War Booty Distributed

A search of Numbers 31:25-54 (KJV):

The booty collected in the war with the Midianites--persons, beeves, asses and sheeps--was commanded by God to be divided between those of Israel who participated in the war and the remainder of the congregation of Israel (31:25,27). The men who went to battle were to give of their half to Eleazar, the priest, as a tribute to be a heave offering to the Lord (31:28,29). The others were to give of their half to the Levites who were responsible for the tabernacle (31:30). Moses and Eleazar did as they were commanded with counts of the booty conducted and divided accordingly (31:31-47).

"And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses: And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us. We have therefore brought an [offering] for the Lord, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the Lord" (31:48-50).

"And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the Lord, 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 spoil, 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 tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord" (31:51-54).