Numbers 31:47

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

From the Israelites’ half Moses took one of every fifty, both of persons and of animals, and gave them to the Levites, who perform the duties of the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord had 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

The Israelites went and did just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron; so they did.

Numbers 1:53

but the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the covenant, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the Israelites, and the Levites shall perform the duties of the tabernacle of the covenant.”

Numbers 31:30

But from the Israelites’ half you shall take one out of every fifty, whether persons, oxen, donkeys, or sheep—all the animals—and give them to the Levites, who perform the duties of the tabernacle of the Lord.”

Numbers 31:46

and sixteen thousand persons.

Numbers 31:48

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

Joshua 9:27

But on that day Joshua made them woodcutters and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the Lord, to continue to this day, in the place that he should choose.