32-47. the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught--Some of the captives having been killed (Nu 31:17) and part of the cattle taken for the support of the army, the total amount of the booty remaining was in the following proportions:
Prey | Total Amount |
Half to Soldiers |
Deducted to God |
Half to Congregation |
Deducted to Levites |
Sheep | 675,000 | 337,500 | 675 | 337,500 | 6,750 |
Beeves | 72,000 | 36,000 | 72 | 36,000 | 720 |
Asses | 61,000 | 30,500 | 61 | 30,500 | 610 |
Persons | 32,000 | 16,000 | 32 | 16,000 | 320 |
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