Numbers 31:25-54

25Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

26“You and Eleazar the priest and the leaders of the fathers’ households of the congregation are to take a count of the spoil of war that was captured, both people and livestock.

27Divide the spoil into two [equal] parts between those who were involved in the war, that is, those who went out to battle and all [the rest of] the congregation.

28Levy a tax for the Lord from the warriors who went to battle, one in five hundred of the persons, the oxen, the donkeys, and the flocks.

29Take this tribute from the warriors’ half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the Lord.

30From the Israelites’ half [of the spoil] you shall take one out of every fifty of the persons, the oxen, the donkeys, the flocks, and of all the livestock, and give them to the Levites who are in charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.”

31Moses and Eleazar the priest did just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

32The plunder that remained from the spoil of war which the warriors had taken, was 675,000 sheep,

33and 72,000 cattle,

34and 61,000 donkeys,

35and 32,000 persons in all, of the [Midianite] women who were virgins.

36The half share, the portion of those who went to war, was 337,500 sheep in number,

37and the Lord’s levy (tax) of the sheep was 675;

38the cattle were 36,000, from which the Lord’s levy was 72;

39the donkeys were 30,500, from which the Lord’s levy was 61;

40the persons were 16,000, from whom the Lord’s levy was 32 persons.

41Moses gave the levy which was the Lord’s offering to Eleazar the priest, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

42As for the Israelites’ half, which Moses separated from that of the warriors—

43now the congregation’s half was 337,500 sheep,

44and 36,000 cattle,

45and 30,500 donkeys,

46and 16,000 people—

47and from the Israelites’ half, Moses took one out of every fifty, both of persons and animals, and gave them to the Levites, who were in charge of the tabernacle of the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

48Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, approached Moses,

49and they said to him, “Your servants have counted the warriors under our command, and not one man of us is missing.

50So we have brought as an offering to the Lord what each man obtained—articles of gold, armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord.”

51Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all the handmade articles.

52All the gold of the offering which they presented to the Lord from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds was 16,750 shekels.

53For the men of war had taken plunder, every man for himself.

54So Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle) as a memorial for the sons of Israel before the Lord.