Numbers 31:47

New English Translation

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.

Cross References

Psalm 134:1

Attention! Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who serve in the Lord’s temple during the night.

Exodus 12:28

and the Israelites went away and did exactly as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron.

Numbers 1:53

But the Levites must camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that the Lord’s anger will not fall on the Israelite community. The Levites are responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the testimony.”

Numbers 31:30

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.”

Numbers 31:46

and 16,000 people.

Numbers 31:48

Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders over thousands and the commanders over hundreds, approached Moses

Joshua 9:27

and that day made them woodcutters and water carriers for the community and for the altar of the Lord at the divinely chosen site. (They continue in that capacity to this very day.)