19. "All of you who have killed anyone must stay outside the camp for seven days. And all of you who have touched anyone who was killed must do the same thing. On the third and seventh days you must make yourselves pure. You must also make your prisoners pure.
20. Make all of your clothes pure and clean. Everything that is made out of leather, goat hair or wood must be made pure."
21. Then the priest Eleazar spoke to the soldiers who had gone into battle. He said, "Here is what the law the Lord gave Moses requires.
22. All of your gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin and lead
23. must be put through fire. So must everything else that doesn't burn up. Then those things will be 'clean.' But they must also be made pure with the special water. In fact, everything that won't burn up must be put through that water.
24. On the seventh day wash your clothes. And you will be 'clean.' Then you can come into the camp."
25. The Lord spoke to Moses. He said,
26. "Here is what you and the priest Eleazar and the family heads of the community must do. You must count all of the people and animals you took.
27. Divide up some of what you took with the soldiers who fought in the battle. Divide up the rest with the others in the community.
28. "Set apart a gift for me. Take something from the soldiers who fought in the battle. Set apart one out of every 500 people, cattle, donkeys, sheep and goats.
29. Take my gift from the soldiers' half. Give it to the priest Eleazar. It is my share.
30. "Also take something from the half that belongs to the people of Israel. Choose one out of every 50 people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats or other animals. Give them to the Levites. They are accountable for taking care of my holy tent."
31. So Moses and the priest Eleazar did just as the Lord had commanded Moses.