عَدَد 31

١ 1 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى:

The Lord told Moses,

٢ 2 «انْتَقِمْ مِنَ الْمِدْيَانِيِّينَ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَبَعْدَهَا تَمُوتُ وَتَنْضَمُّ إِلَى قَوْمِكَ».

“Punish the Midianites because of what they did to the Israelites. After that you will join your forefathers in death.”

٣ 3 فَقَالَ مُوسَى لِلشَّعْبِ: «جَهِّزُوا مِنْكُمْ رِجَالاً مُجَنَّدِينَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ الْمِدْيَانِيِّينَ وَالانْتِقَامِ لِلرَّبِّ مِنْهُمْ.

Moses instructed the people, “Have some of your men get ready for battle, so they can go and attack the Midianites and carry out the Lord's punishment on them.

٤ 4 أَرْسِلُوا لِلْحَرْبِ أَلْفاً وَاحِداً مِنْ كُلِّ سِبْطٍ مِنْ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ».

You are to contribute one thousand men from each Israelite tribe.”

٥ 5 فَتَمَّ اخْتِيَارُ أَلْفٍ مِنْ كُلِّ سِبْطٍ، فَكَانُوا اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَلْفاً مِنْ بَيْنِ أُلُوفِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مُجَرَّدِينَ لِلْقِتَالِ.

So one thousand men were chosen from each Israelite tribe, making twelve thousand troops ready for battle.

٦ 6 فَأَرْسَلَهُمْ مُوسَى، أَلْفاً مِنْ كُلِّ سِبْطٍ، لِلْحَرْبِ بِقِيَادَةِ فِينْحَاسَ بْنِ أَلِعَازَارَ الْكَاهِنِ، الَّذِي أَخَذَ مَعَهُ أَمْتِعَةَ الْقُدْسِ وَأَبْوَاقَ الْهُتَافِ.

Moses sent them into battle, one thousand from each tribe, together with Phinehas, son of Eleazar the priest. He carried with him the holy objects from the sanctuary and the trumpets used for giving signals.

٧ 7 فَحَارَبُوا الْمِدْيَانِيِّينَ كَمَا أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ وَقَتَلُوا كُلَّ ذَكَرٍ؛

They attacked the Midianites, as the Lord had told Moses to do, and they killed all the men.

٨ 8 وَقَتَلُوا مَعَهُمْ مُلُوكَهُمُ الْخَمْسَةَ: أَوِيَ وَرَاقِمَ وَصُورَ وَحُورَ وَرَابِعَ، كَمَا قَتَلُوا بَلْعَامَ بْنَ بَعُورَ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ.

Among those killed were the five kings of Midian, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba. They also killed Balaam, son of Beor, with the sword.

٩ 9 وَأَسَرَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ نِسَاءَ الْمِدْيَانِيِّينَ وَأَطْفَالَهُمْ، وَغَنِمُوا جَمِيعَ بَهَائِمِهِمْ وَمَوَاشِيهِمْ وَسَائِرَ أَمْلاكِهِمْ،

The Israelites captured the Midianite women and children, and they took as plunder all their herds, flocks, and possessions.

١٠ 10 وَأَحْرَقُوا مُدُنَهُمْ كُلَّهَا بِمَسَاكِنِهَا وَحُصُونِهَا،

They set fire to all the Midianite towns and camps where they had lived,

١١ 11 وَاسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَى كُلِّ الْغَنَائِمِ وَالأَسْلابِ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَالْحَيَوَانِ،

and carried away all the plunder and loot, including people and animals.

١٢ 12 وَرَجَعُوا إِلَى مُوسَى وَأَلِعَازَارَ الْكَاهِنِ وَجَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِالسَّبْيِ والأَسْلابِ وَالْغَنِيمَةِ إِلَى الْمُخَيَّمِ فِي سُهُولِ مُوآبَ بِالْقُرْبِ مِنْ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ مُقَابِلَ أَرِيحَا.

They brought the prisoners, loot, and plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the rest of the Israelites where they were camped on the plains of Moab, beside the Jordan opposite Jericho.

١٣ 13 فَخَرَجَ مُوسَى وَأَلِعَازَارُ وَكُلُّ قَادَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لاِسْتِقْبَالِهِمْ إِلَى خَارِجِ الْمُخَيَّمِ،

Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the Israelite leaders went out of the camp to meet them.

