spoils taken in war, Num. xxxi, 27–32. According to the law of
Moses, the booty was to be divided equally between those who were in the
battle and those who were in the camp, whatever disparity there might be
in the number of each party. The law farther required that, out of that
part of the spoils which was assigned to the fighting men, the Lord’s
share should be separated; and for every five hundred men, oxen, asses,
sheep, &c, they were to take one for the high priest, as being the
Lord’s first fruits. And out of the other moiety, belonging to the
children of Israel, they were to give for every fifty men, oxen, asses,
sheep, &c, one to the Levites.
Moses, the booty was to be divided equally between those who were in the
battle and those who were in the camp, whatever disparity there might be
in the number of each party. The law farther required that, out of that
part of the spoils which was assigned to the fighting men, the Lord’s
share should be separated; and for every five hundred men, oxen, asses,
sheep, &c, they were to take one for the high priest, as being the
Lord’s first fruits. And out of the other moiety, belonging to the
children of Israel, they were to give for every fifty men, oxen, asses,
sheep, &c, one to the Levites.