39. The soldiers got 30,500 donkeys. They gave 61 donkeys to the Lord.
40. The soldiers got 16,000 women. They gave 32 women to the Lord.
41. Moses gave all these gifts for the Lord to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord had commanded him.
42. Then Moses counted the people’s half. This was their share that Moses had taken from the soldiers who had gone to war.
43. The people got 337,500 sheep,
44. 36,000 cattle,
45. 30,500 donkeys,
46. and 16,000 women.
47. Moses took one out of every 50 women and animals. He gave them to the Levites because they took care of the Lord’S Holy Tent. Moses did this as the Lord had commanded.
48. Then the leaders of the army (the leaders over 1000 men and the leaders over 100 men) came to Moses.
49. They told Moses, “We, your servants, have counted our soldiers. We have not missed any of them.
50. So we are bringing the Lord’S gift from every soldier. We are bringing things that are made of gold—armbands, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces. This gift to the Lord is to make us pure.”