Dividing the captured goods

25 Yahweh also said to Moses/me, 26 “Tell Eleazar and the leaders of the family groups that they must write down a list of all the goods, the women, and the animals that were captured in the battle. 27 Then they must divide all those things, half given to the men who fought in the battle and the other half given to the rest of the people. 28 From the men who fought in the battle, take one from every 500 people and from every 500 cattle and donkeys and sheep, to be a tax for me. 29 Take these things to Eleazar to ◄be my share/belong to me►. 30 And from the half that belongs to the ordinary people, take one item from every 50. That includes people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, and other animals. Give those things to the descendants of Levi who take care of my Sacred Tent.” 31 So Eleazar and Moses/I did what Yahweh commanded.

32-35 32-35There were 675,000 sheep, 72,000 cattle, 61,000 donkeys, and 32,000 virgins that they had captured from the Midian people-group.

36 The men who fought in the battle took 337,000 sheep from the battle, 37 and they gave 675 of them to Yahweh. 38 They took 36,000 cattle and gave 72 of them to Yahweh. 39 They took 30,500 donkeys, and they gave 61 of them to Yahweh. 40 They took 16,000 virgins, and they dedicated 32 of them to Yahweh.

41 Moses/I gave to Eleazar all the animals that had been given to Yahweh, as Yahweh had commanded.

42-46 42-46Moses/I separated what those who had fought in the battle received from what the other people received. The people had taken 337,500 sheep, 36,000 cattle, 30,500 donkeys, and 16,000 virgins, 47 From what the people received, Moses/I took one from every 50 items and dedicated them to Yahweh. That included animals and people. As Yahweh commanded, he/I gave them all to the descendants of Levi who took care of the Sacred Tent.

48 Then the army officers and those who commanded 1,000 men and those who commanded 100 men came to Moses/me. 49 They said, “We, who are your servants, have counted the soldiers whom we command, and we found that none of them ◄is missing/has been killed►. 50 So to thank Yahweh for that, we have brought to him a gift of the gold items that we found after the battle: Gold arm bands and bracelets and rings and earrings and necklaces. This will enable us to be forgiven for our sins.”

51 So Eleazar and Moses/I accepted the gold items that they brought. 52 The total of it weighed about ◄420 pounds/190 kg.►. 53 Each soldier had taken these things for himself. 54 Eleazar and Moses/I accepted these gold items from these commanders and put them in the Sacred Tent to remind the Israeli people about how Yahweh had helped them defeat the Midian people-group.