Numbers 31
1 And the LORD said to Moses,
locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen dicens
2 “Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”
ulciscere prius filios Israhel de Madianitis et sic colligeris ad populum tuum
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.
statimque Moses armate inquit ex vobis viros ad pugnam qui possint ultionem Domini expetere de Madianitis
4 Send into battle a thousand men from each tribe of Israel.”
mille viri de singulis tribubus eligantur Israhel qui mittantur ad bellum
5 So a thousand men were recruited from each tribe of Israel—twelve thousand armed for war.
dederuntque millenos de cunctis tribubus id est duodecim milia expeditorum ad pugnam
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.
quos misit Moses cum Finees filio Eleazari sacerdotis vasa quoque sancta et tubas ad clangendum tradidit ei
7 Then they waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.
cumque pugnassent contra Madianitas atque vicissent omnes mares occiderunt
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.
et reges eorum Evi et Recem et Sur et Ur et Rebe quinque principes gentis Balaam quoque filium Beor interfecerunt gladio
9 The Israelites captured the Midianite women and their children, and they plundered all their herds, flocks, and goods.
ceperuntque mulieres eorum et parvulos omniaque pecora et cunctam supellectilem quicquid habere potuerant depopulati sunt
10 Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites had lived, as well as all their encampments,
tam urbes quam viculos et castella flamma consumpsit
11 and carried away all the plunder and spoils, both people and animals.
et tulerunt praedam et universa quae ceperant tam ex hominibus quam ex iumentis
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.
et adduxerunt ad Mosen et Eleazarum sacerdotem et ad omnem multitudinem filiorum Israhel reliqua etiam utensilia portaverunt ad castra in campestribus Moab iuxta Iordanem contra Hiericho
13 And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation went to meet them outside the camp.
egressi sunt autem Moses et Eleazar sacerdos et omnes principes synagogae in occursum eorum extra castra
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.
iratusque Moses principibus exercitus tribunis et centurionibus qui venerant de bello
15 “Have you spared all the women?” he asked them.
ait cur feminas reservastis
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.
nonne istae sunt quae deceperunt filios Israhel ad suggestionem Balaam et praevaricari vos fecerunt in Domino super peccato Phogor unde et percussus est populus
17 So now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man,
ergo cunctos interficite quicquid est generis masculini etiam in parvulis et mulieres quae noverunt viros in coitu iugulate
18 but spare for yourselves every girl who has never had relations with a man.
puellas autem et omnes feminas virgines reservate vobis
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.
et manete extra castra septem diebus qui occiderit hominem vel occisum tetigerit lustrabitur die tertio et septimo
20 And purify every garment and leather good, everything made of goat’s hair, and every article of wood.”
et de omni praeda sive vestimentum fuerit sive vas et aliquid in utensilia praeparatum de caprarum pellibus et pilis et ligno expiabitur
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:
Eleazar quoque sacerdos ad viros exercitus qui pugnaverant sic locutus est hoc est praeceptum legis quod mandavit Dominus Mosi
22 Only the gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead—
aurum et argentum et aes et ferrum et stagnum et plumbum
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.
et omne quod potest transire per flammas igne purgabitur quicquid autem ignem non potest sustinere aqua expiationis sanctificabitur
24 On the seventh day you are to wash your clothes, and you will be clean. After that you may enter the camp.”
et lavabitis vestimenta vestra die septimo et purificati postea castra intrabitis
25 The LORD said to Moses,
dixitque Dominus ad Mosen
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.
tollite summam eorum quae capta sunt ab homine usque ad pecus tu et Eleazar sacerdos et principes vulgi
27 Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to battle and the rest of the congregation.
dividesque ex aequo praedam inter eos qui pugnaverunt et egressi sunt ad bellum et inter omnem reliquam multitudinem
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.
et separabis partem Domino ab his qui pugnaverunt et fuerunt in bello unam animam de quingentis tam ex hominibus quam ex bubus et asinis et ovibus
29 Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD.
et dabis eam Eleazaro sacerdoti quia primitiae Domini sunt
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.”
ex media quoque parte filiorum Israhel accipies quinquagesimum caput hominum et boum et asinorum et ovium cunctarumque animantium et dabis ea Levitis qui excubant in custodiis tabernaculi Domini
31 So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD had commanded Moses,
feceruntque Moses et Eleazar sicut praeceperat Dominus
32 and this plunder remained from the spoils the soldiers had taken: 675,000 sheep,
fuit autem praeda quam exercitus ceperat ovium sescenta septuaginta quinque milia
33 72,000 cattle,
boum septuaginta duo milia
34 61,000 donkeys,
asinorum sexaginta milia et mille
35 and 32,000 women who had not slept with a man.
animae hominum sexus feminei quae non cognoverant viros triginta duo milia
36 This was the half portion for those who had gone to war: 337,500 sheep,
dataque est media pars his qui in proelio fuerant ovium trecenta triginta septem milia quingenta
37 including a tribute to the LORD of 675,
e quibus in partem Domini supputatae sunt oves sescentae septuaginta quinque
38 36,000 cattle, including a tribute to the LORD of 72,
et de bubus triginta sex milibus boves septuaginta duo
39 30,500 donkeys, including a tribute to the LORD of 61,
de asinis triginta milibus quingentis asini sexaginta unus
40 and 16,000 people, including a tribute to the LORD of 32.
de animabus hominum sedecim milibus cesserunt in partem Domini triginta duae animae
41 Moses gave the tribute to Eleazar the priest as an offering for the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
tradiditque Moses numerum primitiarum Domini Eleazaro sacerdoti sicut ei fuerat imperatum
42 From the Israelites’ half, which Moses had set apart from the men who had gone to war,
ex media parte filiorum Israhel quam separaverat his qui in proelio fuerant
43 this half belonged to the congregation: 337,500 sheep,
de media vero parte quae contigerat reliquae multitudini id est de ovium trecentis triginta septem milibus quingentis
44 36,000 cattle,
et de bubus triginta sex milibus
45 30,500 donkeys,
et de asinis triginta milibus quingentis
46 and 16,000 people.
et de hominibus sedecim milibus
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.
tulit Moses quinquagesimum caput et dedit Levitis qui excubant in tabernaculo Domini sicut praeceperat Dominus
48 Then the officers who were over the units of the army—the commanders of thousands and of hundreds—approached Moses
cumque accessissent principes exercitus ad Mosen et tribuni centurionesque dixerunt
49 and said, “Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one of us is missing.
nos servi tui recensuimus numerum pugnatorum quos habuimus sub manu nostra et ne unus quidem defuit
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.”
ob hanc causam offerimus in donariis Domini singuli quod in praeda auri potuimus invenire periscelides et armillas anulos et dextralia ac murenulas ut depreceris pro nobis Dominum
51 So Moses and Eleazar the priest received from them all the articles made out of gold.
susceperuntque Moses et Eleazar sacerdos omne aurum in diversis speciebus
52 All the gold that the commanders of thousands and of hundreds presented as an offering to the LORD weighed 16,750 shekels.
pondo sedecim milia septingentos quinquaginta siclos a tribunis et centurionibus
53 Each of the soldiers had taken plunder for himself.
unusquisque enim quod in praeda rapuerat suum erat
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.
et susceptum intulerunt in tabernaculum testimonii in monumentum filiorum Israhel coram Domino
