< Numbers 31 >
1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Execute the vengeance of the sons of Israel against the Midianites—afterward you are gathered to your people.”
Avenge the children of Israel upon the Midianites; afterwards shalt thou be gathered unto thy peoples.
3 And Moses speaks to the people, saying, “Arm men from [among] you for the war, and they are against Midian, to put the vengeance of YHWH on Midian;
And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm from amongst you men for military service, that they go against Midian to execute Jehovah's vengeance upon Midian.
4 one thousand for a tribe—you send one thousand for a tribe, of all the tribes of Israel, to the war.”
Of every tribe a thousand, of all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
5 And there are given out of the thousands of Israel one thousand for a tribe—twelve thousand armed ones [for] war;
And there were levied out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand by tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
6 and Moses sends them, one thousand for a tribe, to the war; [he sent] them and Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the war, with the holy vessels and the trumpets of shouting in his hand.
And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand by the tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, and the holy instruments, even the alarm-trumpets in his hand.
7 And they war against Midian, as YHWH has commanded Moses, and slay every male;
And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah had commanded Moses, and slew all the males.
8 and they have slain the kings of Midian besides their pierced ones: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba—five kings of Midian; and they have slain Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
And they slew the kings of Midian, besides the others slain, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian; and Balaam the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
9 And the sons of Israel take the women of Midian and their infants captive; and they have plundered all their livestock, and all their substance, and all their wealth;
And the children of Israel took the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took for a spoil all their cattle and all their flocks and all their goods;
10 and they have burned all their cities, with their habitations, and all their towers, with fire.
and all their cities in their settlements and all their encampments they burned with fire.
11 And they take all the spoil and all the prey, among man and among beast;
And they took all the booty, and all the prey, of man and of cattle;
12 and they bring in the captives, and the prey, and the spoil to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the sons of Israel, to the camp, to the plains of Moab, which [are] by the Jordan, [near] Jericho.
and they brought to Moses and Eleazar the priest, and to the assembly of the children of Israel, the captives and the prey and the booty, to the camp in the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan of Jericho.
13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, go out to meet them, to the outside of the camp,
And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the princes of the assembly went forth to meet them outside the camp.
14 and Moses is angry against the inspectors of the force, chiefs of the thousands, and chiefs of the hundreds, who are coming in from the warfare of battle.
And Moses was wroth with the officers of the army, with the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war;
15 And Moses says to them, “Have you kept every female alive?
and Moses said to them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
16 Behold, they have been to the sons of Israel, through the word of Balaam, to cause a trespass against YHWH in the matter of Peor, and the plague is in the congregation of YHWH.
Lo, these, through the counsel of Balaam, caused the children of Israel to commit sin against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague on the assembly of Jehovah.
17 And now, slay every male among the infants, indeed, slay every woman knowing a man by the lying of a male;
And now slay every male among the little ones, and slay every woman that hath known man by lying with him,
18 and all the infants among the women who have not known the lying of a male you have kept alive for yourselves.
but all the children among the women that have not known lying with a man, keep alive for yourselves.
19 And you, encamp at the outside of the camp [for] seven days; any who has slain a person, and any who has come against a pierced one, cleanse yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day—you and your captives;
And encamp outside the camp seven days; whoever hath killed a person, and whoever hath touched any slain; ye shall purify yourselves on the third day, and on the seventh day, you and your captives.
20 and every garment, and every skin vessel, and every work of goats’ [hair], and every wooden vessel, you yourselves cleanse.”
And every garment, and every vessel of skin, and all work of goat's hair, and every utensil of wood shall ye purify.
21 And Eleazar the priest says to the men of war who go to battle, “This [is] the statute of the law which YHWH has commanded Moses:
And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war that had gone to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
22 only the gold, and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
Only the gold, and the silver, the copper, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
23 everything which may go into fire, you cause to pass over through fire, and it has been clean; it is surely cleansed with the water of separation; and all that may not go into fire, you cause to pass over through water;
everything that passeth through the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean; only it shall be purified with the water of separation; and everything that cannot pass through the fire ye shall make go through the water.
24 and you have washed your garments on the seventh day and have been clean, and afterward you come into the camp.”
And ye shall wash your garments on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean; and afterwards ye may come into the camp.
25 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
26 “Take up the sum of the prey of the captives, among man and among beast, you, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers of the congregation;
Take the sum of the prey that was taken, of man and of cattle, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the assembly;
27 and you have halved the prey between those handling the battle, who go out to the war, and all the congregation;
and divide the prey into halves, between them that conducted the war, who went out to the battle, and the whole assembly.
