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.
30. From the Israelites’ half of the loot, collect one out of every 50 things. This includes people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, and every other kind of animal. Give them to the Levites who are in charge of the work done at the Lord’s tent.”
31. Moses and the priest Eleazar did as the Lord commanded Moses.
32. This is the loot that was left from everything that the troops took: 675,000 sheep and goats,
33. 72,000 cattle,
34. 61,000 donkeys, and