Discovery BoxNumbers 31:9 
Context31:9 The Israelites took the women of Midian captives along with their little ones, and took all their herds, all their flocks, and all their goods as plunder.
Numbers 31:26-27
Context31:26 “You and Eleazar the priest, and all the family leaders of the community, take the sum 1 of the plunder that was captured, both people and animals. 31:27 Divide the plunder into two parts, one for those who took part in the war – who went out to battle – and the other for all the community.
1 tn The idiom here is “take up the head,” meaning take a census, or count the totals.
