Numbers 31:47
Moses taketh from the sons of Israel's half the one possession from the fifty, of man and of beast, and giveth them to the Levites keeping the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.This verse in the real world
In what words
- מַחֲצִיתmachătsîytha halving or the middle
- אָחַזʼâchazto seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
- מִשְׁמֶרֶתmishmerethwatch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservat
- מִשְׁכָּןmishkâna residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; als
- חֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîymfifty
- בְּהֵמָהbᵉhêmâhproperly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
- לֵוִיִּיLêvîyîya Levite or descendant of Levi
- צָוָהtsâvâh(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Num 31:30, Psa 134:1, Num 18:21–24, Isa 56:10–11, 1Th 5:12–13, Luk 10:1–8, Deu 12:17–19