And divide the prey into two parts
 Into two equal parts, both the number of the people and of the cattle, when taken: 
 between them that took the war upon them, and went out to battle;
 the soldiers; and by this it appears that they went voluntarily and cheerfully: 
 and between all the congregation;
 so that the part of them that went to battle, and of those that stayed in the camp, were alike, and which in process of time became a statute and ordinance, ( 1 Samuel 30:24 1 Samuel 30:25 ) ( Psalms 68:12 ) .