Numbers 31

1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

And the LORD spake unto 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 of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.

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 spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of 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, throughout 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;

So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of [every] 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 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 war against Midian, as YHWH has commanded Moses, and slay every male;

And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they 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, 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 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 [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 have burned all their cities, with their habitations, and all their towers, with fire.

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

11 And they take all the spoil and all the prey, among man and among beast;

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

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 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 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 congregation, went forth to meet them without 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 host, [with] the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.

15 And Moses says to them, “Have you kept every female alive?

And Moses said unto 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.

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

17 And now, slay every male among the infants, indeed, slay every woman knowing a man by the lying of a male;

Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill 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 women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, 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 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 every garment, and every skin vessel, and every work of goats’ [hair], and every wooden vessel, you yourselves cleanse.”

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 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 unto the men of war which went to the battle, This [is] the ordinance of the law which the LORD 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 brass, 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;

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

25 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

And the LORD spake unto 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, [both] of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:

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

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 levy a tribute unto the LORD 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 asses, and of the sheep:

29 you take from their half and have given [it] to Eleazar the priest [as] a raised-offering of YHWH.

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

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 beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.

31 And Moses does—Eleazar the priest also—as YHWH has commanded Moses.

And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD 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 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 seventy-two thousand of the herd;

And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,

34 and sixty-one thousand donkeys;

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

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, [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 YHWH of the sheep is six hundred seventy-five;

And the LORD’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

38 and the herd [is] thirty-six thousand, and their tribute to YHWH [is] seventy-two;

And the beeves [were] thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD’s tribute [was] threescore and twelve.

39 and the donkeys [are] thirty thousand and five hundred, and their tribute to YHWH [is] sixty-one;

And the asses [were] thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD’s tribute [was] threescore and one.

40 and of mankind [are] sixteen thousand, and their tribute to YHWH [is] thirty-two persons.

And the persons [were] sixteen thousand; of which the LORD’s tribute [was] thirty and 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, [which was] the LORD’s heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD 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 divided from the men that warred,

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 [that pertained unto] the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand [and] seven thousand and five hundred sheep,

44 and thirty-six thousand of the herd;

And thirty and six thousand beeves,

45 and thirty thousand and five hundred donkeys;

And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,

46 and sixteen thousand of mankind—

And sixteen thousand 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.

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 the LORD; as the LORD 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 which [were] over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto 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 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 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.”

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

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, [even] all 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 offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.

53 (the men of the host have each taken spoil for himself);

([For] the men of war had taken spoil, every man 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 tabernacle of the congregation, [for] a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.