١٤ 14 فَأَبْدَى مُوسَى سُخْطَهُ عَلَى قَادَةِ الْجَيْشِ مِنْ رُؤَسَاءِ الأُلُوفِ وَرُؤَسَاءِ الْمِئَاتِ الْقَادِمِينَ مِنَ الْحَرْبِ،

Moses was angry with the army officers, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, who returned from the battle.

١٥ 15 وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «لِمَاذَا اسْتَحْيَيْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ؟

“Why did you let all the women live?” he asked them.

١٦ 16 إِنَّهُنَّ بِاتِّبَاعِهِنَّ نَصِيحَةَ بَلْعَامَ أَغْوَيْنَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لِعِبَادَةِ فَغُورَ، وَكُنَّ سَبَبَ خِيَانَةٍ لِلرَّبِّ، فَتَفَشَّى الْوَبَأُ فِي جَمَاعَةِ الرَّبِّ.

“You realize that these were the women seduced the Israelite men, leading them to be unfaithful to the Lord at Peor, following Balaam's advice! That's why the Lord's people suffered from the plague!

١٧ 17 فَالآنَ اقْتُلُوا كُلَّ ذَكَرٍ مِنَ الأَطْفَالِ، وَاقْتُلُوا أَيْضاً كُلَّ امْرَأَةٍ ضَاجَعَتْ رَجُلاً،

So go and kill all the boys and every woman who has had slept with a man.

١٨ 18 وَلَكِنِ اسْتَحْيَوْا لَكُمْ كُلَّ عَذْرَاءَ لَمْ تُضَاجِعْ رَجُلاً.

Let all the girls who are virgins live. They are yours.

١٩ 19 وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَامْكُثُوا خَارِجَ الْمُخَيَّمِ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ، وَعَلَى كُلِّ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْساً، وَمَنْ لَمَسَ قَتِيلاً أَنْ يَتَطَهَّرَ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ، وَفِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابعِ. افْعَلُوا هَذَا أَنْتُمْ وَسَبَايَاكُمْ.

All those of you who killed someone or touched a dead body must stay outside the camp for seven days. Purify yourselves and your prisoners on the third day and the seventh day.

٢٠ 20 وَكَذَلِكَ طَهِّرُوا كُلَّ ثَوْبٍ، وَكُلَّ مَتَاعٍ جِلْدِيٍّ، وَكُلَّ مَا هُوَ مَصْنُوعٌ مِنْ شَعْرِ الْمَعْزِ وَكُلَّ آنِيَةٍ مِنْ خَشَبٍ».

Also purify all your clothing garment and anything made of leather, goat's hair, or wood.”

٢١ 21 وَقَالَ أَلِعَازَارُ الْكَاهِنُ لِلْمُحَارِبِينَ: «هَذِهِ هِيَ فَرِيضَةُ الشَّرِيعَةِ الَّتِي أَمَرَ بِها الرَّبُّ مُوسَى:

Eleazar the priest told the soldiers who had gone into battle, “These are the legal regulations that the Lord has ordered Moses to be carried out:

٢٢ 22 الذَّهَبُ وَالْفِضَّةُ وَالنُّحَاسُ وَالْحَدِيدُ وَالْقَصْدِيرُ وَالرَّصَاصُ،

All that's made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead—

٢٣ 23 وَكُلُّ مَا يَتَحَمَّلُ حَرَارَةَ النَّارِ، أَجِيزُوهُ فِيهَا فَيُصْبِحَ طَاهِراً. وَلَكِنْ عَلَيْكُمْ أَيْضاً أَنْ تُطَهِّرُوهُ بِمَاءِ التَّطْهِيرِ، وَمَا لَا يَحْتَمِلُ النَّارَ طَهِّرُوهُ بِمَاءِ التَّطْهِيرِ فَقَطْ.

anything that doesn't burn—must be put through fire to make it clean. But it still has to be purified using water of purification. Anything that burns must be put through the water.

٢٤ 24 ثُمَّ اغْسِلُوا ثِيَابَكُمْ فِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابعِ فَتَكُونُوا طَاهِرِينَ. وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ تَدْخُلُونَ الْمُخَيَّمَ».

Wash your clothes on the seventh day and you will be clean. Then you can enter the camp.”

٢٥ 25 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى:

The Lord told Moses,

٢٦ 26 «أَحْصِ أَنْتَ وَأَلِعَازَارُ الْكَاهِنُ وَرُؤَسَاءُ الْعَشَائِرِ الْغَنَائِمَ وَالسَّبْيَ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَالْحَيَوَانِ،

“You, Eleazar the priest, and the Israelite family leaders are to take a record of the people and animals that were captured.

