Numbers 31

1 And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

2 Execute the vengeance of the children of Israel on the Midianites, after which thou shalt be gathered unto 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 spoke unto the people, saying, Arm from yourselves some men for the army, and let them go against the Midianites, to execute the vengeance of the Lord on 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 thousand each for every tribe, of all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the army.

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

5 And there were levied out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for the army.

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, a thousand of every tribe, to the army; them and Phinehas the son of Elazar the priest, to the army, with the holy vessels, and the trumpets for blowing the alarm 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 marched out against the Midianites, as the Lord had commanded Moses; and they slew every male.

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

8 And the kings of Midian they slew, besides the rest of their men that were slain; namely, Evi and Rekem, and Zur, and Chur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian; and Bil'am the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

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

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 all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their castles they burnt 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 took all the spoil, and all the booty, both of men and of cattle.

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

12 And they brought unto Moses, and to Elazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, the captives, and the booty, and the spoil, unto the camp, to the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan opposite Jericho.

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

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 wroth with the officers of the host, the captains over the thousands, and the captains over the hundreds, who had come from the war-campaign.

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 said unto them, Have ye allowed all the females to live?

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

16 Behold, these chiefly were the cause unto the children of Israel, through the counsel of Bil'am, to commit the gross trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor; through which there was the 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 And now kill ye every male among the little ones, and every woman that hath known man by lying with him shall ye kill.

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

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

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

19 But ye, —you must abide without the camp seven days: all ye who have killed any person, and all who have touched any one slain, shall purify yourselves on the third day, and on the seventh day; both you and your captives.

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 And every garment, and whatever is made of skins, and every work of goats' hair, and every vessel made of wood, shall ye purify unto yourselves.

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

21 And Elazar the priest said unto the men of the army who had gone to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord hath 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 Nevertheless the gold, and the silver, the copper, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

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

23 Every thing that cometh into the fire shall ye make go through the fire, and it shall be clean; only it shall be purified with the waters of sprinkling: and whatsoever doth not come into the fire shall ye cause to go through 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 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and after that may ye come into the camp.

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 said unto Moses, as followeth,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

26 Take the sum of the booty of the captives, both of man and of cattle, thou, with Elazar the priest, and the chiefs of the families 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 thou shalt divide the booty, between those that carried on the war, who went out to the army, and between 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 levy a tribute unto the Lord from the men of war who went out to the army, one individual from every five hundred, of the persons, and of the beef-cattle, and of the asses, and of the sheep;

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 From their half shall ye take it; and thou shalt give it unto Elazar the priest, for a heave-offering of the Lord.

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

30 And from the half of the children of Israel, shalt thou take one individual, as it may come, from any fifty, of the persons, of beef-cattle, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of cattle; and thou shalt give the same unto the Levites, who keep 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 with Elazar the priest did, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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

32 And the booty, being the rest of the spoil which the men of the army had taken, was of sheep and goats, six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand,

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

33 And of beef-cattle, seventy and two thousand,

and oxen, seventy-two thousand:

34 And of asses, sixty and one thousand,

and asses, sixty-one thousand.

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

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

36 And the half, the portion of those who had gone out in the army, was, in the number of sheep and goats, three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred.

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 tribute unto the Lord of the flocks was six hundred and seventy and five.

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

38 And the beef-cattle were thirty and six thousand; and the tribute thereof unto the Lord was seventy and two.

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

39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; and the tribute thereof unto the Lord was sixty and one.

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

40 And the human persons were sixteen thousand; and the tribute thereof unto the Lord was thirty and two persons.

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

41 And Moses gave the tribute, the Lord's heave-offering, unto Elazar 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 from the half of the children of Israel, which Moses divided off from the men that had gone forth in the army, —

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

43 (Now the half of the congregation was, of sheep and goats three hundred thousand and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred.

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

44 And beef-cattle, thirty and six thousand,

And the oxen, thirty-six thousand;

45 And asses thirty thousand five hundred,

asses, thirty thousand and five hundred;

46 And human persons sixteen thousand; )

and persons, sixteen thousand.

47 And Moses took from this half of the children of Israel, as it came, one from every fifty, of man and of cattle, and gave the same unto the Levites, who kept 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 And there came near unto Moses the officers who had been over the thousands of the army, the captains of the thousands, and the captains of the hundreds.

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 they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war who have been under our command, and there lacketh not one man of us.

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

50 We have therefore brought an oblation unto the Lord, each what he hath gotten of vessels of gold, chains, and bracelets, finger-rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls 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 with Elazar the priest took the gold from them, all kinds of wrought articles.

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

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

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 The men of the army had taken spoil, every man for himself.

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

54 And Moses and Elazar the priest took the gold from the captains of the thousands and of the hundreds, and they brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, as a memorial for 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.