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Nu 31:32 Strong Concordance And the booty [04455], being the rest [03499] of the prey [0957] which the men of [05971] war [06635] had caught [0962], was six [08337] hundred [03967] thousand [0505] and seventy [07657] thousand [0505] and five [02568] thousand [0505] sheep [06629],
  King James And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught--Some of the captives having been killed (Num 31:17) and part of the cattle taken for the support of the army, the total amount of the booty remaining was in the following proportions:

Prey Total Amount Half to Soldiers Deducted to God Half to Congregation Deducted to Levites

Sheep 675,000 337,500 675 337,500 6,750

Beeves 72,000 36,000 72 36,000 720

Asses 61,000 30,500 61 30,500 610

Persons 32,000 16,000 32 16,000 320
 
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17 Now therefore kill [02026] every male [02145] among the little ones [02945], and kill [02026] every woman [0802] that hath known [03045] man [0376] by lying [04904] with him [02145].
24 And Gideon [01439] said [0559] unto them, I would desire [07592] a request [07596] of you, that ye would give [05414] me every man [0376] the earrings [05141] of his prey [07998]. (For they had golden [02091] earrings [05141], because they were Ishmaelites [03459].)
5 For they came up [05927] with their cattle [04735] and their tents [0168], and they came [0935] [0935] as [01767] grasshoppers [0697] for multitude [07230]; for both they and their camels [01581] were without number [04557]: and they entered [0935] into the land [0776] to destroy [07843] it.
37 And the LORD'S [03068] tribute [04371] of the sheep [06629] was six [08337] hundred [03967] and threescore and fifteen [07657] [02568].
38 And the beeves [01241] were thirty [07970] and six [08337] thousand [0505]; of which the LORD'S [03068] tribute [04371] was threescore and twelve [07657] [08147].
29 Take [03947] it of their half [04276], and give [05414] it unto Eleazar [0499] the priest [03548], for an heave offering [08641] of the LORD [03068].
50 We have therefore brought [07126] an oblation [07133] for the LORD [03068], what every man [0376] hath gotten [04672], of jewels [03627] of gold [02091], chains [0685], and bracelets [06781], rings [02885], earrings [05694], and tablets [03558], to make an atonement [03722] for our souls [05315] before [06440] the LORD [03068].
11 And they took [03947] all the spoil [07998], and all the prey [04455], both of men [0120] and of beasts [0929].
30 And of the children [01121] of Israel's [03478] half [04276], thou shalt take [03947] one [0259] portion [0270] of fifty [02572], of the persons [0120], of the beeves [01241], of the asses [02543], and of the flocks [06629], of all manner of beasts [0929], and give [05414] them unto the Levites [03881], which keep [08104] the charge [04931] of the tabernacle [04908] of the LORD [03068].
28 And levy [07311] a tribute [04371] unto the LORD [03068] of the men [0582] of war [04421] which went out [03318] to battle [06635]: one [0259] soul [05315] of five [02568] hundred [03967], both of the persons [0120], and of the beeves [01241], and of the asses [02543], and of the sheep [06629]:
22 Only the gold [02091], and the silver [03701], the brass [05178], the iron [01270], the tin [0913], and the lead [05777],
49 And they said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Thy servants [05650] have taken [05375] the sum [07218] of the men [0582] of war [04421] which are under our charge [03027], and there lacketh [06485] not one man [0376] of us.
17 Now therefore kill [02026] every male [02145] among the little ones [02945], and kill [02026] every woman [0802] that hath known [03045] man [0376] by lying [04904] with him [02145].