Numbers 31
1 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 Reuenge the children of Israel of the Midianites, and afterwarde shalt thou be gathered vnto thy people.
Avenge the wrongs of the children of Israel on the Madianites, and afterwards you shall be added to your people.
3 And Moses spake to the people, saying, Harnesse some of you vnto warre, and let them goe against Midian, to execute the vengeance of the Lord against Midian.
And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm some of you, and set yourselves in array before the Lord against Madian, to inflict vengeance on Madian from the Lord.
4 A thousande of euery tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye sende to the warre.
Send a thousand of each tribe from all the tribes of the children of Israel to set themselves in array.
5 So there were taken out of the thousands of Israel, twelue thousande prepared vnto warre, of euery tribe a thousand.
And they numbered of the thousands of Israel a thousand of [each] tribe, twelve thousands; [these were] armed for war.
6 And Moses sent them to the warre, euen a thousand of euery tribe, and sent them with Phinehas the sonne of Eleazar the Priest to the warre: and the holy instruments, that is, the trumpets to blow were in his hand.
And Moses sent them away a thousand of every tribe with their forces, and Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest: and the holy instruments, and the signal trumpets [were] in their hands.
7 And they warred against Midian, as the Lord had commanded Moses, and slue all the males.
And they set themselves in array against Madian, as the Lord commanded Moses; and they killed every male.
8 They slue also the Kings of Midian among them that were slaine: Eui and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur and Reba fiue kings of Midian, and they slue Balaam the sonne of Beor with the sworde:
And they killed the kings of Madian together with their slain [subjects]; even Evi and Rocon, and Sur, and Ur, and Roboc, five kings of Madian; and they killed with the sword Balaam the son of Beor with their [other] slain.
9 But the children of Israel tooke the women of Midian prisoners, and their children, and spoyled all their cattell, and all their flockes, and all their goods.
And they made a prey of the women of Madian, and their store, and their cattle, and all their possessions: and they spoiled their forces.
10 And they burnt all their cities, wherein they dwelt, and all their villages with fire.
And they burnt with fire all their cities in the places of their habitation and they burnt their villages with fire.
11 And they tooke all the spoyle and all the pray both of men and beastes.
And they took all their plunder, and all their spoils, both man and beast.
12 And they brought the captiues and that which they had taken, and the spoyle vnto Moses and to Eleazar the Priest, and vnto the Congregation of the children of Israel, into ye campe in the playne of Moab, which was by Iorden toward Iericho.
And they brought to Moses and to Eleazar the priest, and to all the children of Israel, the captives, and the spoils, and the plunder, to the camp to Araboth Moab, which is at Jordan by Jericho.
13 Then Moses and Eleazar the Priest, and all the princes of the Congregation went out of the campe to meete them.
And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the rulers of the synagogue went forth out of the camp to meet them.
14 And Moses was angry with the captaines of the hoste, with the captaines ouer thousands, and captaines ouer hundreds, which came from the warre and battel.
And Moses was angry with the captains of the host, the heads of thousands and the heads of hundreds who came from the battle-array.
15 And Moses sayde vnto them, What? haue ye saued all the women?
And Moses said to them, Why have you saved every female alive?
16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel through the counsell of Balaam to commit a trespasse against the Lord, as concerning Peor, and there came a plague among the Congregation of the Lord.
For they were [the occasion] to the children of Israel by the word of Balaam of their revolting and despising the word of the Lord, because of Phogor; and there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord.
17 Now therefore, slay all the males among the children, and kill all the women that haue knowen man by carnall copulation.
Now then kill every male in all the spoil, kill every woman, who has known the lying with man.
18 But all the women children that haue not knowen carnall copulation, keepe aliue for your selues.
And as for all the captivity of women, who have not known the lying with man, save you them alive.
19 And ye shall remaine without the host seuen dayes, all that haue killed any person, and all that haue touched any dead, and purifie both your selues and your prisoners the third day and the seuenth.
And you shall encamp outside the [great] camp seven days; every one who has slain and who touches a dead body, shall be purified on the third day, and you and your captivity [shall purify yourselves] on the seventh day.
20 Also ye shall purifie euery garment and all that is made of skins and al worke of goates heare, and all things made of wood.
And you shall purify every garment and every leather utensil, and all furniture of goat skin, and every wooden vessel.
21 And Eleazar ye Priest sayd vnto the men of warre, which went to the battel, This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord commanded Moses,
And Eleazar the priest said to the men of the host that came from the battle-array, This [is] the ordinance of the law which the Lord has commanded Moses.
22 As for gold, and siluer, brasse, yron, tynne, and lead:
Beside the gold, and the silver, and the brass, and the iron, and lead, and tin,
23 Euen all that may abide the fire, yee shall make it goe through the fire, and it shalbe cleane: yet, it shalbe purified with the water of purification: and all that suffereth not the fire, yee shall cause to passe by the water.
every thing that shall pass through the fire shall so be clean, nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of sanctification; and whatever will not pass through the fire shall pass through water.
24 Ye shall wash also your clothes the seuenth day, and ye shalbe cleane: and afterward ye shall come into the Hoste.
And on the seventh day you shall wash your garments, and be clean; and afterwards you shall come into the camp.
25 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
26 Take the summe of the praie that was taken, both of persons and of cattell, thou and Eleazar the Priest, and the chiefe fathers of the Congregation.
Take the sum of the spoils of the captivity both of man and beast, you and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the families of the congregation.
