Numbers 31:15-40

15“Why have you let all the women live?” he demanded.

16“These are the very ones who followed Balaam’s advice and caused the people of Israel to rebel against the Lord at Mount Peor. They are the ones who caused the plague to strike the Lord’s people.

17So kill all the boys and all the women who have had intercourse with a man.

18Only the young girls who are virgins may live; you may keep them for yourselves.

19And all of you who have killed anyone or touched a dead body must stay outside the camp for seven days. You must purify yourselves and your captives on the third and seventh days.

20Purify all your clothing, too, and everything made of leather, goat hair, or wood.”

21Then Eleazar the priest said to the men who were in the battle, “The Lord has given Moses this legal requirement:

22Anything made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, or lead—

23that is, all metals that do not burn—must be passed through fire in order to be made ceremonially pure. These metal objects must then be further purified with the water of purification. But everything that burns must be purified by the water alone.

24On the seventh day you must wash your clothes and be purified. Then you may return to the camp.”

25And the Lord said to Moses,

26“You and Eleazar the priest and the family leaders of each tribe are to make a list of all the plunder taken in the battle, including the people and animals.

27Then divide the plunder into two parts, and give half to the men who fought the battle and half to the rest of the people.

28From the army’s portion, first give the Lord his share of the plunder—one of every 500 of the prisoners and of the cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats.

29Give this share of the army’s half to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the Lord.

30From the half that belongs to the people of Israel, take one of every fifty of the prisoners and of the cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, and other animals. Give this share to the Levites, who are in charge of maintaining the Lord’s Tabernacle.”

31So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.

32The plunder remaining from everything the fighting men had taken totaled 675,000 sheep and goats,

3372,000 cattle,

3461,000 donkeys,

35and 32,000 virgin girls.

36Half of the plunder was given to the fighting men. It totaled 337,500 sheep and goats,

37of which 675 were the Lord’s share;

3836,000 cattle, of which 72 were the Lord’s share;

3930,500 donkeys, of which 61 were the Lord’s share;

40and 16,000 virgin girls, of whom 32 were the Lord’s share.