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Dividing the Plunder

25 The Lord spoke to Moses: 26 “You, Eleazar the priest, and the leading fathers[a] of the community are to count the spoils of war—the captives, both people and animals— 27 and divide the spoils of war into two equal parts: one part for the troops who went out for combat and one for all the rest of the community.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 31:26 Since Israel’s social structure was based on kinship relationships, fathers is frequently the title for leaders of social/political units of the nation.