3. Then Moses told the people, “The Lord wants to punish the Midianites. So tell our men to prepare for battle.
4. Each tribe will send a thousand men to fight.”
5. Twelve thousand men were picked from the tribes of Israel, and after they were prepared for battle,
6. Moses sent them off to war. Phinehas the son of Eleazar went with them and took along some things from the sacred tent and the trumpets for sounding the battle signal.
7. The Israelites fought against the Midianites, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. They killed all the men,
8. including Balaam son of Beor and the five Midianite kings, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba.
9. The Israelites captured every woman and child, then led away the Midianites' cattle and sheep, and took everything else that belonged to them.
26-27. Make a list of everything taken from the Midianites, including the captives and the animals. Then divide them between the soldiers and the rest of the people. Eleazar the priest and the family leaders will help you.
28-29. From the half that belongs to the soldiers, set aside for the Lord one out of every five hundred people or animals and give these to Eleazar.
30. From the half that belongs to the people, set aside one out of every fifty and give these to the Levites in charge of the sacred tent.
31. Moses and Eleazar followed the Lord's instructions
32-35. and listed everything that had been taken from the Midianites. The list included 675,000 sheep and goats, 72,000 cattle, 61,000 donkeys, and 32,000 young women who had never had sex.
36-47. Each half included 337,500 sheep and goats, 36,000 cattle, 30,500 donkeys, and 16,000 young women. From the half that belonged to the soldiers, Moses counted out 675 sheep and goats, 72 cattle, 61 donkeys, and 32 women and gave them to Eleazar to be dedicated to the Lord. Then from the half that belonged to the people, Moses set aside one out of every fifty animals and women, as the Lord had said, and gave them to the Levites.
48. The army commanders went to Moses
49. and said, “Sir, we have counted our troops, and not one soldier is missing.