Numbers 31:26

31:26 “You and Eleazar the priest, and all the family leaders of the community, take the sum ¹  of the plunder that was captured, both people and animals.

Numbers 31:32

31:32 The spoil that remained of the plunder which the fighting men ²  had gathered ³  was 675,000 sheep,

Numbers 31:12

31:12 They brought the captives and the spoils and the plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the Israelite community, to the camp on the plains ⁴  of Moab, along the Jordan River ⁵  across from Jericho. ⁶ 

¹ tn The idiom here is “take up the head,” meaning take a census, or count the totals.

² tn Heb “people.”

³ tn Heb “had plundered.”

³ tn Or “steppes.”

⁴ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Again this expression, “the Jordan of Jericho,” is used. It describes the intended location along the Jordan River, the Jordan next to or across from Jericho.