Numbers 31

1 Then the Lord said to Moses,

And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,

2 Give the Midianites punishment for the wrong they did to the children of Israel: and after that you will go to rest with your people.

Execute the vengeance of the children of Israel on the Midianites, after which thou shalt be gathered unto thy people.

3 So Moses said to the people, Let men from among you be armed for war to put into effect against Midian the Lord's punishment on them.

And Moses spoke unto the people, saying, Arm from yourselves some men for the army, and let them go against the Midianites, to execute the vengeance of the Lord on Midian.

4 From every tribe of Israel send a thousand to the war.

A thousand each for every tribe, of all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the army.

5 So from the thousands of Israel a thousand were taken from every tribe, twelve thousand men armed for war.

And there were levied out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for the army.

6 And Moses sent them out to war, a thousand from every tribe, and with them Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, taking in his hands the vessels of the holy place and the horns for sounding the note of war.

And Moses sent them, a thousand of every tribe, to the army; them and Phinehas the son of Elazar the priest, to the army, with the holy vessels, and the trumpets for blowing the alarm in his hand.

7 And they made war on Midian, as the Lord gave orders to Moses; and they put to death every male.

And they marched out against the Midianites, as the Lord had commanded Moses; and they slew every male.

8 They put the kings of Midian to death with the rest, Evi and Reken and Zur and Hur and Reba, the five kings of Midian: and Balaam, the son of Beor, they put to death with the sword.

And the kings of Midian they slew, besides the rest of their men that were slain; namely, Evi and Rekem, and Zur, and Chur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian; and Bil'am the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

9 The women of Midian with their little ones the children of Israel took prisoner; and all their cattle and flocks and all their goods they took for themselves;

And the children of Israel took captives the women of Midian, and their little ones; and all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they took as spoil.

10 And after burning all their towns and all their tent-circles,

And all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their castles they burnt with fire.

11 They went away with the goods they had taken, man and beast.

And they took all the spoil, and all the booty, both of men and of cattle.

12 And the prisoners and the goods and everything they had taken, they took to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the people of Israel, to the tent-circle in the lowlands of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

And they brought unto Moses, and to Elazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, the captives, and the booty, and the spoil, unto the camp, to the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan opposite Jericho.

13 Then Moses and Eleazar the priest and the chiefs of the people went out to them before they had come into the tent-circle.

And Moses, and Elazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them, to without the camp.

14 And Moses was angry with the chiefs of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds who had come back from the war.

And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, the captains over the thousands, and the captains over the hundreds, who had come from the war-campaign.

15 And Moses said to them, Why have you kept all the women safe?

And Moses said unto them, Have ye allowed all the females to live?

16 It was these who, moved by Balaam, were the cause of Israel's sin against the Lord in the question of Peor, because of which disease came on the people of the Lord.

Behold, these chiefly were the cause unto the children of Israel, through the counsel of Bil'am, to commit the gross trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor; through which there was the plague among the congregation of the Lord.

17 So now put every male child to death, and every woman who has had sex relations with a man.

And now kill ye every male among the little ones, and every woman that hath known man by lying with him shall ye kill.

18 But all the female children who have had no sex relations with men, you may keep for yourselves.

But all among the women-children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

19 You yourselves will have to keep outside the tent-circle for seven days, anyone of you who has put any person to death or come near a dead body; and on the third day and on the seventh day make yourselves and your prisoners clean.

But ye, —you must abide without the camp seven days: all ye who have killed any person, and all who have touched any one slain, shall purify yourselves on the third day, and on the seventh day; both you and your captives.

20 And every bit of clothing, and anything made of leather or goats' hair or wood, you are to make clean.

And every garment, and whatever is made of skins, and every work of goats' hair, and every vessel made of wood, shall ye purify unto yourselves.

21 Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had been to the fight, This is the rule of the law which the Lord has given to Moses:

And Elazar the priest said unto the men of the army who had gone to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord hath commanded Moses:

22 But gold and silver and brass and iron and tin and lead,

Nevertheless the gold, and the silver, the copper, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

23 And anything which may be heated, is to go through the fire and be made clean; but in addition it is to be put in the water of cleaning: and anything which may not go through the fire is to be put in the water.

Every thing that cometh into the fire shall ye make go through the fire, and it shall be clean; only it shall be purified with the waters of sprinkling: and whatsoever doth not come into the fire shall ye cause to go through the water.

24 And on the seventh day, after washing your clothing, you will be clean, and then you may come into the tent-circle.

And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and after that may ye come into the camp.

25 And the Lord said to Moses,

And the Lord said unto Moses, as followeth,

26 Get an account of everything which was taken in the war, of man and of beast, you and Eleazar the priest and the heads of families of the people:

Take the sum of the booty of the captives, both of man and of cattle, thou, with Elazar the priest, and the chiefs of the families of the congregation:

27 And let division be made of it into two parts, one for the men of war who went out to the fight, and one for all the people:

And thou shalt divide the booty, between those that carried on the war, who went out to the army, and between all the congregation.

