New English Translation

Numbers 31:34-49 New English Translation (NET)

34. 61,000 donkeys,

35. and 32,000 young women who had never had sexual intercourse with a man.

36. The half-portion of those who went to war numbered 337,500 sheep;

37. the Lord’s tribute from the sheep was 675.

38. The cattle numbered 36,000; the Lord’s tribute was 72.

39. The donkeys were 30,500, of which the Lord’s tribute was 61.

40. The people were 16,000, of which the Lord’s tribute was 32 people.

41. So Moses gave the tribute, which was the Lord’s raised offering, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses.

42. From the Israelites’ half-share that Moses had separated from the fighting men,

43. there were 337,500 sheep from the portion belonging to the community,

44. 36,000 cattle,

45. 30,500 donkeys,

46. and 16,000 people.

47. From the Israelites’ share Moses took one of every fifty people and animals and gave them to the Levites who were responsible for the care of the Lord’s tabernacle, just as the Lord commanded Moses.

48. Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders over thousands and the commanders over hundreds, approached Moses

49. and said to him, “Your servants have taken a count of the men who were in the battle, who were under our authority, and not one is missing.