< Numbers 31 >

1 And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
2 Execute the vengeance of the children of Israel on the Midianites, after which thou shalt be gathered unto thy people.
'Execute the vengeance of the sons of Israel against the Midianites — afterwards thou art gathered unto 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 speaketh unto the people, saying, 'Be ye armed some of you for the host, and they are against Midian, to put the vengeance of Jehovah on Midian;
4 A thousand each for every tribe, of all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the army.
a thousand for a tribe — a thousand for a tribe, to all the tribes of Israel — ye do send to the host.'
5 And there were levied out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for the army.
And there are given out of the thousands of Israel a thousand for a tribe, twelve thousand armed ones of the host;
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 sendeth them, a thousand for a tribe, to the host, them and Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, to the host; and the holy vessels, and the trumpets of the shouting, in his hand.
7 And they marched out against the Midianites, as the Lord had commanded Moses; and they slew every male.
And they war against Midian, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses, and slay 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 the kings of Midian they have slain, besides their pierced ones, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian; and Balaam son of Beor, they have slain with the sword.
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 the sons of Israel take captive the women of Midian, and their infants; and all their cattle, and all their substance, and all their wealth they have plundered;
10 And all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their castles they burnt with fire.
and all their cities, with their habitations, and all their towers, they have burnt with fire.
11 And they took all the spoil, and all the booty, both of men and of cattle.
And they take all the spoil, and all the prey, among man and among 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 bring in, unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the company of the sons of Israel, the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto the camp, unto the plains of Moab, which [are] by Jordan, [near] 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 princes of the company, go out to meet them, unto the outside of the camp,
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 is wroth against the inspectors of the force, chiefs of the thousands, and chiefs of the hundreds, who are coming in from the host of the battle.
15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye allowed all the females to live?
And Moses saith unto them, 'Have ye kept alive every female?
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.
lo, they — they have been to the sons of Israel, through the word of Balaam, to cause a trespass against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and the plague is in the company of Jehovah.
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.
'And now, slay ye every male among the infants, yea, every woman known of man by the lying of a male ye have slain;
18 But all among the women-children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
and all the infants among the women, who have not known the lying of a male, ye have kept alive for yourselves.
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, encamp ye at the outside of the camp seven days — any who hath slain a person, and any who hath come against a pierced one, ye cleanse yourselves on the third day, and on the seventh day — ye and your captives;
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 every garment, and every skin vessel, and every work of goats' [hair], and every wooden vessel, ye yourselves cleanse.'
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 saith unto the men of the host who go in to battle, 'This [is] the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses:
22 Nevertheless the gold, and the silver, the copper, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
only, the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the 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.
every thing which may go into fire, ye cause to pass over through fire, and it hath been clean; only, with the water of separation it is cleansed, and all that may not go into fire, ye cause to pass over 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 ye have washed your garments on the seventh day, and have been clean, and afterwards ye come in unto the camp.'
25 And the Lord said unto Moses, as followeth,
And Jehovah speaketh unto 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 up the sum of the prey of the captives, among man and among beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers of the company;
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 thou hast halved the prey between those handling the battle who go out to the host and all the company;
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 hast raised a tribute to Jehovah from the men of war, who go out to the host, one body out of five hundred, of man, and of the herd, and of the asses, and of the flock;
29 From their half shall ye take it; and thou shalt give it unto Elazar the priest, for a heave-offering of the Lord.
from their half ye do take, and thou hast given to Eleazar the priest — the heave-offering of Jehovah.
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 sons of Israel's half thou dost take one possession out of fifty, of man, of the herd, of the asses, and of the flock, of all the cattle, and thou hast given them to the Levites keeping the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.'
31 And Moses with Elazar the priest did, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
And Moses doth — Eleazar the priest also — as Jehovah hath 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 prey, the residue of the spoil which the people of the host have spoiled, is of the flock six hundred thousand, and seventy thousand, and five thousand;
33 And of beef-cattle, seventy and two thousand,
and of the herd two and seventy thousand;
34 And of asses, sixty and one thousand,
and of asses one and sixty thousand;
35 And of human persons, of women that had not known men by lying with him, in all thirty and two thousand.
and of human beings — of the women who have not known the lying of a male — all the persons [are] two and thirty 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 — the portion of those who go out into the host — the number of the flock is three hundred thousand, and thirty thousand, and 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 Jehovah of the sheep is six hundred five and seventy;
38 And the beef-cattle were thirty and six thousand; and the tribute thereof unto the Lord was seventy and two.
and the herd [is] six and thirty thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah [is] two and seventy;
39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; and the tribute thereof unto the Lord was sixty and one.
and the asses [are] thirty thousand and five hundred, and their tribute to Jehovah [is] one and sixty;
40 And the human persons were sixteen thousand; and the tribute thereof unto the Lord was thirty and two persons.
and the human beings [are] sixteen thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah [is] two and thirty persons.
41 And Moses gave the tribute, the Lord's heave-offering, unto Elazar the priest, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
And Moses giveth the tribute — Jehovah's heave-offering — to Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah hath 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 sons of Israel's half, which Moses halved from the men who 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 company's half is, of the flock three hundred thousand, and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred;
44 And beef-cattle, thirty and six thousand,
and of the herd six and thirty thousand;
45 And asses thirty thousand five hundred,
and of asses thirty thousand and five hundred;
46 And human persons sixteen thousand; )
and of human beings 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.
Moses taketh from the sons of Israel's half the one possession from the fifty, of man and of beast, and giveth them to the Levites keeping the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah, as Jehovah hath 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 the inspectors whom the thousands of the host hath, (heads of the thousands and heads of the hundreds), draw near unto 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 they say unto Moses, 'Thy servants have taken up the sum of the men of war who [are] with us, and not a man of us hath been missed;
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 bring near Jehovah's offering, each that which he hath found, vessels of gold — chain, and bracelet, seal-ring, [ear] -ring, and bead — to make atonement for ourselves before Jehovah.'
51 And Moses with Elazar the priest took the gold from them, all kinds of wrought articles.
And Moses receiveth — Eleazar the priest also — the gold from them, every made vessel,
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 gold of the heave-offering which they have lifted up to Jehovah is sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, from heads of the thousands, and from heads of the hundreds;
53 The men of the army had taken spoil, every man for himself.
(the men of the host have spoiled each 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 taketh — Eleazar the priest also — the gold from the heads of the thousands and of the hundreds, and they bring it in unto the tent of meeting — a memorial for the sons of Israel before Jehovah.

< Numbers 31 >