Numbers 31

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

2 Revenge first the children of Israel on the Madianites, and so thou shalt be gathered to thy people.

Avenge the children of Israel upon the Midianites; afterwards shalt thou be gathered unto thy peoples.

3 And Moses forthwith said: Arm of you men to fight, who may take the revenge of the Lord on the Madianites.

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.

4 Let a thousand men be chosen out of every tribe of Israel to be sent to the war.

Of every tribe a thousand, of all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

5 And they gave a thousand of every tribe, that is to say, twelve thousand men well appointed for battle.

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

6 And Moses sent them with Phinees the son of Eleazar the priest, and he delivered to him the holy vessels, and the trumpets to sound.

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.

7 And when they had fought against the Madianites and had overcome them, they slew all the men.

And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah had commanded Moses, and slew all the males.

8 And their kings Evi, and Recem, and Sur, and Hur, and Rebe, five princes of the nation: Balaam also the son of Beer they killed with the sword.

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.

9 And they took their women, and their children captives, and all their cattle, and all their goods: and all their possessions they plundered:

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;

10 And all their cities, and their villages, and castles, they burned.

and all their cities in their settlements and all their encampments they burned with fire.

11 And they carried away the booty, and all that they had taken both of men and of beasts.

And they took all the booty, and all the prey, of man and of cattle;

12 And they brought them to Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and to all the multitude of the children of Israel. But the rest of the things for use they carried to the camp on the plains of Moab, beside the Jordan over against Jericho.

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.

13 And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the princes of the synagogue went forth to meet them without the camp.

And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the princes of the assembly went forth to meet them outside the camp.

14 And Moses being angry with the chief officers of the army, the tribunes, and the centurions that were come from the battle,

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;

15 Said: Why have you saved the women?

and Moses said to them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

16 Are not these they, that deceived the children of Israel by the counsel of Balaam, and made you transgress against the Lord by the sin of Phogor, for which also the people was punished?

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.

17 Therefore kill all that are of the male sex, even of the children: and put to death the women, that have carnally known men.

And now slay every male among the little ones, and slay every woman that hath known man by lying with him,

18 But the girls, and all the women that are virgins save for yourselves:

but all the children among the women that have not known lying with a man, keep alive for yourselves.

19 And stay without the camp seven days. He that hath killed a man, or touched one that is killed, shall be purified the third day and the seventh day.

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.

20 And of all the spoil, every garment, or vessel, or any thing made for use, of the skins, or hair of goats, or of wood, shall be purified.

And every garment, and every vessel of skin, and all work of goat's hair, and every utensil of wood shall ye purify.

21 Eleazar also the priest spoke to the men of the army, that had fought, in this manner: This is the ordinance of the law, which the Lord hath commanded Moses:

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.

22 Gold, and silver, and brass, and iron, and lend, and tin,

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

23 And all that may pass through the fire, shall be purified by fire, but whatsoever cannot abide the fire, shall be sanctified with the water of expiation:

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.

24 And you shall wash your garments the seventh day, and being purified, you shall afterwards enter into the camp.

And ye shall wash your garments on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean; and afterwards ye may come into the camp.

25 And the Lord said to Moses:

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

26 Take the sum of the things that were taken both of man and beast, thou and Eleazar the priest and the princes of the multitude:

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;

27 And thou shalt divide the spoil equally, between them that fought and went out to the war, and between the rest of the multitude.

and divide the prey into halves, between them that conducted the war, who went out to the battle, and the whole assembly.

28 And thou shalt separate a portion to the Lord from them that fought and were in the battle, one soul of five hundred as well of persons as of oxen and asses and sheep.

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.

29 And thou shalt give it to Eleazar the priest, because they are the firstfruits of the Lord.

Of their half shall ye take it, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for a heave-offering of Jehovah.

30 Out of the moiety also of the children of Israel thou shalt take the fiftieth head of persons, and of oxen, and asses, and sheep, and of all beasts, and thou shalt give them to the Levites that watch in the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.

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.

31 And Moses and Eleazar did as the Lord had commanded.

And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

32 And the spoil which the army had taken, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,

And the prey, the rest of the spoil, which the men of war had taken, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,

33 Seventy-two thousand oxen,

and seventy-two thousand oxen,

34 Sixty-one thousand asses:

and sixty-one thousand asses,

35 And thirty-two thousand persons of the female sex, that had not known men.

and of human persons, of the women that had not known lying with a man, all the persons were thirty-two thousand.

36 And one half was given to them that had been in the battle, to wit, three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep:

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,

37 Out of which, for the portion of the Lord, were reckoned six hundred seventy-five sheep.

and the tribute for Jehovah of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five;

38 And out of the thirty-six thousand oxen, seventy-two oxen:

and the oxen were thirty-six thousand, and the tribute thereof for Jehovah, seventy-two;

39 Out of the thirty thousand five hundred asses, sixty-one asses:

and the asses were thirty thousand five hundred, and the tribute thereof for Jehovah, sixty-one;

40 Out of the sixteen thousand persons, there fell to the portion of the Lord, thirty-two souls.

and the human persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the tribute for Jehovah was thirty-two persons.

41 And Moses delivered the number of the firstfruits of the Lord to Eleazar the priest, as had been commanded him,

And Moses gave the tribute of Jehovah's heave-offering to Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

42 Out of the half of the children of Israel, which he had separated for them that had been in the battle.

And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses had divided, [taking it] from the men that served in the war,

43 But out of the half that fell to the rest of the multitude, that is to say, out of the three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,

(now the half belonging to the assembly was of the sheep, three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred,

44 And out of the thirty-six thousand oxen,

and thirty-six thousand oxen,

45 And out of the thirty thousand five hundred asses,

and thirty thousand five hundred asses,

46 And out of the sixteen thousand persons,

and sixteen thousand human persons, )

47 Moses took the fiftieth head, and gave it to the Levites that watched in the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord had commanded.

...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.

48 And when the commanders of the army, and the tribunes and centurions were come to Moses, they said:

And the officers who were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near to Moses,

49 We thy servants have reckoned up the number of the fighting men, whom we had under our hand, and not so much as one was wanting.

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.

50 Therefore we offer as gifts to the Lord what gold every one of us could find in the booty, in garters and tablets, rings and bracelets, and chains, that thou mayst pray to the Lord for us.

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.

51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest received all the gold in divers kinds,

And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, all manner of wrought jewels.

52 In weight sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty sicles, from the tribunes and from the centurions.

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.

53 For that which every one had taken in the booty was his own.

(The men of war had taken spoil each one for himself.)

54 And that which was received they brought into the tabernacle of the testimony, for a memorial of the children of Israel before the Lord.

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.