Study it in the app“from the half of the sons of Israel Moses took the one drawn out of every fifty, of the people and of the animals, and gave them to the Levites who kept the charge of the dwelling of YHWH, as YHWH had commanded Moses.”
from the halfמִמַּחֲצִתof the sonsבְּנֵיof IsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלMosesמֹשֶׁהtookוַיִּקַּחthe one drawnהָאָחֻז אֶחָדout of every fifty,מִן הַחֲמִשִּׁיםof the peopleמִן הָאָדָםand of the animals,וּמִן הַבְּהֵמָהand gaveוַיִּתֵּןthemאֹתָםto the Levitesלַלְוִיִּםwho keptשֹׁמְרֵיthe chargeמִשְׁמֶרֶתof the dwellingמִשְׁכַּןof YHWH,יְהוָהasכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad commandedצִוָּהMoses.מֹשֶׁה
half
One of the two equal parts of something, like «half a shekel» or half of a tribe.
Where else “machatsit” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsMoses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appearsseize
To take something in the hand and not let go.
Where else “achuz” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appearsfifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearsbeast
Animals in general.
Where else “behema” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appearsLevite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appearskeep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shomre” appearscharge
What one is entrusted to keep or carry out.
Where else “mishmeret” appearsdwelling
The holy tent where YHWH lived among Israel.
Where else “mishkan” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears46and sixteen thousand human beings—
47 · This verse (above)
48Then the appointed officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, came near to Moses,
