Numbers 31:15-40

15Moses said to them, ‘Why have you let all the women live?

16You should not have done that. These women caused the Israelites to turn against the Lord. They did what Balaam said to them at Peor. As a result, a bad disease killed many of the Lord's people.

17Because of that, kill all the boys, and kill every woman who has had sex with a man.

18But as for the girls who have not had sex with a man, you may keep them for yourselves.’

19Moses said, ‘Any soldier who has killed someone, or who has touched a dead body is unclean. He must stay outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and on the seventh day, you must wash yourselves to become clean. You must do the same thing to your Midianite prisoners.

20You must also make these things clean: any clothes or anything made from leather, wool or wood.’

21Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers, ‘This is the rule that the Lord told Moses:

22You must put all the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, and other metals in a fire.

23Put in the fire anything that the fire will not destroy. The fire will make those things clean. But you must also wash them with water. As for anything that the fire would destroy, wash them with water to make them clean.

24On the seventh day, you must wash your clothes. After that you will be clean again. Then you can come into the camp.’

25The Lord said to Moses,

26‘You and Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the family clans must count all the people and animals that you took in the battle.

27Give one half of all those things to the soldiers who went to fight the war against the Midianites. Give the other half to the rest of the people.

28From the half which belongs to the soldiers, keep one part out of every 500. Do that with the Midianite prisoners, the cows, the donkeys and the sheep. Those parts will be for the Lord.

29Give those to Eleazar the priest. He will offer them to the Lord.

30From the half that belongs to the people, keep one part out of every 50. Do that with the Midianite prisoners, the cows, the donkeys and the sheep. Those parts will be for the Levites who take care of the Lord's special tent.’

31Moses and Eleazar did as the Lord said.

32The soldiers had brought from the battle: 675,000 sheep,

3372,000 cows,

3461,000 donkeys

35and 32,000 young women who had not had sex with a man.

36The soldiers' half included 337,500 sheep.

37So there were 675 sheep for the Lord.

38The soldiers' half also included 36,000 cows. So there were 72 cows for the Lord.

39The soldiers' half also included 30,500 donkeys. So there were 61 donkeys for the Lord.

40The soldiers' half also included 16,000 people. So there were 32 people for the Lord.