Numbers 31:46-48

New English Translation

⁴⁶ and 16,000 people.

⁴⁷ From the Israelites’ share Moses took one of every fifty people and animals and gave them to the Levites who were responsible for the care of the Lord’s tabernacle, just as the Lord commanded Moses.

⁴⁸ Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders over thousands and the commanders over hundreds, approached Moses