“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:”
And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to fight: one soul of five hundred of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the flocks — from the warriors' half, one-five-hundredth of captives and livestock go to the LORD (via Eleazar and the Levites). The high ratio (1/500) signals that the warriors themselves are first-fruits offered to the sanctuary; their lives themselves are given to the LORD in gratitude for victory.
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