Numbers 31

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And Yhwh spake unto Moses, saying,

2 Avenge the wrongs of the children of Israel on the Madianites, and afterwards you shall be added to your people.

Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.

3 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.

And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge Yhwh of Midian.

4 Send a thousand of each tribe from all the tribes of the children of Israel to set themselves in array.

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

5 And they numbered of the thousands of Israel a thousand of [each] tribe, twelve thousands; [these were] armed for war.

So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

6 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.

And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.

7 And they set themselves in array against Madian, as the Lord commanded Moses; and they killed every male.

And they warred against the Midianites, as Yhwh commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.

8 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.

And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

9 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.

And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.

10 And they burnt with fire all their cities in the places of their habitation and they burnt their villages with fire.

And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.

11 And they took all their plunder, and all their spoils, both man and beast.

And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.

12 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.

And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.

13 And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the rulers of the synagogue went forth out of the camp to meet them.

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

14 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.

And Moses was wroth with the officers of the army, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.

15 And Moses said to them, Why have you saved every female alive?

And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

16 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.

Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against Yhwh in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of Yhwh.

17 Now then kill every male in all the spoil, kill every woman, who has known the lying with man.

Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

18 And as for all the captivity of women, who have not known the lying with man, save you them alive.

But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

19 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.

And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.

20 And you shall purify every garment and every leather utensil, and all furniture of goat skin, and every wooden vessel.

And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood.

21 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.

And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which Yhwh commanded Moses;

22 Beside the gold, and the silver, and the brass, and the iron, and lead, and tin,

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

23 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.

Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.

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

And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.

25 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And Yhwh spake unto Moses, saying,

26 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.

Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:

27 And you shall divide the spoils between the warriors that went out to battle, and the whole congregation.

And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:

28 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.

And levy a tribute unto Yhwh of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the donkeys, and of the sheep:

29 And you shall give [them] to Eleazar the priest [as] the first fruits of the Lord.

Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of Yhwh.

30 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.

And of the children of Israel’s half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of Yhwh.

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

And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Yhwh commanded Moses.

32 And that which remained of the spoil which the warriors took, was—of the sheep, six hundred and seventy-five thousand:

And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,

33 and oxen, seventy-two thousand:

And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,

34 and asses, sixty-one thousand.

And threescore and one thousand donkeys,

35 And persons of women who had not known lying with man, all the souls, thirty-two thousand.

And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.

36 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.

And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:

37 And the tribute to the Lord from the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five.

And Yhwh's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

38 And the oxen, six and thirty thousand, and the tribute to the Lord seventy-two.

And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which Yhwh's tribute was threescore and twelve.

39 And asses, thirty thousand and five hundred, and the tribute to the Lord, sixty-one:

And the donkeys were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which Yhwh's tribute was threescore and one.

40 and the persons, sixteen thousand, and the tribute of them to the Lord, thirty-two souls.

And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which Yhwh's tribute was thirty and two persons.

41 And Moses gave the tribute to the Lord, the heave-offering of God, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses;

And Moses gave the tribute, which was Yhwh's heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as Yhwh commanded Moses.

42 from the half belonging to the children of Israel, whom Moses separated from the men of war.

And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,

43 And the half [taken] from the sheep, belonging to the congregation, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand and five hundred.

( Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,

44 And the oxen, thirty-six thousand;

And thirty and six thousand beeves,

45 asses, thirty thousand and five hundred;

And thirty thousand donkeys and five hundred,

46 and persons, sixteen thousand.

And sixteen thousand persons; )

47 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.

Even of the children of Israel’s half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of Yhwh; as Yhwh commanded Moses.

48 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,

And the officers which were over thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:

49 Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war with us, and not one is missing.

And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.

50 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.

We have therefore brought an oblation for Yhwh, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before Yhwh.

51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, even every wrought article.

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

52 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.

And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to Yhwh, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.

53 For the men of war took plunder every one for himself.

( For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)

54 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.

And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before Yhwh.