Commentaire sur Les Nombres 31:33

ובקר שנים ושבעים אלף, “and seventy two thousand head of cattle.” We need to examine why no camels were found among the livestock captured in this list of booty from the Midianites. We know from Judges 6,5, that the Midianites owned large flocks of camels. Perhaps they had not started raising camels until after this period. [Perhaps the Book of Judges referred to the other Midian mentioned in the Book of Exodus. Ed.]