٢٧ 27 وَقَسِّمِ الْغَنَائِمَ مُنَاصَفَةً بَيْنَ الْجُنْدِ الْمُشْتَرِكِينَ فِي الْحَرْبِ وَبَيْنَ كُلِّ الْجَمَاعَةِ.

Then divide them between the troops who went into battle and the rest of the Israelites.

٢٨ 28 وَخُذْ نَصِيباً لِلرَّبِّ مِنْ غَنَائِمِ أَهْلِ الْحَرْبِ، وَاحِداً مِنْ كُلِّ خَمْسِ مَئَةٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَالْبَقَرِ وَالْحَمِيرِ وَالْغَنَمِ.

Take as a contribution to the Lord from what is allocated to the troops who went into battle one out of every five hundred people, cattle, donkeys, or sheep.

٢٩ 29 مِنْ نِصْفِ أَهْلِ الْحَرْبِ تَأْخُذُهَا وَتُعْطِيهَا لأَلِعَازَارَ الْكَاهِنِ تَقْدِمَةً لِلرَّبِّ.

Take this from their half share and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the Lord.

٣٠ 30 وَتَأْخُذُ مِنْ نِصْفِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَاحِداً مِنْ كُلِّ خَمْسِينَ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَالْبَقَرِ وَالْحَمِيرِ وَالْغَنَمِ وَسَائِرِ الْبَهَائِمِ، وَتُعْطِيهَا لِلّاوِيِّينَ الْقَائِمِينَ عَلَى خِدْمَةِ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ».

From the Israelites; half share, take one out of every fifty people, cattle, donkeys, or sheep, or other animals, and give them to the Levites who take care of the Lord's Tabernacle.”

٣١ 31 فَنَفَّذَ مُوسَى وَأَلِعَازَارُ الْكَاهِنُ كَمَا أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى.

Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord had ordered Moses.

٣٢ 32 وَكَانَ النَّهْبُ الْمُتَبَقِّي مِنْ غَنَائِمِ رِجَالِ الْحَرْبِ مِنَ الْغَنَمِ سِتَّ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسَةً وَسَبْعِينَ أَلْفاً،

This was the list of plunder remaining that had been looted by the troops: 675,000 sheep,

٣٣ 33 وَمِنَ الْبَقَرِ اثْنَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ أَلْفاً،

72,000 cattle,

٣٤ 34 وَمِنَ الْحَمِيرِ وَاحِداً وَسِتِّينَ أَلْفاً،

61,000 donkeys,

٣٥ 35 وَمِنَ الْعَذَارَى اللَّوَاتِي لَمْ يُضَاجِعْنَ ذَكَراً اثْنَيْنِ وَثَلاثِينَ أَلْفاً.

and 32,000 virgins.

٣٦ 36 فَكَانَ النِّصْفُ نَصِيبُ أَهْلِ الْحَرْبِ، مِنَ الْغَنَمِ ثَلاثَ مِئَةٍ وَسَبْعَةً وَثَلاثِينَ أَلْفاً وَخَمْسَ مِئَةٍ.

This was the half share for those who had gone to fight: 337,500 sheep,

٣٧ 37 وَكَانَتْ زَكَاةُ الرَّبِّ مِنْهَا سِتَّ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسَةً وَسَبْعِينَ،

with a contribution for the Lord of 675,

٣٨ 38 وَمِنَ الْبَقَرِ سِتَّةً وَثَلاثِينَ أَلْفاً، وَزَكَاةُ الرَّبِّ مِنْهَا اثْنَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ،

36,000 cattle, with a Lord's contribution of 72,

٣٩ 39 وَمِنَ الْحَمِيرِ ثَلاثِينَ أَلْفاً وَخَمْسَ مِئَةٍ، وَزَكَاةُ الرَّبِّ مِنْهَا وَاحِداً وَسِتِّينَ،

30,500 donkeys, with a Lord's contribution of 61,

٤٠ 40 وَمِنَ النِّسَاءِ الْعَذَارَى سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفاً، وَزَكَاةُ الرَّبِّ مِنْهَا اثْنَيْنِ وَثَلاثِينَ نَفْساً.

and 16,000 people, with a Lord's contribution of 32.

٤١ 41 فَأَعْطَى مُوسَى الزَّكَاةَ تَقْدِمَةَ الرَّبِّ لأَلِعَازَارَ الْكَاهِنِ، كَمَا أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى.

