Numbers 31

1 And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,

And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

2 Execute the vengeance of the children of Israel on the Midianites, after which thou shalt be gathered unto thy people.

Reuenge the children of Israel of the Midianites, and afterwarde shalt thou be gathered vnto thy 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 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.

4 A thousand each for every tribe, of all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the army.

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

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

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

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 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.

7 And they marched out against the Midianites, as the Lord had commanded Moses; and they slew every male.

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

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.

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:

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.

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.

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

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

11 And they took all the spoil, and all the booty, both of men and of cattle.

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

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 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.

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

Then Moses and Eleazar the Priest, and all the princes of the Congregation went out of the campe to meete 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 captaines of the hoste, with the captaines ouer thousands, and captaines ouer hundreds, which came from the warre and battel.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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 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,

22 Nevertheless the gold, and the silver, the copper, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

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

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.

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.

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.

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

25 And the Lord said unto Moses, as followeth,

And the Lord spake vnto 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 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.

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

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

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

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.

31 And Moses with Elazar the priest did, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord had 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 the bootie, to wit, the rest of the praie which the men of warre had spoyled, was sixe hundreth seuentie and fiue thousand sheepe,

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

And seuentie and two thousand beeues,

34 And of asses, sixty and one thousand,

And three score and one thousand asses,

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

41 And Moses gave the tribute, the Lord's heave-offering, unto Elazar the priest, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

And Moses gaue the tribute of the Lordes offring vnto Eleazar the Priest, as the Lord had 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, —

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

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

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

44 And beef-cattle, thirty and six thousand,

And sixe and thirtie thousand beeues,

45 And asses thirty thousand five hundred,

And thirtie thousand asses, and fiue hudreth,

46 And human persons sixteen thousand; )

And sixteene thousande persons)

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.

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.

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.

Then the captaines which were ouer thousandes of the hoste, the captaines ouer the thousandes, and the captaines ouer the hundreds came vnto 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.

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.

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.

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.

51 And Moses with Elazar the priest took the gold from them, all kinds of wrought articles.

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

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 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,

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

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

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 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.