Numbers 31
1 And the LORD said to Moses,
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
2 “Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”
'Execute the vengeance of the sons of Israel against the Midianites — afterwards thou art gathered unto thy people.'
3 So Moses told the people, “Arm some of your men for war, that they may go against the Midianites and execute the LORD’s vengeance on them.
And Moses speaketh unto the people, saying, 'Be ye armed some of you for the host, and they are against Midian, to put the vengeance of Jehovah on Midian;
4 Send into battle a thousand men from each tribe of Israel.”
a thousand for a tribe — a thousand for a tribe, to all the tribes of Israel — ye do send to the host.'
5 So a thousand men were recruited from each tribe of Israel—twelve thousand armed for war.
And there are given out of the thousands of Israel a thousand for a tribe, twelve thousand armed ones of the host;
6 And Moses sent the thousand from each tribe into battle, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took with him the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.
and Moses sendeth them, a thousand for a tribe, to the host, them and Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, to the host; and the holy vessels, and the trumpets of the shouting, in his hand.
7 Then they waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.
And they war against Midian, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses, and slay every male;
8 Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
and the kings of Midian they have slain, besides their pierced ones, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian; and Balaam son of Beor, they have slain with the sword.
9 The Israelites captured the Midianite women and their children, and they plundered all their herds, flocks, and goods.
And the sons of Israel take captive the women of Midian, and their infants; and all their cattle, and all their substance, and all their wealth they have plundered;
10 Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites had lived, as well as all their encampments,
and all their cities, with their habitations, and all their towers, they have burnt with fire.
11 and carried away all the plunder and spoils, both people and animals.
And they take all the spoil, and all the prey, among man and among beast;
12 They brought the captives, spoils, and plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.
and they bring in, unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the company of the sons of Israel, the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto the camp, unto the plains of Moab, which [are] by Jordan, [near] Jericho.
13 And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation went to meet them outside the camp.
And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the company, go out to meet them, unto the outside of the camp,
14 But Moses was angry with the officers of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who were returning from the battle.
and Moses is wroth against the inspectors of the force, chiefs of the thousands, and chiefs of the hundreds, who are coming in from the host of the battle.
15 “Have you spared all the women?” he asked them.
And Moses saith unto them, 'Have ye kept alive every female?
16 “Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD.
lo, they — they have been to the sons of Israel, through the word of Balaam, to cause a trespass against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and the plague is in the company of Jehovah.
17 So now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man,
'And now, slay ye every male among the infants, yea, every woman known of man by the lying of a male ye have slain;
18 but spare for yourselves every girl who has never had relations with a man.
and all the infants among the women, who have not known the lying of a male, ye have kept alive for yourselves.
19 All of you who have killed a person or touched the dead are to remain outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and the seventh day you are to purify both yourselves and your captives.
'And ye, encamp ye at the outside of the camp seven days — any who hath slain a person, and any who hath come against a pierced one, ye cleanse yourselves on the third day, and on the seventh day — ye and your captives;
20 And purify every garment and leather good, everything made of goat’s hair, and every article of wood.”
and every garment, and every skin vessel, and every work of goats' [hair], and every wooden vessel, ye yourselves cleanse.'
21 Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, “This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded Moses:
And Eleazar the priest saith unto the men of the host who go in to battle, 'This [is] the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses:
22 Only the gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead—
only, the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
23 everything that can withstand the fire—must be put through the fire, and it will be clean. But it must still be purified with the water of purification. And everything that cannot withstand the fire must pass through the water.
every thing which may go into fire, ye cause to pass over through fire, and it hath been clean; only, with the water of separation it is cleansed, and all that may not go into fire, ye cause to pass over through water;
24 On the seventh day you are to wash your clothes, and you will be clean. After that you may enter the camp.”
and ye have washed your garments on the seventh day, and have been clean, and afterwards ye come in unto the camp.'
25 The LORD said to Moses,
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
26 “You and Eleazar the priest and the family heads of the congregation are to take a count of what was captured, both of man and beast.
