  • Exod 38:26
    76%

    26one beka per person, that is, a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, for everyone who crossed over to those numbered, from twenty years old or older, 603,550 in all.

  • Exod 30:12-15
    4 verses
    74%

    12“When you take a census of the Israelites according to their number, then each man is to pay a ransom for his life to the LORD when you number them, so that there will be no plague among them when you number them.

    13Everyone who crosses over to those who are numbered is to pay this: a half shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary(a shekel weighs twenty gerahs). The half shekel is to be an offering to the LORD.

    14Everyone who crosses over to those numbered, from twenty years old and up, is to pay an offering to the LORD.

    15The rich are not to pay more and the poor are not to pay less than the half shekel when giving the offering of the LORD, to make atonement for your lives.

  • 1 Chr 5:21
    74%

    21They seized the Hagrites’ animals, including 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys. They also took captive 100,000 people.

  • Num 31:52-53
    2 verses
    73%

    52All the gold of the offering they offered up to the LORD from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds weighed 16,750 shekels.

    53Each soldier had taken plunder for himself.

  • Num 15:12
    72%

    12You must do so for each one according to the number that you prepare.

  • Num 1:3
    72%

    3You and Aaron are to number all in Israel who can serve in the army, those who are twenty years old or older, by their divisions.

  • 2 Chr 15:11
    71%

    11At that time they sacrificed to the LORD some of the plunder they had brought back, including 700 head of cattle and 7,000 sheep.

  • 2 Chr 29:33
    71%

    33and 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep were consecrated.

  • 1 Kgs 5:13
    71%

    13King Solomon conscripted work crews from throughout Israel, 30,000 men in all.

  • Num 31:11
    71%

    11They took all the plunder and all the spoils, both people and animals.

  • 1 Sam 8:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16He will take your male and female servants, as well as your best cattle and your donkeys, and assign them for his own use.

    17He will demand a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will be his servants.

  • Num 1:46
    71%

    46And all those numbered totaled 603,550.

  • Num 26:2
    70%

    2“Take a census of the whole community of Israelites, from twenty years old and upward, by their clans, everyone who can serve in the army of Israel.”

  • Lev 27:2
    70%

    2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘When a man makes a special votive offering based on the conversion value of persons to the LORD,

  • Num 1:31
    70%

    31Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Zebulun were 57,400.

  • Num 7:5
    70%

    5“Receive these gifts from them, that they may be used in doing the work of the tent of meeting; and you must give them to the Levites, to every man as his service requires.”

  • Num 28:29
    70%

    29with one-tenth for each of the seven lambs,

  • Num 2:28
    70%

    28Those numbered in his division are 41,500.

  • Num 31:49
    69%

    49and said to him,“Your servants have taken a count of the men who were in the battle, who were under our authority, and not one is missing.

  • Lev 27:32
    69%

    32All the tithe of herd or flock, everything which passes under the rod, the tenth one will be holy to the LORD.

  • Num 1:28
    69%

    28From the descendants of Issachar: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

  • Gen 32:15
    69%

    15thirty female camels with their young, forty cows and ten bulls, and twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.