< Numbers 31 >

1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
2 Avenge the children of Israel upon the Midianites; afterwards shalt thou be gathered unto thy peoples.
“Take vengeance on the Midianites for what they did to the Israelites. After doing that, you will die and be gathered to your people.”
3 And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm from amongst you men for military service, that they go against Midian to execute Jehovah's vengeance upon Midian.
So Moses spoke to the people. He said, “Arm some of your men for war so they may go against Midian and carry out Yahweh's vengeance on it.
4 Of every tribe a thousand, of all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
Every tribe throughout Israel must send a thousand soldiers to war.”
5 And there were levied out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand by tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
So out of Israel's thousands of men, one thousand was provided from each tribe, twelve thousand men armed for war.
6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand by the tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, and the holy instruments, even the alarm-trumpets in his hand.
Then Moses sent them to battle, a thousand from every tribe, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, and with some articles from the holy place and the trumpets in his possession for sounding signals.
7 And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah had commanded Moses, and slew all the males.
They fought against Midian, as Yahweh had commanded Moses. They killed every man.
8 And they slew the kings of Midian, besides the others slain, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian; and Balaam the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their dead: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor, with the sword.
9 And the children of Israel took the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took for a spoil all their cattle and all their flocks and all their goods;
The army of Israel took captive the women of Midian, their children, all their cattle, all their flocks, and all their goods. They took these as plunder.
10 and all their cities in their settlements and all their encampments they burned with fire.
They burned all their cities where they lived and all their camps.
11 And they took all the booty, and all the prey, of man and of cattle;
They took all the plunder and prisoners, both people and animals.
12 and they brought to Moses and Eleazar the priest, and to the assembly of the children of Israel, the captives and the prey and the booty, to the camp in the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan of Jericho.
They brought the prisoners, the plunder, and the captured things to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the community of the people of Israel. They brought these to the camp in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan near Jericho.
13 And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the princes of the assembly went forth to meet them outside the camp.
Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the community went to meet them outside the camp.
14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the army, with the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war;
But Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from battle.
15 and Moses said to them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
Moses said to them, “Have you let all the women live?
16 Lo, these, through the counsel of Balaam, caused the children of Israel to commit sin against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague on the assembly of Jehovah.
Look, these women caused the people of Israel, through Balaam's advice, to commit sin against Yahweh in the matter of Peor, when the plague spread among Yahweh's community.
17 And now slay every male among the little ones, and slay every woman that hath known man by lying with him,
Now then, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has ever slept with a man.
18 but all the children among the women that have not known lying with a man, keep alive for yourselves.
But take for yourselves all the young girls who have never slept with a man.
19 And encamp outside the camp seven days; whoever hath killed a person, and whoever hath touched any slain; ye shall purify yourselves on the third day, and on the seventh day, you and your captives.
You must camp outside the camp of Israel for seven days. All of you who have killed anyone and or have touched any dead person—you must purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day—you and your prisoners.
20 And every garment, and every vessel of skin, and all work of goat's hair, and every utensil of wood shall ye purify.
You must purify every garment and everything made of animal hide and goats' hair, and everything made of wood.”
21 And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war that had gone to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone to war, “This is a decreed law that Yahweh has given to Moses:
22 Only the gold, and the silver, the copper, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
The gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead,
23 everything that passeth through the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean; only it shall be purified with the water of separation; and everything that cannot pass through the fire ye shall make go through the water.
and everything that resists fire, you must put it through the fire, and it will become clean. You must then purify those things with the water of cleansing. Whatever cannot go through the fire you must cleanse with that water.
24 And ye shall wash your garments on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean; and afterwards ye may come into the camp.
You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and then you will become clean. Afterward you may come into Israel's camp.”
25 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, of man and of cattle, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the assembly;
“Count all the plundered things that were taken, both people and animals. You, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community's ancestor's clans
27 and divide the prey into halves, between them that conducted the war, who went out to the battle, and the whole assembly.
must divide the plunder into two parts. Divide it between the soldiers who went out to battle and all the rest of the community.
