35. and 32,000 women who hadn’t known a man intimately by sleeping with him.
36. The half-share of those who had gone out to battle numbered 337,500 sheep,
37. of which the Lord’s tribute was 675.
38. The oxen were 36,000, of which the Lord’s tribute was 72.
39. The donkeys were 30,500, of which the Lord’s tribute was 61.
40. Humans were 16,000, of which the Lord’s tribute was 32 persons.
41. Moses gave the tribute, a gift offering for the Lord, to Eleazar the priest as the Lord had commanded Moses.
42. As for the half-share of the Israelites that Moses divided from those who had gone out to battle:
43. the community’s half-share was 337,500 sheep,
44. 36,000 oxen,
45. 30,500 donkeys,
46. and 16,000 humans.
47. Moses took from the Israelites’ half one out of every fifty, from humans and animals. He gave them to the Levites who carry out the duties of the Lord’s dwelling, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
48. The commanders over the thousands of the army, officers over thousands and officers over hundreds, approached Moses