43 the community’s half was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,
44 thirty-six thousand oxen,
45 thirty thousand five hundred donkeys,
46 and sixteen thousand persons.
47 From the Israelites’ half, Moses took one captive from every fifty, from human being and beast alike, and gave them to the Levites, who performed the duties of the Lord’s tabernacle, exactly as the Lord had commanded Moses.
48 Then those who were officers over the contingents of the army, commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, came up to Moses
49 and said to him, “Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one of us is missing.