Numbers 31
1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 Avenge the children of Israel upon the Midianites; afterwards shalt thou be gathered unto thy peoples.
Avenge the wrongs of the children of Israel on the Madianites, and afterwards you shall be added to your people.
3 And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm from amongst you men for military service, that they go against Midian to execute Jehovah's vengeance upon Midian.
And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm some of you, and set yourselves in array before the Lord against Madian, to inflict vengeance on Madian from the Lord.
4 Of every tribe a thousand, of all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
Send a thousand of each tribe from all the tribes of the children of Israel to set themselves in array.
5 And there were levied out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand by tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
And they numbered of the thousands of Israel a thousand of [each] tribe, twelve thousands; [these were] armed for war.
6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand by the tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, and the holy instruments, even the alarm-trumpets in his hand.
And Moses sent them away a thousand of every tribe with their forces, and Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest: and the holy instruments, and the signal trumpets [were] in their hands.
7 And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah had commanded Moses, and slew all the males.
And they set themselves in array against Madian, as the Lord commanded Moses; and they killed every male.
8 And they slew the kings of Midian, besides the others slain, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian; and Balaam the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
And they killed the kings of Madian together with their slain [subjects]; even Evi and Rocon, and Sur, and Ur, and Roboc, five kings of Madian; and they killed with the sword Balaam the son of Beor with their [other] slain.
9 And the children of Israel took the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took for a spoil all their cattle and all their flocks and all their goods;
And they made a prey of the women of Madian, and their store, and their cattle, and all their possessions: and they spoiled their forces.
10 and all their cities in their settlements and all their encampments they burned with fire.
And they burnt with fire all their cities in the places of their habitation and they burnt their villages with fire.
11 And they took all the booty, and all the prey, of man and of cattle;
And they took all their plunder, and all their spoils, both man and beast.
12 and they brought to Moses and Eleazar the priest, and to the assembly of the children of Israel, the captives and the prey and the booty, to the camp in the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan of Jericho.
And they brought to Moses and to Eleazar the priest, and to all the children of Israel, the captives, and the spoils, and the plunder, to the camp to Araboth Moab, which is at Jordan by Jericho.
13 And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the princes of the assembly went forth to meet them outside the camp.
And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the rulers of the synagogue went forth out of the camp to meet them.
14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the army, with the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war;
And Moses was angry with the captains of the host, the heads of thousands and the heads of hundreds who came from the battle-array.
15 and Moses said to them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
And Moses said to them, Why have you saved every female alive?
16 Lo, these, through the counsel of Balaam, caused the children of Israel to commit sin against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague on the assembly of Jehovah.
For they were [the occasion] to the children of Israel by the word of Balaam of their revolting and despising the word of the Lord, because of Phogor; and there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord.
17 And now slay every male among the little ones, and slay every woman that hath known man by lying with him,
Now then kill every male in all the spoil, kill every woman, who has known the lying with man.
18 but all the children among the women that have not known lying with a man, keep alive for yourselves.
And as for all the captivity of women, who have not known the lying with man, save you them alive.
19 And encamp outside the camp seven days; whoever hath killed a person, and whoever hath touched any slain; ye shall purify yourselves on the third day, and on the seventh day, you and your captives.
And you shall encamp outside the [great] camp seven days; every one who has slain and who touches a dead body, shall be purified on the third day, and you and your captivity [shall purify yourselves] on the seventh day.
20 And every garment, and every vessel of skin, and all work of goat's hair, and every utensil of wood shall ye purify.
And you shall purify every garment and every leather utensil, and all furniture of goat skin, and every wooden vessel.
21 And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war that had gone to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
And Eleazar the priest said to the men of the host that came from the battle-array, This [is] the ordinance of the law which the Lord has commanded Moses.
22 Only the gold, and the silver, the copper, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
Beside the gold, and the silver, and the brass, and the iron, and lead, and tin,
23 everything that passeth through the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean; only it shall be purified with the water of separation; and everything that cannot pass through the fire ye shall make go through the water.
every thing that shall pass through the fire shall so be clean, nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of sanctification; and whatever will not pass through the fire shall pass through water.
24 And ye shall wash your garments on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean; and afterwards ye may come into the camp.
And on the seventh day you shall wash your garments, and be clean; and afterwards you shall come into the camp.
