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The Book of Numbers, Chapter 31, Verse 29

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And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, [both] of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:
King James Version
Take [it] of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, [for] an heave offering of the LORD.
American Standard Version
take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for Jehovah's heave-offering.
New English Translation
You are to take it from their half-share and give it to Eleazar the priest for a raised offering to the LORD.
World English Bible
take it of their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for Yahweh's wave offering.
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And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.
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And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
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And the booty, [being] the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
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And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
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And threescore and one thousand asses,
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And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.
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And the half, [which was] the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:
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And the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.
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And the beeves [were] thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute [was] threescore and twelve.
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And the asses [were] thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD'S tribute [was] threescore and one.