Numbers 31:32-54 ▼

32 And the prey, the remainder of the spoil which the people of the host have spoiled, is six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand of the flock;

33 and seventy-two thousand of the herd;

34 and sixty-one thousand donkeys;

35 and of mankind—of the women who have not known the lying of a male—all the persons [are] thirty-two thousand.

36 And the half, the portion of those who go out into the war, is [in] number three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred of the flock.

37 And the tribute to YHWH of the sheep is six hundred seventy-five;

38 and the herd [is] thirty-six thousand, and their tribute to YHWH [is] seventy-two;

39 and the donkeys [are] thirty thousand and five hundred, and their tribute to YHWH [is] sixty-one;

40 and of mankind [are] sixteen thousand, and their tribute to YHWH [is] thirty-two persons.

41 And Moses gives the tribute—YHWH’s raised-offering—to Eleazar the priest, as YHWH has commanded Moses.

42 And of the sons of Israel’s half, which Moses halved from the men who war—

43 and the congregation’s half is three hundred thousand and thirty thousand [and] seven thousand and five hundred of the flock;

44 and thirty-six thousand of the herd;

45 and thirty thousand and five hundred donkeys;

46 and sixteen thousand of mankind—

47 Moses takes from the sons of Israel’s half one possession from the fifty, of man and of beast, and gives them to the Levites keeping the charge of the Dwelling Place of YHWH, as YHWH has commanded Moses.

48 And the inspectors whom the thousands of the host have (heads of the thousands and heads of the hundreds), draw near to Moses,

49 and they say to Moses, “Your servants have taken up the sum of the men of war who [are] with us, and not a man of us has been missed;

50 and we bring YHWH’s offering near, each of that which he has found of vessels of gold—chain, and bracelet, seal-ring, [ear]-ring, and bead—to make atonement for ourselves before YHWH.”

51 And Moses receives—Eleazar the priest also—the gold from them, every vessel of workmanship;

52 and all the gold of the raised-offering which they have lifted up to YHWH is sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, from heads of the thousands and from heads of the hundreds;

53 (the men of the host have each taken spoil for himself);

54 and Moses takes—Eleazar the priest also—the gold from the heads of the thousands and of the hundreds, and they bring it into the Tent of Meeting [as] a memorial for the sons of Israel before YHWH.