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The Book of Numbers, Chapter 31, Verse 30

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Take [it] of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, [for] an heave offering of the LORD.
King James Version
And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.
American Standard Version
And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the asses, and of the flocks, [even] of all the cattle, and give them unto the Levites, that keep the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.
New English Translation
From the Israelites’ half-share you are to take one portion out of fifty of the people, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep– from every kind of animal– and you are to give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the LORD’s tabernacle.”
World English Bible
Of the children of Israel's half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, [even] of all the livestock, and give them to the Levites, who perform the duty of the tabernacle of Yahweh."
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And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
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And the booty, [being] the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
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And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
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And threescore and one thousand asses,
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And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.
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And the half, [which was] the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:
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And the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.
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And the beeves [were] thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute [was] threescore and twelve.
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And the asses [were] thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD'S tribute [was] threescore and one.
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And the persons [were] sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute [was] thirty and two persons.