Numbers 31
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
2 “First, avenge the sons of Israel from the Midianites, and then you shall be gathered to your people.”
'Execute the vengeance of the sons of Israel against the Midianites — afterwards thou art gathered unto thy people.'
3 And immediately Moses said: “Arm the men among you for a battle, so that they may be able to fulfill the retribution of the Lord on the Midianites.
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 Let one thousand men be chosen from each tribe of Israel, who shall be sent to war.”
a thousand for a tribe — a thousand for a tribe, to all the tribes of Israel — ye do send to the host.'
5 And they gave one thousand from each tribe, that is, twelve thousand foot soldiers for battle.
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 them with Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest; also, he delivered to him the holy vessels, and the trumpets to sound.
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 And when they had fought against the Midianites and had prevailed, they killed all the men.
And they war against Midian, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses, and slay every male;
8 And they put to death by the sword their kings: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five leaders of the nation, and also Balaam the son of Beor.
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 And they seized their women and little ones, and all their cattle, and all their goods; whatever they were able to have, they despoiled.
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 Both their cities and their villages, as well as their fortresses, they burned.
and all their cities, with their habitations, and all their towers, they have burnt with fire.
11 And they carried away prey from everything that they had seized, both of men and of beasts.
And they take all the spoil, and all the prey, among man and among beast;
12 And they led these to Moses and Eleazar the priest, and to all the multitude of the sons of Israel. But the remainder of the articles they carried to the camp on the plains of Moab, next to the Jordan, opposite 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 Then Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the assembly went out to meet them beyond 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 And Moses, being angry with the leaders of the army, and the tribunes, and the centurions, who had arrived 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 said: “Why have you spared the females?
And Moses saith unto them, 'Have ye kept alive every female?
16 Are not these the ones who deceived the sons of Israel at the suggestion of Balaam, and who caused you betray the Lord by the sin of Peor, because of which the people also were struck down?
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 Therefore, put to death all of them: whatever is of the male sex, even among the little ones, and cut the throats of those women who have known men by sexual relations.
'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 the young girls, and all female virgins, reserve for yourselves.
and all the infants among the women, who have not known the lying of a male, ye have kept alive for yourselves.
19 And remain beyond the camp for seven days. Whoever has killed a man, or who has touched one that was killed, shall be purified on the third day and on the seventh day.
'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 all of the spoils, whether it is a garment, or a vessel, or another useful thing, made from the pelts or hair of goats, or from wood, shall be expiated.”
and every garment, and every skin vessel, and every work of goats' [hair], and every wooden vessel, ye yourselves cleanse.'
21 Likewise, Eleazar the priest spoke in this manner to the men of the army who had fought: “This is the precept 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 Gold, and silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin,
only, the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
23 and all that may be able to pass through fire, shall be purified by fire. But whatever is not able to sustain fire shall be sanctified with the waters of expiation.
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 And you shall wash your garments on the seventh day, and, after having been purified, you shall 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 And the Lord also said to Moses:
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
26 “Take the sum of those things which were captured, from man even to beast, you and Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the common people.
'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 And you shall divide the prey equally, among those who went out to war and fought, and among the remainder of the multitude.
and thou hast halved the prey between those handling the battle who go out to the host and all the company;
28 And you shall separate a portion for the Lord from the portion of those who fought and were in the battle: one soul out of five hundred, as much from humans, as from oxen and donkeys and 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 And you shall give it to Eleazar the priest, because these are the first-fruits of the Lord.
from their half ye do take, and thou hast given to Eleazar the priest — the heave-offering of Jehovah.
30 Likewise, from the half of the portion belonging to the sons of Israel, you shall receive the fiftieth head of humans, and of oxen, and donkeys, and sheep, and of all living things, and you shall give these to the Levites who stand watch over the care 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 And Moses and Eleazar did just as the Lord had instructed.
And Moses doth — Eleazar the priest also — as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
32 Now the prey which the army had seized was six hundred seventy-five thousand 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 seventy-two thousand oxen,
and of the herd two and seventy thousand;
34 sixty-one thousand donkeys,
and of asses one and sixty thousand;
35 and thirty-two thousand human lives, of the female sex, who had not known men.
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 And one half of the portion was given to those who had been in the battle: three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred 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 From these, for the portion of the Lord, there were accounted: six hundred seventy-five sheep;
And the tribute to Jehovah of the sheep is six hundred five and seventy;
38 and from the thirty-six thousand oxen, seventy-two oxen;
and the herd [is] six and thirty thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah [is] two and seventy;
39 from the thirty thousand five hundred donkeys, sixty-one donkeys.
and the asses [are] thirty thousand and five hundred, and their tribute to Jehovah [is] one and sixty;
40 From the sixteen thousand human souls, there fell to the portion of the Lord thirty-two souls.
and the human beings [are] sixteen thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah [is] two and thirty persons.
41 And Moses delivered the number of the first-fruits of the Lord to Eleazar the priest, just as had been commanded of him,
And Moses giveth the tribute — Jehovah's heave-offering — to Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
42 from the one half portion belonging to the sons of Israel, which he had separated from the portion of those who had been in the battle.
And of the sons of Israel's half, which Moses halved from the men who war —
43 Yet truly, from the one half portion which fell to the remainder of the multitude, that is, from the three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,
and the company's half is, of the flock three hundred thousand, and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred;
44 and from the thirty-six thousand oxen,
and of the herd six and thirty thousand;
45 and from the thirty thousand five hundred donkeys,
and of asses thirty thousand and five hundred;
46 and from the sixteen thousand persons,
and of human beings sixteen thousand —
47 Moses took the fiftieth head, and gave it to the Levites who stand watch at the tabernacle of the Lord, just as the Lord had instructed.
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 And when the leaders of the army, and the tribunes, and the centurions had approached Moses, they said:
And the inspectors whom the thousands of the host hath, (heads of the thousands and heads of the hundreds), draw near unto Moses,
49 “We, your servants, have taken a census of the number of the fighting men, whom we had under our hand, and indeed not one was lacking.
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 For this reason, we offer as gifts to the Lord whatever gold each one was able to find amid the spoils, in anklets and arm bands, rings and bracelets, and little chains, so that you may intercede for us to 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 And Moses and Eleazar the priest received all the gold in its various kinds,
And Moses receiveth — Eleazar the priest also — the gold from them, every made vessel,
52 weighing sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels, from the tribunes and the centurions.
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 For whatever each one had taken away in the spoils was his own.
(the men of the host have spoiled each for himself);
54 And having been accepted, they took it into the tabernacle of the testimony, as a memorial of the sons of Israel 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.