28 And thou shalt levy a tribute for Jehovah of the men of war who went out to the army, one soul of five hundred of the persons, and of the oxen, and of the asses, and of the small cattle.
Then levy a tax to be given to me from the soldiers who went out to battle. This tax must be one out of every five hundred, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or goats.
29 Of their half shall ye take it, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for a heave-offering of Jehovah.
Take this tax from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest for an offering to be presented to me.
30 And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the asses, and of the small cattle, of every [kind of] beasts, and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, who keep the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.
Also from the people of Israel's half, you must take one out of every fifty—from the persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats. Give these to the Levites who take care of my tabernacle.”
31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
32 And the prey, the rest of the spoil, which the men of war had taken, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,
Now the plunder that remained of what the soldiers had taken was 675,000 sheep,
33 and seventy-two thousand oxen,
seventy-two thousand oxen,
34 and sixty-one thousand asses,
sixty-one thousand donkeys,
35 and of human persons, of the women that had not known lying with a man, all the persons were thirty-two thousand.
and thirty-two thousand women who had never slept with any man.
36 And the half, the portion of them that had gone out to the war, was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,
The half that was kept for the soldiers numbered 337,000 sheep.
37 and the tribute for Jehovah of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five;
Yahweh's part of the sheep was 675.
38 and the oxen were thirty-six thousand, and the tribute thereof for Jehovah, seventy-two;
The oxen were thirty-six thousand which Yahweh's tax was seventy-two.
39 and the asses were thirty thousand five hundred, and the tribute thereof for Jehovah, sixty-one;
The donkeys were 30,500 from which Yahweh's part was sixty-one.
40 and the human persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the tribute for Jehovah was thirty-two persons.
The persons were sixteen thousand women of whom Yahweh's tax was thirty-two.
41 And Moses gave the tribute of Jehovah's heave-offering to Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
Moses took the tax that was to be an offering presented to Yahweh. He gave it to Eleazar the priest, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
42 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses had divided, [taking it] from the men that served in the war,
As for the people of Israel's half that Moses had taken from the soldiers who had gone to war—
43 (now the half belonging to the assembly was of the sheep, three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred,
the community's half was 337,500 sheep,
44 and thirty-six thousand oxen,
thirty-six thousand oxen,
45 and thirty thousand five hundred asses,
30,500 donkeys,
46 and sixteen thousand human persons, )
and sixteen thousand women.
47 ...of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, of man and of cattle, and gave them to the Levites who kept the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
From the people of Israel's half, Moses took one out of every fifty, both of people and animals. He gave them to the Levites who kept care of Yahweh's tabernacle, as Yahweh had commanded him to do.
48 And the officers who were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near to Moses,
Then the officers of the army, the commanders over thousands and the captains over hundreds, came to Moses.
49 and they said to Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war who were under our hand, and there is not one man of us lacking.
They said to him, “Your servants have counted the soldiers who are under our command, and not one man is missing.
50 So we present the offering of Jehovah, that which each one hath found, jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for our souls before Jehovah.
We have brought Yahweh's offering, what each man found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves before Yahweh.”
51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, all manner of wrought jewels.
Moses and Eleazar the priest received from them the gold and all the articles of craftsmanship.
52 And all the gold of the heave-offering that they offered to Jehovah was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, from the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds.
All the gold of the offering that they gave to Yahweh—the offerings from the commanders of thousands and from the captains of hundreds—weighed 16,750 shekels.
53 (The men of war had taken spoil each one for himself.)
Each soldier had taken plunder, each man for himself.
54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, as a memorial for the children of Israel before Jehovah.
Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the commanders of thousands and captains of hundreds. They took it into the tent of meeting as a reminder of the people of Israel for Yahweh.

< Numbers 31 >