SEV Biblia, Chapter 31:30
Y de la mitad perteneciente a los hijos de Israel tomarás uno de cincuenta, de las personas, de los bueyes, de los asnos, y de las ovejas, de todo animal; y los darás a los levitas, que tienen la guarda del tabernáculo del SEÑOR.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 30. And of the children of Israel’s half, thou shall take one portion of fifty , etc.] Which was abundantly more than what was taken out of the part of the soldiers; and the reason of it is plain and easy to be discerned; the soldiers had taken much pains, and gone through much fatigue, as well as had hazarded their lives, and therefore less was to be taken from them; and besides the tribute levied out of their half was to be given to the priests, who were not so numerous as the Levites, among whom the part out of the half of the congregation was to be distributed: of the persons ; of the women, as the Targums of Jonathan, one of fifty out of them was to be given to the Levites to be their handmaids, or to be taken in marriage by them, or their sons, when fit for it: of the beeves, of the asses, and of the sheep, of all manner of beasts ; of oxen, asses, sheep, and goats, one out of fifty of each of these sorts were to be taken. Aben Ezra observes, no mention is made of camels, being but few, and no part taken: and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord ; for these being employed in the service of the tabernacle, came in for their share of the tribute levied unto the Lord.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 25-47 - Whatever we have, God justly claims a part. Out of the people's shar God required one in fifty, but out of the soldiers' share only one i five hundred. The less opportunity we have of honouring God with personal services, the more should we give in money or value.
Original Hebrew
וממחצת 4276 בני 1121 ישׂראל 3478 תקח 3947 אחד 259 אחז 270 מן 4480 החמשׁים 2572 מן 4480 האדם 120 מן 4480 הבקר 1241 מן 4480 החמרים 2543 ומן 4480 הצאן 6629 מכל 3605 הבהמה 929 ונתתה 5414 אתם 853 ללוים 3881 שׁמרי 8104 משׁמרת 4931 משׁכן 4908 יהוה׃ 3068