28 and you have raised a tribute to YHWH from the men of battle, who go out to the war, one body out of five hundred, of man, and of the herd, and of the donkeys, and of the flock;
And thou shalt levy a tribute for Jehovah of the men of war who went out to the army, one soul of five hundred of the persons, and of the oxen, and of the asses, and of the small cattle.
29 you take from their half and have given [it] to Eleazar the priest [as] a raised-offering of YHWH.
Of their half shall ye take it, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for a heave-offering of Jehovah.
30 And from the sons of Israel’s half you take one possession out of fifty, of man, of the herd, of the donkeys, and of the flock, of all the livestock, and you have given them to the Levites keeping the charge of the Dwelling Place of YHWH.”
And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the asses, and of the small cattle, of every [kind of] beasts, and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, who keep the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.
31 And Moses does—Eleazar the priest also—as YHWH has commanded Moses.
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
32 And the prey, the remainder of the spoil which the people of the host have spoiled, is six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand of the flock;
And the prey, the rest of the spoil, which the men of war had taken, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,
33 and seventy-two thousand of the herd;
and seventy-two thousand oxen,
34 and sixty-one thousand donkeys;
and sixty-one thousand asses,
35 and of mankind—of the women who have not known the lying of a male—all the persons [are] thirty-two thousand.
and of human persons, of the women that had not known lying with a man, all the persons were thirty-two thousand.
36 And the half, the portion of those who go out into the war, is [in] number three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred of the flock.
And the half, the portion of them that had gone out to the war, was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,
37 And the tribute to YHWH of the sheep is six hundred seventy-five;
and the tribute for Jehovah of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five;
38 and the herd [is] thirty-six thousand, and their tribute to YHWH [is] seventy-two;
and the oxen were thirty-six thousand, and the tribute thereof for Jehovah, seventy-two;
39 and the donkeys [are] thirty thousand and five hundred, and their tribute to YHWH [is] sixty-one;
and the asses were thirty thousand five hundred, and the tribute thereof for Jehovah, sixty-one;
40 and of mankind [are] sixteen thousand, and their tribute to YHWH [is] thirty-two persons.
and the human persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the tribute for Jehovah was thirty-two persons.
41 And Moses gives the tribute—YHWH’s raised-offering—to Eleazar the priest, as YHWH has commanded Moses.
And Moses gave the tribute of Jehovah's heave-offering to Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
42 And of the sons of Israel’s half, which Moses halved from the men who war—
And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses had divided, [taking it] from the men that served in the war,
43 and the congregation’s half is three hundred thousand and thirty thousand [and] seven thousand and five hundred of the flock;
(now the half belonging to the assembly was of the sheep, three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred,
44 and thirty-six thousand of the herd;
and thirty-six thousand oxen,
45 and thirty thousand and five hundred donkeys;
and thirty thousand five hundred asses,
46 and sixteen thousand of mankind—
and sixteen thousand human persons, )
47 Moses takes from the sons of Israel’s half one possession from the fifty, of man and of beast, and gives them to the Levites keeping the charge of the Dwelling Place of YHWH, as YHWH has commanded Moses.
...of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, of man and of cattle, and gave them to the Levites who kept the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
48 And the inspectors whom the thousands of the host have (heads of the thousands and heads of the hundreds), draw near to Moses,
And the officers who were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near to Moses,
49 and they say to Moses, “Your servants have taken up the sum of the men of war who [are] with us, and not a man of us has been missed;
and they said to Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war who were under our hand, and there is not one man of us lacking.
50 and we bring YHWH’s offering near, each of that which he has found of vessels of gold—chain, and bracelet, seal-ring, [ear]-ring, and bead—to make atonement for ourselves before YHWH.”
So we present the offering of Jehovah, that which each one hath found, jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for our souls before Jehovah.
51 And Moses receives—Eleazar the priest also—the gold from them, every vessel of workmanship;
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, all manner of wrought jewels.
52 and all the gold of the raised-offering which they have lifted up to YHWH is sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, from heads of the thousands and from heads of the hundreds;
And all the gold of the heave-offering that they offered to Jehovah was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, from the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds.
53 (the men of the host have each taken spoil for himself);
(The men of war had taken spoil each one for himself.)
54 and Moses takes—Eleazar the priest also—the gold from the heads of the thousands and of the hundreds, and they bring it into the Tent of Meeting [as] a memorial for the sons of Israel before YHWH.
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, as a memorial for the children of Israel before Jehovah.