Numbers 31:25

Division of the Booty

25 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Numbers 31:25 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 31:25

And the Lord spake unto Moses
After the purification of the soldiers, their captives, and spoil:

saying;
as follows.

Numbers 31:25 In-Context

23 everything that can stand the fire, you shall pass through the fire, and it shall be clean, but it shall be purified with water for impurity. But whatever cannot stand the fire you shall pass through the water.

24 "And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day and be clean, and afterward you may enter the camp."

25 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

26 "You and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the fathers' households of the congregation take a count of the booty that was captured, both of man and of animal;

27 and divide the booty between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation.