Numbers 31:29-31

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁹ take it from their half, and give it to Elea′zar the priest as an offering to the Lord. ³⁰ And from the people of Israel’s half you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all the cattle, and give them to the Levites who have charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.” ³¹ And Moses and Elea′zar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.