< Numbers 31 >
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
2 Revenge first the children of Israel on the Madianites, and so thou shalt be gathered to thy people.
'Execute the vengeance of the sons of Israel against the Midianites — afterwards thou art gathered unto thy people.'
3 And Moses forthwith said: Arm of you men to fight, who may take the revenge of the Lord on the Madianites.
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 a thousand men be chosen out of every tribe of Israel to be sent to the 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 a thousand of every tribe, that is to say, twelve thousand men well appointed 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 Phinees the son of Eleazar the priest, and 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 Madianites and had overcome them, they slew all the men.
And they war against Midian, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses, and slay every male;
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 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 took their women, and their children captives, and all their cattle, and all their goods: and all their possessions they plundered:
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 And all their cities, and their villages, and castles, they burned.
and all their cities, with their habitations, and all their towers, they have burnt with fire.
11 And they carried away the booty, and all that they had taken both of men and of beasts.
And they take all the spoil, and all the prey, among man and among beast;
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 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 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 company, go out to meet them, unto the outside of 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 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 saved the women?
And Moses saith unto them, 'Have ye kept alive every female?
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, 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 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 ye every male among the infants, yea, every woman known of man by the lying of a male ye have slain;
18 But the girls, and all the women that are virgins save 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 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 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 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 skin vessel, and every work of goats' [hair], and every wooden vessel, ye yourselves cleanse.'
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 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 lend, and tin,
only, the gold, and the silver, the brass, 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:
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 the seventh day, and being purified, you shall afterwards enter into 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 said to Moses:
And Jehovah speaketh unto 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 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 thou shalt divide the spoil equally, between them that fought and went out to the war, and between the rest 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 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 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 thou shalt give it to Eleazar the priest, because they are the firstfruits of the Lord.
from their half ye do take, and thou hast given to Eleazar the priest — the 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 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 as the Lord had commanded.
And Moses doth — Eleazar the priest also — as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
32 And the spoil which the army had taken, 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 asses:
and of asses one and sixty thousand;
35 And thirty-two thousand persons of the female sex, that 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 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 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 Out of which, for the portion of the Lord, were reckoned six hundred seventy-five sheep.
And the tribute to Jehovah of the sheep is six hundred five and seventy;
38 And out of 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 Out of the thirty thousand five hundred asses, sixty-one asses:
and the asses [are] thirty thousand and five hundred, and their tribute to Jehovah [is] one and sixty;
40 Out of the sixteen thousand persons, 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 firstfruits of the Lord to Eleazar the priest, as had been commanded him,
And Moses giveth the tribute — Jehovah's heave-offering — to Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah hath 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 sons of Israel's half, which Moses halved from the men who 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,
and the company's half is, of the flock three hundred thousand, and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred;
44 And out of the thirty-six thousand oxen,
and of the herd six and thirty thousand;
45 And out of the thirty thousand five hundred asses,
and of asses thirty thousand and five hundred;
46 And out of the sixteen thousand persons,
and of human beings sixteen thousand —
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.
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 commanders of the army, and the tribunes and centurions were come to 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 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 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 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.
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 divers kinds,
And Moses receiveth — Eleazar the priest also — the gold from them, every made vessel,
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 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 that which every one had taken in the booty was his own.
(the men of the host have spoiled each 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 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.