Numbers 31
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses/me and said,
And he spoke Yahweh to Moses saying.
2 “Before you die, [tell the] Israeli people that they should (pay back/get revenge on) the Midian people-group for what they did to you.”
Avenge [the] vengeance of [the] people of Israel from with the Midianites (after *LP) you will be gathered to people your.
3 So Moses/I said to the people, “Get some men prepared for battle. Yahweh will enable them to (pay back/get revenge on) the Midian people-group [for what they did to us].
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 Select 1,000 men from each tribe to fight.”
One thousand to the tribe one thousand to the tribe for all [the] tribes of Israel you will send out to war.
5 So 12,000 men prepared for fighting in the battle, 1,000 from each tribe.
And they were selected from [the] thousands of Israel one thousand to the tribe two plus ten thousand armed [men] of war.
6 When Moses/I sent them to the battle, Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, went with them. He took with him some of the things from the Sacred Tent and the trumpets that would be blown to give the signal [to start the battle].
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 The Israeli men fought the soldiers from the Midian people-group, as Yahweh had told Moses/me to tell them to do, and they killed every man from the Midian people-group.
And they waged war on Midian just as he had commanded Yahweh Moses and they killed every male.
8 Among those whom they killed were the five kings of the Midian people-group—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba. They also killed with a sword Balaam, the son of Beor.
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 They captured all the women and children of the Midian people-group and took away their cattle, their flocks of sheep, and herds of goats, and all their other possessions.
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 Then they burned down all the houses in the towns and villages where the people of the Midian people-group lived,
And all cities their in dwelling places their and all encampments their they burned with fire.
11 but they took home with them all the women and children and animals and possessions.
And they took all the plunder and all the booty among humankind and among the livestock.
12 They brought all these to Eliezer and Moses/me, and to the rest of the Israeli people who were at their/our camp on the plains where the Moab people-group lived, near the Jordan River, across from Jericho.
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 Eleazar and all the leaders of the people and Moses/I went outside the camp to greet/meet with them.
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 But Moses/I was angry with some of the men who had returned from the battle. He/I was angry with the army officers and the men who were commanders of 1,000 men and those who were commanders of 100 men.
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 He/I asked them, “Why did you allow the women to live [RHQ]?
And he said to them Moses ¿ have you let live every female.
16 They are the ones who did what Balaam suggested and urged/persuaded our people to worship Baal [instead of Yahweh]. As a result, Yahweh caused a plague to strike his people while they were at Peor.
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 So, now you must kill all the boys of the Midian people-group, and also kill all the women who have had sex [EUP] with any man.
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 Spare only the girls who are virgins [EUP]. You can keep them to be your [wives or your slaves].
And all the little one[s] among the women who not they have known lying of a male preserve alive for yourselves.
19 All of you who have killed someone or touched the corpse of someone who was killed [in the battle] must stay outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and on the seventh day, you must [perform the ritual to] cause you and those whom you have captured to become acceptable to God again.
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 You must also wash your clothes and anything [that you took to the battle] that is made of leather or goat’s hair or wood.”
And every garment and every article of hide and every product of goat hair and every article of wood you will purify yourselves.
21 Then Eleazar said to the soldiers who had returned from the battle, “This is what Yahweh has instructed Moses:
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 You must put into a fire any gold or silver or bronze or iron or tin or lead things [that you brought back from the battle].
Only the gold and the silver the bronze the iron the tin and the lead.
23 Put everything that will not burn into the fire, and then they will be acceptable for you to use. But also sprinkle those things with the water that causes things and people to become acceptable to God. The things that would burn [if you put them] in a fire, sprinkle them with that water.
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 On the seventh day, wash your clothes, and then you will become acceptable to God again. After you do that, you may return to the camp.”
And you will wash clothes your on the day seventh and you will be pure and after you will come to the camp.
25 Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
And he said Yahweh to Moses saying.
26 “Tell Eleazar and the leaders of the family groups that they must write down a list of all the goods, the women, and the animals that were captured [in the battle].
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 Then they must divide all those things, half given to the men who fought in the battle and the other half given to the rest of the people.
And you will divide the booty between [those] skilled of the battle who went out to war and between all the congregation.
28 From the men who fought in the battle, take one from every 500 people and from every 500 cattle and donkeys and sheep, to be a tax for me.
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 Take these things to Eleazar to (be my share/belong to me).
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 that belongs to the ordinary people, take one item from every 50. That includes people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, and other animals. Give those things to the descendants of Levi who take care of my Sacred Tent.”
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 So Eleazar and Moses/I did what Yahweh commanded.
And he did Moses and Eleazar the priest just as he had commanded Yahweh Moses.
32 There were 675,000 sheep, 72,000 cattle, 61,000 donkeys, and 32,000 virgins that they had captured from the Midian people-group.
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.
And cattle two and seventy thousand.
And donkeys one and sixty thousand.
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 The men who fought in the battle took 337,000 sheep [from the battle],
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 they gave 675 of them to Yahweh.
And it was the tax for Yahweh from the sheep six hundred five and seventy.
38 They took 36,000 cattle and gave 72 of them to Yahweh.
And the cattle [were] six and thirty thousand and tax their for Yahweh [was] two and seventy.
39 They took 30,500 donkeys, and they gave 61 of them to Yahweh.
And donkeys [were] thirty thousand and five hundred and tax their for Yahweh [was] one and sixty.
40 They took 16,000 virgins, and they dedicated 32 of them to Yahweh.
And [the] person[s] of humankind [were] six-teen thousand and tax their for Yahweh [was] two and thirty person[s].
41 Moses/I gave to Eleazar all [the animals] that had been given to Yahweh, as Yahweh had commanded.
And he gave Moses [the] tax of [the] contribution of Yahweh to Eleazar the priest just as he had commanded Yahweh Moses.
42 Moses/I separated what those who had fought in the battle received from what the other people received. The people had taken 337,500 sheep, 36,000 cattle, 30,500 donkeys, and 16,000 virgins,
And from [the] half of [the] people of Israel which he had divided Moses from the men who had gone to war.
And it was [the] half of the congregation from the sheep three hundred thousand and thirty thousand seven thousand and five hundred.
And cattle six and thirty thousand.
And donkeys thirty thousand and five hundred.
And person[s] of humankind six-teen thousand.
47 From what the people received, Moses/I took one from every 50 items and dedicated them to Yahweh. That included animals and people. As Yahweh commanded, he/I gave them all to the descendants of Levi who took care of the Sacred Tent.
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 Then the army officers and those who commanded 1,000 men and those who commanded 100 men came to Moses/me.
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 They said, “We, who are your servants, have counted the soldiers whom we command, and [we found that] none of them (is missing/has been killed).
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 So [to thank Yahweh for that], we have brought to him a gift of the gold items that we found [after the battle]: Gold arm bands and bracelets and rings and earrings and necklaces. This will enable us to be forgiven for our sins.”
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 So Eleazar and Moses/I accepted the gold items that they brought.
And he took Moses and Eleazar the priest the gold from with them every article of work.
52 The total of it weighed about (420 pounds/190 kg.).
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 Each soldier had taken these things for himself.
[the] men of The army they had taken plunder everyone for himself.
54 Eleazar and Moses/I accepted these gold items from these commanders and put them in the Sacred Tent to remind the Israeli people about how Yahweh [had helped them defeat the Midian people-group].
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.
