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.

Revenge first the children of Israel on the Madianites, and so thou shalt be gathered to thy 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 forthwith said: Arm of you men to fight, who may take the revenge of the Lord on the Madianites.

4 A thousande of euery tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye sende to the warre.

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

5 So there were taken out of the thousands of Israel, twelue thousande prepared vnto warre, of euery tribe a thousand.

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

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 with Phinees the son of Eleazar the priest, and he delivered to him the holy vessels, and the trumpets to sound.

7 And they warred against Midian, as the Lord had commanded Moses, and slue all the males.

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

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 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.

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

10 And they burnt all their cities, wherein they dwelt, and all their villages with fire.

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

11 And they tooke all the spoyle and all the pray both of men and beastes.

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

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 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.

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 princes of the synagogue went forth to meet them without the camp.

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

15 And Moses sayde vnto them, What? haue ye saued all the women?

Said: Why have you saved the women?

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.

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?

17 Now therefore, slay all the males among the children, and kill all the women that haue knowen man by carnall copulation.

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

18 But all the women children that haue not knowen carnall copulation, keepe aliue for your selues.

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

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 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.

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 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.

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,

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:

22 As for gold, and siluer, brasse, yron, tynne, and lead:

Gold, and silver, and brass, and iron, and lend, 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.

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:

24 Ye shall wash also your clothes the seuenth day, and ye shalbe cleane: and afterward ye shall come into the Hoste.

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

25 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses:

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

27 And deuide the praye betweene the souldiers that went to the warre, and all the Congregation.

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

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 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.

29 Yee shall take it of their halfe and giue it vnto Eleazar the Priest, as an heaue offring of the Lord.

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

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.

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

And Moses and Eleazar did as the Lord had commanded.

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

33 And seuentie and two thousand beeues,

Seventy-two thousand oxen,

34 And three score and one thousand asses,

Sixty-one thousand asses:

35 And two and thirtie thousande persons in all, of women that had lyen by no man.

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

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

37 And the Lordes tribute of the sheepe was sixe hundreth and seuentie and fiue:

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

38 And the beeues were six and thirty thousad, whereof the Lordes tribute was seuentie and two.

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

39 And the asses were thirtie thousande and fiue hundreth, whereof the Lordes tribute was three score and one:

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

40 And of persons sixtene thousand, whereof the Lordes tribute was two and thirtie persons.

Out of the sixteen thousand persons, there fell to the portion of 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 delivered the number of the firstfruits of the Lord to Eleazar the priest, as had been commanded him,

42 And of the halfe of the children of Israel, which Moses deuided from the men of warre,

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

43 (For the halfe that perteined vnto the Congregation, was three hundreth thirtie and seuen thousand sheepe and fiue hundreth,

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,

44 And sixe and thirtie thousand beeues,

And out of the thirty-six thousand oxen,

45 And thirtie thousand asses, and fiue hudreth,

And out of the thirty thousand five hundred asses,

46 And sixteene thousande persons)

And out of the sixteen thousand persons,

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

51 And Moses and Eleazar the Priest tooke the golde of them, and all wrought iewels,

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

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,

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

53 (For the men of warre had spoyled, euery man for him selfe)

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

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