25 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, of man and of cattle, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the assembly;
Take the sum of the spoils of the captivity both of man and beast, you and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the families of the congregation.
27 and divide the prey into halves, between them that conducted the war, who went out to the battle, and the whole assembly.
And you shall divide the spoils between the warriors that went out to battle, and the whole congregation.
28 And thou shalt levy a tribute for Jehovah of the men of war who went out to the army, one soul of five hundred of the persons, and of the oxen, and of the asses, and of the small cattle.
And you shall take a tribute for the Lord from the warriors that went out to battle; one soul out of five hundred, from the men, and from the cattle, even from the oxen, and from the sheep, and from the asses; and you shall take from their half.
29 Of their half shall ye take it, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for a heave-offering of Jehovah.
And you shall give [them] to Eleazar the priest [as] the first fruits of the Lord.
30 And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the asses, and of the small cattle, of every [kind of] beasts, and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, who keep the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.
And from the half belonging to the children of Israel you shall take one in fifty from the men, and from the oxen, and from the sheep, and from the asses, and from all the cattle; and you shall give them to the Levites that keep the charges in the tabernacle of the Lord.
31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.
32 And the prey, the rest of the spoil, which the men of war had taken, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,
And that which remained of the spoil which the warriors took, was—of the sheep, six hundred and seventy-five thousand:
33 and seventy-two thousand oxen,
and oxen, seventy-two thousand:
34 and sixty-one thousand asses,
and asses, sixty-one thousand.
35 and of human persons, of the women that had not known lying with a man, all the persons were thirty-two thousand.
And persons of women who had not known lying with man, all the souls, thirty-two thousand.
36 And the half, the portion of them that had gone out to the war, was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,
And the half, [even] the portion of them that went out to war, from the number of the sheep, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand and five hundred.
37 and the tribute for Jehovah of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five;
And the tribute to the Lord from the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five.
38 and the oxen were thirty-six thousand, and the tribute thereof for Jehovah, seventy-two;
And the oxen, six and thirty thousand, and the tribute to the Lord seventy-two.
39 and the asses were thirty thousand five hundred, and the tribute thereof for Jehovah, sixty-one;
And asses, thirty thousand and five hundred, and the tribute to the Lord, sixty-one:
40 and the human persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the tribute for Jehovah was thirty-two persons.
and the persons, sixteen thousand, and the tribute of them to the Lord, thirty-two souls.
41 And Moses gave the tribute of Jehovah's heave-offering to Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
And Moses gave the tribute to the Lord, the heave-offering of God, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses;
42 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses had divided, [taking it] from the men that served in the war,
from the half belonging to the children of Israel, whom Moses separated from the men of war.
43 (now the half belonging to the assembly was of the sheep, three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred,
And the half [taken] from the sheep, belonging to the congregation, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand and five hundred.
44 and thirty-six thousand oxen,
And the oxen, thirty-six thousand;
45 and thirty thousand five hundred asses,
asses, thirty thousand and five hundred;
46 and sixteen thousand human persons, )
and persons, sixteen thousand.
47 ...of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, of man and of cattle, and gave them to the Levites who kept the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
And Moses took of the half belonging to the children of Israel the fifties part, of men and of cattle, and he gave them to the Levites who keep the charges of the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
48 And the officers who were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near to Moses,
And all those who were appointed to be officers of thousands of the host, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, approached Moses, and said to Moses,
49 and they said to Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war who were under our hand, and there is not one man of us lacking.
Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war with us, and not one is missing.
50 So we present the offering of Jehovah, that which each one hath found, jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for our souls before Jehovah.
And we have brought our gift to the Lord, [every] man who has found an article of gold, whether an armlet, or a chain, or a ring, or a bracelet, or a clasp for hair, to make atonement for us before the Lord.
51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, all manner of wrought jewels.
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, even every wrought article.
52 And all the gold of the heave-offering that they offered to Jehovah was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, from the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds.
And all the wrought gold, even the offering that they offered to the Lord, was sixteen thousand and seven hundred and fifty shekels from the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds.
53 (The men of war had taken spoil each one for himself.)
For the men of war took plunder every one for himself.
54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, as a memorial for the children of Israel before Jehovah.
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and brought the vessels into the tabernacle of witness, a memorial of the children of Israel before the Lord.
