21. Then Eleazar the priest spoke to the soldiers who had gone to war. He said, “These are the teachings that the Lord gave to Moses.
22. Put any gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin or lead into the fire.
23. Put into the fire anything that will not burn. Then wash those things with the cleansing water. Then they will be clean. If something cannot stand the fire, wash it with the water.
24. On the seventh day wash your clothes. Then you will be clean. After that you may come into the camp.”
25. The Lord said to Moses,
26. “You, Eleazar the priest and the leaders should take a count. Count the goods, the men and the animals that were taken.
27. Then divide those things between the soldiers who went to war and the rest of the people.
28. Tax the soldiers who went to war. The Lord’s share is 1 thing out of every 500 things. This includes people, cattle, donkeys, sheep or goats.
29. Take it from the soldiers’ half. And give it to Eleazar the priest. It is the Lord’s share.
30. And from the people’s half, take 1 thing out of every 50. This includes people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats or other animals. Give that to the Levites. They take care of the Lord’s Holy Tent.”
31. So Moses and Eleazar did as the Lord commanded Moses.
32. There remained from what the soldiers had taken 675,000 sheep,
33. 72,000 cattle,
34. 61,000 donkeys
35. and 32,000 women. These were the women who were virgins.
36. The soldiers who went to war got 337,500 sheep.
37. They gave 675 of the sheep to the Lord.