Discovery BoxNumbers 31:28 
Context31:28 “You must exact 1 a tribute for the Lord from the fighting men who went out to battle: one life out of five hundred, from the people, the cattle, and from the donkeys and the sheep.
Numbers 31:37-41
Context31:37 the Lord’s tribute from the sheep was 675. 31:38 The cattle numbered 2 36,000; the Lord’s tribute was 72. 31:39 The donkeys were 30,500, of which the Lord’s tribute was 61. 31:40 The people were 16,000, of which the Lord’s tribute was 32 people. 3
31:41 So Moses gave the tribute, which was the Lord’s raised offering, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses.
1 tn The verb is the Hiphil, “you shall cause to be taken up.” The perfect with vav (ו) continues the sequence of the instructions. This raised offering was to be a tax of one-fifth of one percent for the
2 tn The word “numbered” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “soul.”
