Num 31:43 now the congregation's half was 337,500 sheep,
Num 31:44 and 36,000 cattle,
Num 31:45 and 30,500 donkeys,
Num 31:46 and the human beings were 16,000--
Num 31:47 and from the sons of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of animals, and gave them to the Levites, who kept charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Num 31:48 ¶ Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, approached Moses,
Num 31:49 and they said to Moses, "Your servants have taken a census of men of war who are in our charge, and no man of us is missing.
Num 31:50 "So we have brought as an offering to the LORD what each man found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD."
Num 31:51 Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all kinds of wrought articles.
Num 31:52 All the gold of the offering which they offered up to the LORD, from the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, was 16,750 shekels.
Num 31:53 The men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.
Num 31:54 So Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it to the tent of meeting as a memorial for the sons of Israel before the LORD.
Num 32:1 Now the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad had an exceedingly large number of livestock. So when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, that it was indeed a place suitable for livestock,
Num 32:3 "Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo and Beon,
Num 32:4 the land which the LORD conquered before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock."
Num 32:5 They said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession; do not take us across the Jordan."
Num 32:6 ¶ But Moses said to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben, "Shall your brothers go to war while you yourselves sit here?
Num 32:7 "Now why are you discouraging the sons of Israel from crossing over into the land which the LORD has given them?
Num 32:8 "This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
Num 32:9 "For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the sons of Israel so that they did not go into the land which the LORD had given them.