Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, “This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded Moses:
Parallel translations
- WEB Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, “This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded Moses:
- KJV And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;
- NKJV Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to the battle, “This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord commanded Moses:
- NASB Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to battle, “This is the statute of the Law which the Lord has commanded Moses:
- NLT Then Eleazar the priest said to the men who were in the battle, “The Lord has given Moses this legal requirement:
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Eleazar the priest delivered the statute of the law that God commanded Moses concerning purification of the spoils.
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As high priest, Eleazar instructed the soldiers in the divine ordinance for cleansing the plunder. His role highlights the priesthood's task of teaching God's law. This points forward to Christ, our great High Priest, who both instructs His people and accomplishes the cleansing the law could only prescribe.
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- Num 30:16These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the relationship between a man and his wife, and between a father and a young daughter still in his home.
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