21. Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to the battle, “This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord commanded Moses:
22. Only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
23. everything that can endure fire, you shall put through the fire, and it shall be clean; and it shall be purified with the water of purification. But all that cannot endure fire you shall put through water.
24. And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day and be clean, and afterward you may come into the camp.”
25. Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
26. “Count up the plunder that was taken—of man and beast—you and Eleazar the priest and the chief fathers of the congregation;
27. and divide the plunder into two parts, between those who took part in the war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation.
28. And levy a tribute for the Lord on the men of war who went out to battle: one of every five hundred of the persons, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep;
29. take it from their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest as a heave offering to the Lord.
30. And from the children of Israel’s half you shall take one of every fifty, drawn from the persons, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep, from all the livestock, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.”