The Division of the Spoils

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ADONAI said to Moshe,

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"Take all the booty, both people and animals, you, El'azar the cohen and the leaders of clans in the community;

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and divide the booty into two parts: half for the experienced soldiers who went out to battle, and half for the rest of the community.

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From the portion of the soldiers who went out to battle, levy a tax for ADONAI consisting of one-five-hundredth of the persons, cattle, donkeys and sheep;

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take it from their half and give it to El'azar the cohen as a portion set apart for ADONAI.

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From the half that goes to the people of Isra'el, you are to take one-fiftieth of the persons, and of the cattle, donkeys and sheep, that is, of all the livestock; and give them to the L'vi'im taking care of the tabernacle of ADONAI."

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Moshe and El'azar the cohen did as ADONAI had ordered Moshe.

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The booty, over and above the portion which the soldiers took, came to 675,000 sheep,

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72,000 cattle,

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61,000 donkeys,

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and 32,000 persons in all, consisting of the women who had never slept with a man.

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The half which was the portion of the soldiers who went out to fight, numbered 337,500 sheep,

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of which ADONAI's tribute was 675;

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36,000 cattle, of which ADONAI's tribute was seventy-two;

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30,500 donkeys, of which ADONAI's tribute was sixty-one;

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and 16,000 persons, of whom ADONAI's tribute was thirty-two persons.

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Moshe gave the tribute set apart for ADONAI to El'azar the cohen, as ADONAI had ordered Moshe.

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From the half that went to people of Isra'el, which Moshe separated from that of the men who had gone to fight -

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now the community's half consisted of 337,500 sheep,

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36,000 cattle,

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30,500 donkeys

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and 16,000 persons -

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from the people of Isra'el's half, Moshe took one-fiftieth of the persons and animals and gave them to the L'vi'im taking care of the tabernacle of ADONAI, as ADONAI had ordered Moshe.

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