47
From the half-share going to the People of Israel, Moses, just as God had instructed him, picked one out of every fifty persons and animals and gave them to the Levites, who were in charge of maintaining God's Dwelling.
48
The military officers - commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds - came to Moses
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