Numbers 31:41-48-50 The Message (MSG)

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

42-46. The other half-share for the Israelite community that Moses set apart from what was given to the men who fought the war was:337,500 sheep36,000 cattle30,500 donkeys16,000 people

47. From the half-share going to the People of Israel, Moses, just as God had instructed him, picked one out of every fifty persons and animals and gave them to the Levites, who were in charge of maintaining God’s Dwelling.

48-50. The military officers—commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—came to Moses and said, “We have counted the soldiers under our command and not a man is missing. We’ve brought offerings to God from the gold jewelry we got—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, ornaments—to make atonement for our lives before God.”

Numbers 31