Two parts — The congregation hath some share, because the warriors went in the name of all, and because all having been injured by the Midianites, all were to have some share in the reparations: but the warriors who were but 12000, have a far greater share than their brethren, because they underwent greater pains and dangers.
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Numbers 31:27
27 And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation: