Numbers 31:47

Modern English Version

From the half of the Israelites Moses took one out of fifty, of man and of beast, and gave them to the Levites, who kept the guard of the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Cross References

Psalm 134:1

Come, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who stand by night in the house of the Lord!

Exodus 12:28

Then the Israelites went and did so. Just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

Numbers 1:53

But the Levites will camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so there will be no wrath on the congregation of the Israelites. And the Levites will keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.

Numbers 31:30

Of the half of the Israelites, you will take one portion of fifty, of the people, of the oxen, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them to the Levites, who keep the guard of the tabernacle of the Lord.”

Numbers 31:46

and sixteen thousand people.

Numbers 31:48

The officers who were over thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near to Moses,

Joshua 9:27

That day he made them woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation and the altar of the Lord, even to this day, at the place He would choose.