'Take up the sum of the prey of the captives, among man and among beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers of the company;
27 Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to battle and the rest of the congregation.
and thou hast halved the prey between those handling the battle who go out to the host and all the company;
28 Set aside a tribute for the LORD from what belongs to the soldiers who went into battle: one out of every five hundred, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, or sheep.
and thou hast raised a tribute to Jehovah from the men of war, who go out to the host, one body out of five hundred, of man, and of the herd, and of the asses, and of the flock;
29 Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD.
from their half ye do take, and thou hast given to Eleazar the priest — the heave-offering of Jehovah.
30 From the Israelites’ half, take one out of every fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or other animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.”
'And from the sons of Israel's half thou dost take one possession out of fifty, of man, of the herd, of the asses, and of the flock, of all the cattle, and thou hast given them to the Levites keeping the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.'
31 So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD had commanded Moses,
And Moses doth — Eleazar the priest also — as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
32 and this plunder remained from the spoils the soldiers had taken: 675,000 sheep,
And the prey, the residue of the spoil which the people of the host have spoiled, is of the flock six hundred thousand, and seventy thousand, and five thousand;
33 72,000 cattle,
and of the herd two and seventy thousand;
34 61,000 donkeys,
and of asses one and sixty thousand;
35 and 32,000 women who had not slept with a man.
and of human beings — of the women who have not known the lying of a male — all the persons [are] two and thirty thousand.
36 This was the half portion for those who had gone to war: 337,500 sheep,
And the half — the portion of those who go out into the host — the number of the flock is three hundred thousand, and thirty thousand, and seven thousand and five hundred.
37 including a tribute to the LORD of 675,
And the tribute to Jehovah of the sheep is six hundred five and seventy;
38 36,000 cattle, including a tribute to the LORD of 72,
and the herd [is] six and thirty thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah [is] two and seventy;
39 30,500 donkeys, including a tribute to the LORD of 61,
and the asses [are] thirty thousand and five hundred, and their tribute to Jehovah [is] one and sixty;
40 and 16,000 people, including a tribute to the LORD of 32.
and the human beings [are] sixteen thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah [is] two and thirty persons.
41 Moses gave the tribute to Eleazar the priest as an offering for the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
And Moses giveth the tribute — Jehovah's heave-offering — to Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
42 From the Israelites’ half, which Moses had set apart from the men who had gone to war,
And of the sons of Israel's half, which Moses halved from the men who war —
43 this half belonged to the congregation: 337,500 sheep,
and the company's half is, of the flock three hundred thousand, and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred;
44 36,000 cattle,
and of the herd six and thirty thousand;
45 30,500 donkeys,
and of asses thirty thousand and five hundred;
46 and 16,000 people.
and of human beings sixteen thousand —
47 From the Israelites’ half, Moses took one out of every fifty persons and animals and gave them to the Levites who kept charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD had commanded him.
Moses taketh from the sons of Israel's half the one possession from the fifty, of man and of beast, and giveth them to the Levites keeping the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
48 Then the officers who were over the units of the army—the commanders of thousands and of hundreds—approached Moses
And the inspectors whom the thousands of the host hath, (heads of the thousands and heads of the hundreds), draw near unto Moses,
49 and said, “Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one of us is missing.
and they say unto Moses, 'Thy servants have taken up the sum of the men of war who [are] with us, and not a man of us hath been missed;
50 So we have brought to the LORD an offering of the gold articles each man acquired—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”
and we bring near Jehovah's offering, each that which he hath found, vessels of gold — chain, and bracelet, seal-ring, [ear] -ring, and bead — to make atonement for ourselves before Jehovah.'
51 So Moses and Eleazar the priest received from them all the articles made out of gold.
And Moses receiveth — Eleazar the priest also — the gold from them, every made vessel,
52 All the gold that the commanders of thousands and of hundreds presented as an offering to the LORD weighed 16,750 shekels.
and all the gold of the heave-offering which they have lifted up to Jehovah is sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, from heads of the thousands, and from heads of the hundreds;
53 Each of the soldiers had taken plunder for himself.
(the men of the host have spoiled each for himself);
54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds and brought it into the Tent of Meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD.
and Moses taketh — Eleazar the priest also — the gold from the heads of the thousands and of the hundreds, and they bring it in unto the tent of meeting — a memorial for the sons of Israel before Jehovah.
