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.
50. So we have brought as an offering for the Lord what each man found: gold ornaments, armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord.”