27 And deuide the praye betweene the souldiers that went to the warre, and all the Congregation.
And you shall divide the spoils between the warriors that went out to battle, and the whole congregation.
28 And thou shalt take a tribute vnto ye Lord of the men of warre, which went out to battel: one person of fiue hundreth, both of the persons, and of the beeues, and of the asses, and of the sheepe.
And you shall take a tribute for the Lord from the warriors that went out to battle; one soul out of five hundred, from the men, and from the cattle, even from the oxen, and from the sheep, and from the asses; and you shall take from their half.
29 Yee shall take it of their halfe and giue it vnto Eleazar the Priest, as an heaue offring of the Lord.
And you shall give [them] to Eleazar the priest [as] the first fruits of the Lord.
30 But of the halfe of the children of Israel thou shalt take one, taken out of fiftie, both of the persons, of the beeues, of the asses, and of the sheepe, euen of all the cattel: and thou shalt giue them vnto the Leuites, which haue the charge of the Tabernacle of the Lord.
And from the half belonging to the children of Israel you shall take one in fifty from the men, and from the oxen, and from the sheep, and from the asses, and from all the cattle; and you shall give them to the Levites that keep the charges in the tabernacle of the Lord.
31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord had commanded Moses.
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.
32 And the bootie, to wit, the rest of the praie which the men of warre had spoyled, was sixe hundreth seuentie and fiue thousand sheepe,
And that which remained of the spoil which the warriors took, was—of the sheep, six hundred and seventy-five thousand:
33 And seuentie and two thousand beeues,
and oxen, seventy-two thousand:
34 And three score and one thousand asses,
and asses, sixty-one thousand.
35 And two and thirtie thousande persons in all, of women that had lyen by no man.
And persons of women who had not known lying with man, all the souls, thirty-two thousand.
36 And the halfe, to wit, the part of them that went out to warre touching the nomber of sheepe, was three hundreth seuen and thirtie thousand, and fiue hundreth.
And the half, [even] the portion of them that went out to war, from the number of the sheep, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand and five hundred.
37 And the Lordes tribute of the sheepe was sixe hundreth and seuentie and fiue:
And the tribute to the Lord from the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five.
38 And the beeues were six and thirty thousad, whereof the Lordes tribute was seuentie and two.
And the oxen, six and thirty thousand, and the tribute to the Lord seventy-two.
39 And the asses were thirtie thousande and fiue hundreth, whereof the Lordes tribute was three score and one:
And asses, thirty thousand and five hundred, and the tribute to the Lord, sixty-one:
40 And of persons sixtene thousand, whereof the Lordes tribute was two and thirtie persons.
and the persons, sixteen thousand, and the tribute of them to the Lord, thirty-two souls.
41 And Moses gaue the tribute of the Lordes offring vnto Eleazar the Priest, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
And Moses gave the tribute to the Lord, the heave-offering of God, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses;
42 And of the halfe of the children of Israel, which Moses deuided from the men of warre,
from the half belonging to the children of Israel, whom Moses separated from the men of war.
43 (For the halfe that perteined vnto the Congregation, was three hundreth thirtie and seuen thousand sheepe and fiue hundreth,
And the half [taken] from the sheep, belonging to the congregation, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand and five hundred.
44 And sixe and thirtie thousand beeues,
And the oxen, thirty-six thousand;
45 And thirtie thousand asses, and fiue hudreth,
asses, thirty thousand and five hundred;
46 And sixteene thousande persons)
and persons, sixteen thousand.
47 Moses, I say, tooke of the halfe that perteined vnto the children of Israel, one taken out of fiftie, both of the persons, and of the cattell, and gaue them vnto the Leuites, which haue the charge of the Tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
And Moses took of the half belonging to the children of Israel the fifties part, of men and of cattle, and he gave them to the Levites who keep the charges of the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
48 Then the captaines which were ouer thousandes of the hoste, the captaines ouer the thousandes, and the captaines ouer the hundreds came vnto Moses:
And all those who were appointed to be officers of thousands of the host, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, approached Moses, and said to Moses,
49 And saide to Moses, Thy seruants haue taken the summe of the men of warre which are vnder our authoritie, and there lacketh not one man of vs.
Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war with us, and not one is missing.
50 We haue therefore brought a present vnto the Lord, what euery man found of iewels of golde, bracelets, and cheines, rings, eare ringes, and ornaments of the legges, to make an atonement for our soules before the Lord.
And we have brought our gift to the Lord, [every] man who has found an article of gold, whether an armlet, or a chain, or a ring, or a bracelet, or a clasp for hair, to make atonement for us before the Lord.
51 And Moses and Eleazar the Priest tooke the golde of them, and all wrought iewels,
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, even every wrought article.
52 And all the golde of the offring that they offered vp to the Lord (of the captaines ouer thousands and hundreds) was sixteene thousande seuen hundreth and fiftie shekels,
And all the wrought gold, even the offering that they offered to the Lord, was sixteen thousand and seven hundred and fifty shekels from the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds.
53 (For the men of warre had spoyled, euery man for him selfe)
For the men of war took plunder every one for himself.
54 And Moses and Eleazar the Priest tooke the golde of the captaines ouer the thousandes, and ouer the hundreds, and brought it into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, for a memoriall of the children of Israel before the Lord.
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and brought the vessels into the tabernacle of witness, a memorial of the children of Israel before the Lord.
