< Numbers 31 >

1 And he spoke Yahweh to Moses saying. 2 Avenge [the] vengeance of [the] people of Israel from with the Midianites (after *LP) you will be gathered to people your. 3 And he spoke Moses to the people saying be equipped from with you men for war so they may be on Midian to give [the] vengeance of Yahweh on Midian. 4 One thousand to the tribe one thousand to the tribe for all [the] tribes of Israel you will send out to war. 5 And they were selected from [the] thousands of Israel one thousand to the tribe two plus ten thousand armed [men] of war. 6 And he sent them Moses one thousand to the tribe to war them and Phinehas [the] son of Eleazar the priest to war and [the] vessels of the holy place and [the] trumpets of the alarm [were] in hand his. 7 And they waged war on Midian just as he had commanded Yahweh Moses and they killed every male. 8 And [the] kings of Midian they killed with slain [ones] their Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba [the] five [the] kings of Midian and Balaam [the] son of Beor they killed with the sword. 9 And they took captive [the] people of Israel [the] women of Midian and little one[s] their and all cattle their and all livestock their and all wealth their they plundered. 10 And all cities their in dwelling places their and all encampments their they burned with fire. 11 And they took all the plunder and all the booty among humankind and among the livestock. 12 And they brought to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to [the] congregation of [the] people of Israel the captive[s] and the booty and the plunder to the camp to [the] plains of Moab which [were] at [the] Jordan of Jericho. 13 And they went out Moses and Eleazar the priest and all [the] leaders of the congregation to meet them to from [the] outside of the camp. 14 And he was angry Moses towards [the] officers of the army [the] commanders of the thousands and [the] commanders of the hundreds who were coming from [the] war of the battle. 15 And he said to them Moses ¿ have you let live every female. 16 There! they they were to [the] people of Israel by [the] word of Balaam to offer unfaithfulness in Yahweh on [the] matter of Peor and it was the plague among [the] congregation of Yahweh. 17 And therefore kill every male among the little one[s] and every woman [who has] known a man to [the] lying of a male kill. 18 And all the little one[s] among the women who not they have known lying of a male preserve alive for yourselves. 19 And you encamp from [the] outside of the camp seven days any [one who] has killed anyone and any - [one who] has touched the [one] slain you will purify yourselves on the day third and on the day seventh you and captive[s] your. 20 And every garment and every article of hide and every product of goat hair and every article of wood you will purify yourselves. 21 And he said Eleazar the priest to [the] men of the army who had gone to the battle this [is] [the] statute of the law which he commanded Yahweh Moses. 22 Only the gold and the silver the bronze the iron the tin and the lead. 23 Every thing which it will go in the fire you will make pass in the fire and it will be pure nevertheless by [the] water of impurity it will purify itself and all that not it will go in the fire you will make pass in the water. 24 And you will wash clothes your on the day seventh and you will be pure and after you will come to the camp. 25 And he said Yahweh to Moses saying. 26 Lift up [the] head of [the] booty of captivity among humankind and among the livestock you and Eleazar the priest and [the] leaders of [the] fathers of the congregation. 27 And you will divide the booty between [those] skilled of the battle who went out to war and between all the congregation. 28 And you will raise a tax for Yahweh from with [the] men of war who went out to war one person from [the] five hundred from humankind and from the cattle and from the donkeys and from the sheep. 29 From half their you will take [it] and you will give [it] to Eleazar the priest [the] contribution of Yahweh. 30 And from [the] half of [the] people of Israel you will take - one - [person] drawn from the fifty from humankind from the cattle from the donkeys and from the sheep from all the livestock and you will give them to the Levites [who] keep [the] service of [the] tabernacle of Yahweh. 31 And he did Moses and Eleazar the priest just as he had commanded Yahweh Moses. 32 And it was the booty [the] remainder of the plunder which they had plundered [the] people of the army sheep six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand. 33 And cattle two and seventy thousand. 34 And donkeys one and sixty thousand. 35 And [the] person[s] of humankind from the women who not they had known lying of a male every person two and thirty thousand. 36 And it was the half [the] portion of those [who] had gone out in the army [the] number of the sheep [was] three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred. 37 And it was the tax for Yahweh from the sheep six hundred five and seventy. 38 And the cattle [were] six and thirty thousand and tax their for Yahweh [was] two and seventy. 39 And donkeys [were] thirty thousand and five hundred and tax their for Yahweh [was] one and sixty. 40 And [the] person[s] of humankind [were] six-teen thousand and tax their for Yahweh [was] two and thirty person[s]. 41 And he gave Moses [the] tax of [the] contribution of Yahweh to Eleazar the priest just as he had commanded Yahweh Moses. 42 And from [the] half of [the] people of Israel which he had divided Moses from the men who had gone to war. 43 And it was [the] half of the congregation from the sheep three hundred thousand and thirty thousand seven thousand and five hundred. 44 And cattle six and thirty thousand. 45 And donkeys thirty thousand and five hundred. 46 And person[s] of humankind six-teen thousand. 47 And he took Moses from [the] half of [the] people of Israel those drawn one from the fifty from humankind and from the livestock and he gave them to the Levites [who] keep [the] service of [the] tabernacle of Yahweh just as he had commanded Yahweh Moses. 48 And they drew near to Moses the officers who [were] of [the] thousands of the army [the] commanders of the thousands and [the] commanders of the hundreds. 49 And they said to Moses servants your they have lifted up [the] head of [the] men of war who [were] in hand our and not he is missing from us anyone. 50 And we have brought near [the] offering of Yahweh everyone [that] which he found an article of gold an armlet and a bracelet a signet-ring an earring and an ornament to make atonement on selves our before Yahweh. 51 And he took Moses and Eleazar the priest the gold from with them every article of work. 52 And it was - all [the] gold of the contribution which they raised for Yahweh six-teen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekel[s] from with [the] commanders of the thousands and from with [the] commanders of the hundreds. 53 [the] men of The army they had taken plunder everyone for himself. 54 And he took Moses and Eleazar the priest the gold from with [the] commanders of the thousands and the hundreds and they brought it into [the] tent of meeting a memorial for [the] people of Israel before Yahweh.

< Numbers 31 >