Numbers 31:30-47
And from the sons of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn from every fifty of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the sheep, from all the animals; and give them to the Levites who perform the duty of the tabernacle of the Lord.”Moses and Eleazar the priest did just as the Lord had commanded Moses.Now the spoils that remained from the plunder which the men of war had plundered was 675,000 sheep,seventy two thousand cattle,sixty one thousand donkeys,and of captive people, of the women who had not known a man intimately, in all were thirty two thousand people.The half, the share of those who went to war, was as follows: the number of sheep was 337,500,the Lord’s tribute tax of the sheep was 675;the cattle were thirty six thousand, from which the Lord’s tribute tax was seventy two;the donkeys were 30,500, from which the Lord’s tribute tax was sixty one;and the captive people were sixteen thousand, from whom the Lord’s tribute tax was thirty two persons.And Moses gave the tribute tax, which was the Lord’s offering, to Eleazar the priest, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.As for the sons of Israel’s half, which Moses separated from the men who had gone to war—now the congregation’s half was 337,500 sheep,thirty six thousand cattle,30,500 donkeys,and the captive people were sixteen thousand—from the sons of Israel’s half Moses took one drawn from every fifty, both of people and of animals, and gave them to the Levites, who performed the duty of the tabernacle of the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
