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Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

"You and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the fathers' households of the congregation take a count of the spoils that were captured, both of people and of livestock;

Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:

and divide the spoils between the warriors who went to battle and all the congregation.

And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:

"Also, collect a tribute tax for the LORD from the men of war who went to battle, one in five hundred of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the sheep;

And levy a tribute unto the Lord of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:

take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest, as an offering to the LORD.

Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the Lord .

"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."

And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord .

Moses and Eleazar the priest did just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.

Now the spoils that remained from the plunder which the men of war had plundered was 675,000 sheep,

And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,

seventy-two thousand cattle,

And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,

sixty-one thousand donkeys,

And threescore and one thousand asses,

and of captive people, of the women who had not known a man intimately, in all were thirty-two thousand people.

And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.

The half, the share of those who went to war, was as follows: the number of sheep was 337,500,

And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:

the LORD'S tribute tax of the sheep was 675;

And the Lord 'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

the cattle were thirty-six thousand, from which the LORD'S tribute tax was seventy-two;

And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the Lord 'S tribute was threescore and twelve.

the donkeys were 30,500, from which the LORD'S tribute tax was sixty-one;

And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the Lord 'S tribute was threescore and one.

and the captive people were sixteen thousand, from whom the LORD'S tribute tax was thirty-two persons.

And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the Lord 'S tribute was thirty and 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.

And Moses gave the tribute, which was the Lord 'S heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses.

As for the sons of Israel's half, which Moses separated from the men who had gone to war—

And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,

now the congregation's half was 337,500 sheep,

(Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,

thirty-six thousand cattle,

And thirty and six thousand beeves,

30,500 donkeys,

And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,

and the captive people were sixteen thousand—

And sixteen thousand persons;)

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.

Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord ; as the Lord commanded Moses.