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31.31 Moses. Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep, and threescore and twelve thousand beeves, and threescore and one thousand asses, and thirty and two thousand persons in all, of the women that had not known man by lying with him. And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep. And the tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen. And the beeves were thirty and six thousand, of which the tribute was threescore and twelve. And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred, of which the tribute was threescore and one. And the persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the tribute was thirty and two persons. And Moses gave the tribute, which was set apart for the, unto Eleazar the priest, as the commanded Moses. And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred—now the congregation's half was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep, and thirty and six thousand beeves, and thirty thousand and five hundred asses, and sixteen thousand persons— even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, that kept the charge of the tabernacle of the ; as the commanded Moses.

And the officers that were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses; and they said unto Moses: 'Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war that are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us. And we have brought the offering, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, armlets, and bracelets, signet-rings, ear-rings, and girdles, to make atonement for our souls before the .' And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. And all the gold of the gift that they set apart for the, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.—For the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.—And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the.

Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle; and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle, the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying: 'Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon, the land which the smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle.' And they said: 'If we have found favour in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession,