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27 and divide the spoils of war into two equal parts: one part for the troops who went out for combat and one for all the rest of the community. 28 Raise a tribute to the Lord to be given by the fighting men who went out for battle. Take one out of every five hundred from the people, the cattle, the donkeys, and the flocks. 29 Take it from the fighting men’s half, and give it to Eleazar the priest as an elevated offering[a] to the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 31:29 The term elevated offering refers to the gestures with which these offerings were presented. The name does not mean that every item offered was literally elevated.