Virgins and Other Spoils of War

And the LORD said to Moses, ‘You and Eleazar the priest and the family leaders of each tribe are to make a list of all the plunder taken in the battle, including the people and animals.  Then divide the plunder into two parts, and give half to the men who fought the battle and half to the rest of the people.  But first give the LORD his share of the captives, cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats that belong to the army. Set apart one out of every five hundred as the LORD’s share.  Give this share of their half to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD.  Also take one of every fifty of the captives, cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats in the half that belongs to the people of Israel.  Give this share to the Levites in charge of maintaining the LORD’s Tabernacle.’  So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.  The plunder remaining from the spoils that the fighting men had taken totaled 675,000 sheep, 72,000 cattle, 61,000 donkeys, and 32,000 young girls.  (Numbers 31:25-35 NLT)