Numbers 31:3-4-41 The Message (MSG)

3-4. Moses addressed the people: “Recruit men for a campaign against Midian, to exact God’s vengeance on Midian, a thousand from each tribe of Israel to go to war.”

31. Moses and Eleazar followed through with what God had commanded Moses.

32-35. The rest of the plunder taken by the army:675,000 sheep72,000 cattle61,000 donkeys32,000 women who were virgins

36-40. The half-share for those who had fought in the war:337,500 sheep, with a tax of 675 for God36,000 cattle, with a tax of 72 for God30,500 donkeys, with a tax of 61 for God16,000 people, with a tax of 32 for God

41. Moses turned the tax over to Eleazar the priest as God’s part, following God’s instructions to Moses.

Numbers 31