28 And from the men of war who went out let there be offered to the Lord one out of every five hundred, from the persons, and from the oxen and asses and sheep:

And thou shalt levy a tribute unto the Lord from the men of war who went out to the army, one individual from every five hundred, of the persons, and of the beef-cattle, and of the asses, and of the sheep;

29 Take this from their part and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to be lifted up to the Lord.

From their half shall ye take it; and thou shalt give it unto Elazar the priest, for a heave-offering of the Lord.

30 And from the part given to the children of Israel, take one out of every fifty, from the persons, and from the oxen and asses and sheep, and give it to the Levites who have the care of the House of the Lord.

And from the half of the children of Israel, shalt thou take one individual, as it may come, from any fifty, of the persons, of beef-cattle, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of cattle; and thou shalt give the same unto the Levites, who keep the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.

31 So Eleazar and Moses did as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

And Moses with Elazar the priest did, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

32 Now the beasts taken, in addition to what the fighting-men took for themselves, were six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,

And the booty, being the rest of the spoil which the men of the army had taken, was of sheep and goats, six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand,

33 And seventy-two thousand oxen,

And of beef-cattle, seventy and two thousand,

34 And sixty-one thousand asses;

And of asses, sixty and one thousand,

35 And thirty-two thousand persons, that is, women who had never had sex relations with a man.

And of human persons, of women that had not known men by lying with him, in all thirty and two thousand.

36 And the half given as their part to the men who went to the war, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand, five hundred sheep,

And the half, the portion of those who had gone out in the army, was, in the number of sheep and goats, three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred.

37 Of which the Lord's part was six hundred and seventy-five.

And the tribute unto the Lord of the flocks was six hundred and seventy and five.

38 The number of oxen was thirty-six thousand, of which the Lord's part was seventy-two;

And the beef-cattle were thirty and six thousand; and the tribute thereof unto the Lord was seventy and two.

39 The number of asses was thirty thousand, five hundred, of which the Lord's part was sixty-one.

And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; and the tribute thereof unto the Lord was sixty and one.

40 And the number of persons was sixteen thousand, of which the Lord's part was thirty-two persons.

And the human persons were sixteen thousand; and the tribute thereof unto the Lord was thirty and two persons.

41 And Moses gave the Lord's part, lifted up as an offering, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

And Moses gave the tribute, the Lord's heave-offering, unto Elazar the priest, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

42 And from the half given to the children of Israel, which Moses had kept separate from that given to the fighting-men,

And from the half of the children of Israel, which Moses divided off from the men that had gone forth in the army, —

43 (Now the people's half was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand, five hundred sheep,

(Now the half of the congregation was, of sheep and goats three hundred thousand and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred.

44 And thirty-six thousand oxen,

And beef-cattle, thirty and six thousand,

45 And thirty thousand, five hundred asses,

And asses thirty thousand five hundred,

46 And sixteen thousand persons; )

And human persons sixteen thousand; )

47 Even from the children of Israel's half, Moses took one out of every fifty, men and beasts, and gave them to the Levites who had the care of the House of the Lord; as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

And Moses took from this half of the children of Israel, as it came, one from every fifty, of man and of cattle, and gave the same unto the Levites, who kept the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord; as the Lord had commanded Moses.

48 Then the men in authority over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, came to Moses,

And there came near unto Moses the officers who had been over the thousands of the army, the captains of the thousands, and the captains of the hundreds.

49 And said to him, Your servants have taken note of the number of all the fighting-men under our orders, and every one is present;

And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war who have been under our command, and there lacketh not one man of us.

50 And we have here an offering for the Lord from what every man took in the war, ornaments of gold, leg-chains and arm-rings, finger-rings, ear-rings, and neck-ornaments, to make our souls free from sin before the Lord.

We have therefore brought an oblation unto the Lord, each what he hath gotten of vessels of gold, chains, and bracelets, finger-rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the Lord.

51 So Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, even all the worked ornaments.

And Moses with Elazar the priest took the gold from them, all kinds of wrought articles.

52 And the gold which the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds gave, as an offering to be lifted up before the Lord, came to sixteen thousand, seven hundred and fifty shekels.

And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the Lord, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, from the captains of the thousands, and from the captains of the hundreds.

53 (For every man of the army had taken goods for himself in the war.)

The men of the army had taken spoil, every man for himself.

54 Then Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold given by the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and took it into the Tent of meeting, to be a sign in memory of the children of Israel before the Lord.

And Moses and Elazar the priest took the gold from the captains of the thousands and of the hundreds, and they brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, as a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord.