24. You shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean. Afterward you shall come into the camp.”
25. The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
26. “Count the plunder that was taken, both of man and of animal, you, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the congregation;
27. and divide the plunder into two parts: between the men skilled in war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation.
28. Levy a tribute to the Lord of the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred; of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks.