25. The Lord said to Moses,
26. “You, the priest Eleazar, and the heads of the families of the community need to count all the loot, including the people and animals you captured.
27. Divide the loot between the soldiers who served in the war and the rest of the community.
28. Collect a tax for the Lord. From the soldiers who served in the war collect one out of every 500 things. This includes people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats.
29. Collect all these things from the soldiers’ half of the loot, and give them to the priest Eleazar as a contribution to the Lord.