Moses gave the contribution to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the Lord as the Lord had ordered Moses.

٤٢ 42 أَمَّا نِصْفُ غَيْرِ الْمُحَارِبِينَ مِنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ مِنَ الْغَنِيمَةِ الَّذِي قَسَمَهُ مُوسَى مِنْ كَامِلِ غَنَائِمِ أَهْلِ الْحَرْبِ،

The Israelites' half share left after Moses had given the half share to the troops who had gone to fight,

٤٣ 43 فَكَانَ مِنَ الْغَنَمِ ثَلاثَ مِئَةٍ وَسَبْعَةً وَثَلاثِينَ أَلْفاً وَخَمْسَ مِئَةٍ،

consisted of: 337,500 sheep,

٤٤ 44 وَمِنَ الْبَقَرِ سِتَّةً وَثَلاثِينَ أَلْفاً،

36,000 cattle,

٤٥ 45 وَمِنَ الْحَمِيرِ ثَلاثِينَ أَلْفاً وَخَمْسَ مِئَةٍ،

30,500 donkeys,

٤٦ 46 وَمِنَ الْعَذَارَى سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفاً.

and 16,000 people.

٤٧ 47 فَأَفْرَزَ مُوسَى مِنْ نَصِيبِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ وَاحِداً مِنْ كُلِّ خَمْسِينَ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ وَمِنَ الْبَهَائِمِ وَأَعْطَاهَا لِلّاوِيِّينَ الْقَائِمِينَ عَلَى خِدْمَةِ الْمَسْكَنِ، كَمَا أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى.

Moses took from the Israelites' half one out of every fifty people and animals and gave them the Levites who take care of the Lord's Tabernacle, as the Lord had ordered him.

٤٨ 48 ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ قَادَةُ الْجُنْدِ مِنْ رُؤَسَاءِ الأُلُوفِ وَرُؤَسَاءِ الْمِئَاتِ إِلَى مُوسَى،

The army officers, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, came to Moses

٤٩ 49 وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «لَقَدْ أَحْصَى عَبِيدُكَ عَدَدَ جُنُودِهِمِ الْمُحَارِبِينَ، فَلَمْ يُفْقَدْ مِنَّا إِنْسَانٌ.

and told him, “We, your servants, have checked the troops we command and not a single man is missing.

٥٠ 50 لِذَلِكَ يُقَدِّمُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا قُرْبَانَ الرَّبِّ فِي مَا وَجَدَهُ مِنْ أَمْتِعَةِ ذَهَبٍ: حُجُولٍ وَأَسَاوِرَ وَخَوَاتِمَ وَأَقْرَاطٍ وَقَلائِدَ لِلتَّكْفِيرِ عَنْ أَنْفُسِنَا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ».

So we have brought the Lord an offering of the gold objects each man received—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces—in order that we may be right before the Lord.”

٥١ 51 فَأَخَذَ مُوسَى وَأَلِعَازَارُ الْكَاهِنُ مِنْهُمْ كُلَّ مَا هُوَ مَصْنُوعٌ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ،

Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted from them all the objects made out of gold.

٥٢ 52 فَكَانَتْ جُمْلَةُ ذَهَبِ التَّقْدِمَةِ الَّتِي قَرَّبُوهَا لِلرَّبِّ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ أَلَفاً وَسَبْعَ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ شَاقِلاً (نَحْوَ مِئَتَيْ كِيلُو جِرَاماً) قَدَّمَهَا رُؤَسَاءُ الأُلُوفِ وَرُؤَسَاءُ الْمِئَاتِ.

The gold that the commanders of thousands and of hundreds gave as an offering to the Lord weighed in total 16,750 shekels.

٥٣ 53 أَمَّا الْجُنْدُ فَقَدْ أَخَذَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُمْ مَا اغْتَنَمَهُ لِنَفْسِهِ.

(The men who had fought in the battle had each taken plunder for himself.)

٥٤ 54 وَحَمَلَ مُوسَى وَأَلِعَازَارُ الْكَاهِنُ الذَّهَبَ الَّذِي قَدَّمَهُ رُؤَسَاءُ الأُلُوفِ وَرُؤَسَاءُ الْمِئَاتِ وَأَتَيَا بِهِ إِلَى خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ تَذْكَاراً لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ.

Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds and took it into the Tent of Meeting as a memorial offering for the Israelites in the presence of the Lord.