Numbers 31
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Numbers 31:28-47

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.

41Moses gave the part that was for the Lord to Eleazar, the priest. He would offer these to the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

42Moses made the half for the Israelite people separate from the half that was for the soldiers.

43The people's half included 337,500 sheep,

4436,000 cows,

4530,500 donkeys

46and 16,000 people.

47From the Israelites' half, Moses took one part out of every 50. He gave those to the Levites who took care of the Lord's special tent. That was what the Lord had commanded Moses to do.

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