Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.

Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, "This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded Moses:

and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation.

Levy a tribute to Yahweh of the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, [both] of the persons, and of the cattle, and of the donkeys, and of the flocks:

Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,

The half, which was the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep:

He went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead: and the Syrians wounded Joram.

Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash strike him, and recovered the cities of Israel.

He killed of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel, to this day.

Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.

You say (but they are but vain words), 'There is counsel and strength for war.' Now on whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?

and they said to Moses, "Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war who are under our command, and there lacks not one man of us.

([For] the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.)

Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, "Shall your brothers go to the war, and shall you sit here?

Moses said to them, "If you will do this thing, if you will arm yourselves to go before Yahweh to the war,

but your servants will pass over, every man who is armed for war, before Yahweh to battle, as my lord says."