New American Bible, Revised Edition

Numbers 31:35-48 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

35. and thirty-two thousand women who had not had sexual relations.

36. The half-share that fell to those who had gone out on the campaign was in number: three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,

37. of which six hundred and seventy-five fell as tax to the Lord;

38. thirty-six thousand oxen, of which seventy-two fell as tax to the Lord;

39. thirty thousand five hundred donkeys, of which sixty-one fell as tax to the Lord;

40. and sixteen thousand persons, of whom thirty-two persons fell as tax to the Lord.

41. Moses gave the taxes contributed to the Lord to Eleazar the priest, exactly as the Lord had commanded Moses.

42. As for the Israelites’ half, which Moses had taken from the men who had fought—

43. the community’s half was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,

44. thirty-six thousand oxen,

45. thirty thousand five hundred donkeys,

46. and sixteen thousand persons.

47. From the Israelites’ half, Moses took one captive from every fifty, from human being and beast alike, and gave them to the Levites, who performed the duties of the Lord’s tabernacle, exactly as the Lord had commanded Moses.

48. Then those who were officers over the contingents of the army, commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, came up to Moses