Numbers 31

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

2 Revenge first the children of Israel on the Madianites, and so thou shalt be gathered to thy people.

Avenge the wrongs of the children of Israel on the Madianites, and afterwards you shall be added to your people.

3 And Moses forthwith said: Arm of you men to fight, who may take the revenge of the Lord on the Madianites.

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 Let a thousand men be chosen out of every tribe of Israel to be sent 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 they gave a thousand of every tribe, that is to say, twelve thousand men well appointed for battle.

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 with Phinees the son of Eleazar the priest, and he delivered to him the holy vessels, and the trumpets to sound.

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 when they had fought against the Madianites and had overcome them, they slew all the men.

And they set themselves in array against Madian, as the Lord commanded Moses; and they killed every male.

8 And their kings Evi, and Recem, and Sur, and Hur, and Rebe, five princes of the nation: Balaam also the son of Beer they killed 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 they took their women, and their children captives, and all their cattle, and all their goods: and all their possessions they plundered:

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, and their villages, and castles, they burned.

And they burnt with fire all their cities in the places of their habitation and they burnt their villages with fire.

11 And they carried away the booty, and all that they had taken both of men and of beasts.

And they took all their plunder, and all their spoils, both man and beast.

12 And they brought them to Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and to all the multitude of the children of Israel. But the rest of the things for use they carried to the camp on the plains of Moab, beside the Jordan over against 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 synagogue went forth to meet them without 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 being angry with the chief officers of the army, the tribunes, and the centurions that were come from the battle,

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 Said: Why have you saved the women?

And Moses said to them, Why have you saved every female alive?

16 Are not these they, that deceived the children of Israel by the counsel of Balaam, and made you transgress against the Lord by the sin of Phogor, for which also the people was punished?

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 Therefore kill all that are of the male sex, even of the children: and put to death the women, that have carnally known men.

Now then kill every male in all the spoil, kill every woman, who has known the lying with man.

18 But the girls, and all the women that are virgins save for yourselves:

And as for all the captivity of women, who have not known the lying with man, save you them alive.

19 And stay without the camp seven days. He that hath killed a man, or touched one that is killed, shall be purified the third day and the seventh day.

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 of all the spoil, every garment, or vessel, or any thing made for use, of the skins, or hair of goats, or of wood, shall be purified.

And you shall purify every garment and every leather utensil, and all furniture of goat skin, and every wooden vessel.

21 Eleazar also the priest spoke to the men of the army, that had fought, in this manner: This is the ordinance of the law, which the Lord 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 Gold, and silver, and brass, and iron, and lend, and tin,

Beside the gold, and the silver, and the brass, and the iron, and lead, and tin,

23 And all that may pass through the fire, shall be purified by fire, but whatsoever cannot abide the fire, shall be sanctified with the water of expiation:

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 you shall wash your garments the seventh day, and being purified, you shall afterwards enter 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 the Lord said to Moses:

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

26 Take the sum of the things that were taken both of man and beast, thou and Eleazar the priest and the princes of the multitude:

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 thou shalt divide the spoil equally, between them that fought and went out to the war, and between the rest of the multitude.

And you shall divide the spoils between the warriors that went out to battle, and the whole congregation.

28 And thou shalt separate a portion to the Lord from them that fought and were in the battle, one soul of five hundred as well of persons as of oxen and asses and sheep.

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 And thou shalt give it to Eleazar the priest, because they are the firstfruits of the Lord.

And you shall give [them] to Eleazar the priest [as] the first fruits of the Lord.

30 Out of the moiety also of the children of Israel thou shalt take the fiftieth head of persons, and of oxen, and asses, and sheep, and of all beasts, and thou shalt give them to the Levites that watch in the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.

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 did as the Lord had commanded.

And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.

32 And the spoil which the army had taken, was six hundred 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 Seventy-two thousand oxen,

and oxen, seventy-two thousand:

34 Sixty-one thousand asses:

and asses, sixty-one thousand.

35 And thirty-two thousand persons of the female sex, that had not known men.

And persons of women who had not known lying with man, all the souls, thirty-two thousand.

36 And one half was given to them that had been in the battle, to wit, three hundred 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 Out of which, for the portion of the Lord, were reckoned six hundred seventy-five sheep.

And the tribute to the Lord from the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five.

38 And out of the thirty-six thousand oxen, seventy-two oxen:

And the oxen, six and thirty thousand, and the tribute to the Lord seventy-two.

39 Out of the thirty thousand five hundred asses, sixty-one asses:

And asses, thirty thousand and five hundred, and the tribute to the Lord, sixty-one:

40 Out of the sixteen thousand persons, there fell to the portion of the Lord, thirty-two souls.

and the persons, sixteen thousand, and the tribute of them to the Lord, thirty-two souls.

41 And Moses delivered the number of the firstfruits of the Lord to Eleazar the priest, as had been commanded him,

And Moses gave the tribute to the Lord, the heave-offering of God, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses;

42 Out of the half of the children of Israel, which he had separated for them that had been in the battle.

from the half belonging to the children of Israel, whom Moses separated from the men of war.

43 But out of the half that fell to the rest of the multitude, that is to say, out of the three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,

And the half [taken] from the sheep, belonging to the congregation, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand and five hundred.

44 And out of the thirty-six thousand oxen,

And the oxen, thirty-six thousand;

45 And out of the thirty thousand five hundred asses,

asses, thirty thousand and five hundred;

46 And out of the sixteen thousand persons,

and persons, sixteen thousand.

47 Moses took the fiftieth head, and gave it to the Levites that watched in the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord had commanded.

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 when the commanders of the army, and the tribunes and centurions were come to Moses, they said:

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 We thy servants have reckoned up the number of the fighting men, whom we had under our hand, and not so much as one was wanting.

Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war with us, and not one is missing.

50 Therefore we offer as gifts to the Lord what gold every one of us could find in the booty, in garters and tablets, rings and bracelets, and chains, that thou mayst pray to the Lord for us.

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 received all the gold in divers kinds,

And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, even every wrought article.

52 In weight sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty sicles, from the tribunes and from the centurions.

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 For that which every one had taken in the booty was his own.

For the men of war took plunder every one for himself.

54 And that which was received they brought into the tabernacle of the testimony, for a memorial of the children of Israel before the Lord.

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.