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.
29. Take it from their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for the Lord’s wave offering.
30. Of the children of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all the livestock, and give them to the Levites, who perform the duty of the Lord’s tabernacle.”
31. Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.
32. Now the plunder, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,
33. seventy-two thousand head of cattle,
34. sixty-one thousand donkeys,
35. and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of the women who had not known man by lying with him.
36. The half, which was the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand and five hundred sheep;
37. and the Lord’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five.
38. The cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which the Lord’s tribute was seventy-two.
39. The donkeys were thirty thousand and five hundred, of which the Lord’s tribute was sixty-one.
40. The persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the Lord’s tribute was thirty-two persons.