24. On the seventh day wash your clothes, and you will be clean. After that you may enter the camp.”
25. The Lord told Moses,
26. “You, Eleazar the priest, and the family leaders of the community are to take a count of what was captured, man and beast.
27. Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to war and the entire community.
28. Set aside a tribute for the Lord from what belongs to the fighting men who went out to war: one out of every 500 humans, cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats.
29. Take the tribute from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as a contribution to the Lord.
30. From the Israelites’ half, take one out of every 50 from the people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats, all the livestock, and give them to the Levites who perform the duties of the Lord’s tabernacle.”
31. So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.
32. The captives remaining from the plunder the army had taken totaled:675,000 sheep and goats,
33. 72,000 cattle,