Numbers 31

1 Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying:

YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

2 Exact thou the avenging of the sons of Israel, from the Midianites, —and, afterwards, shalt thou be withdrawn unto thy kinsfolk.

"Avenge the children of Israel for the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people."

3 So Moses spake unto the people saying, Arm ye from among you men, for the war, and let them go against Midian, to render the avenging of Yahweh upon Midian.

Moses spoke to the people, saying, "Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute YHWH's vengeance on Midian.

4 A thousand from each tribe, —of all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send forth unto the war.

Of every tribe one thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, you shall send to the war."

5 And there volunteered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of each tribe, —twelve thousand, armed 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 sent them a thousand of each tribe to the war, —them, and Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary, and the alarm trumpets, in his hand.

Moses sent them, one thousand of every tribe, to the war, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.

7 So they made war upon Midian, as Yahweh had commanded Moses, and slew every male:

They warred against Midian, as YHWH commanded Moses; and they killed every male.

8 and the kings of Midian, slew they besides their other slain namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian, —Balaam also, son of Beor, slew they with the sword.

They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they killed with the sword.

9 And the sons of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones, —all their cattle also and all their flocks and all their substance, carried they off as a prey;

The children of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones; and all their livestock, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they took for a prey.

10 all their cities also in their sites, and all their encampments, burned they up with fire.

All their cities in the places in which they lived, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.

11 Then took they all the spoil, and all the booty, —both of man and beast;

They took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of animal.

12 and brought in unto Moses and unto Eleazar the priest and unto the assembly of the sons of Israel—the captives and the booty, and the spoil unto the camp, —unto the waste plains of Moab, which are by Jordan, near Jericho.

They brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.

13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest and all the princes of the assembly, went forth to meet them, —unto the outside of the camp.

Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation, went forth to meet them outside of the camp.

14 Then was Moses sore displeased with the officers of the force, —the princes of thousands, and the princes of hundreds who were coming in from the warring host.

Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.

15 And Moses said unto them, —Have ye saved alive every female?

Moses said to them, "Have you saved all the women alive?

16 Lo! they, became unto the sons of Israel, by the advice of Balaam, the cause of daring acts of treachery against Yahweh, over the affair of Peor, —and then came the plague against the assembly of Yahweh!

Look, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against YHWH in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of YHWH.

17 Now, therefore, slay ye every male among the young, —every woman also that hath cohabited with man, slay ye.

Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.

18 But all the young of womankind that have, not cohabited with man, preserve alive for yourselves.

But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

19 Ye, then, pitch outside the camp, for seven days, —whosoever hath killed a person and whoever hath touched the slain, cleanse yourselves (from sin) on the third day and on the seventh day ye and your captives,

"Encamp outside of the camp seven days: whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, you and your captives.

20 Every garment also, and every article of skin and every thing made of goat’s-hair, and every article of wood, shall ye cleanse (from sin).

As to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood, you shall purify yourselves."

21 Then said Eleazar the priest unto the men of the host, who had been to the war: This, is the statute of the law, which Yahweh hath commanded Moses:

Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, "This is the statute of the law which YHWH has commanded Moses:

22 Surely the gold and the silver, —the bronze the iron, the tin and the lead,

however the gold, and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

23 whatsoever thing can go into fire, ye shall pass through fire and it shall be clean, only with the water of separation, shall ye cleanse it (from sin). But whatsoever cannot go into fire, ye shall pass through water.

everything that may withstand the fire, you shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity: and all that doesn't withstand the fire you shall make to go through the water.

24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and be clean, —and after-wards, shall ye come into the camp.

You shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean; and afterward you shall come into the camp."

25 Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying:

YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

26 Reckon thou up the sum of the booty that was captured, both of man and of beast, —thou and Eleazar the priest, and the ancestral heads of the assembly;

"Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of animal, you, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the ancestral houses of the congregation;

27 and divide the booty into two parts, between them who took upon them the war, who went out in the host, —and all the [rest of the] assembly.

and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation.

28 Then shalt thou levy a tribute unto Yahweh—from the men of war, who went forth in the host, one living thing, out of five hundred, —of the human beings, and of the herd, and of the asses and of the flock:

Levy a tribute to YHWH of the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred; of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks.

29 out of their half, shall ye take [them], —and thou shall give [them] unto Eleazar the priest as a heave-offering unto Yahweh.

Take it of their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for YHWH's wave offering.

30 And out of the half allotted to the sons of Israel, shalt thou take one allotted portion out of fifty of the human beings, of the herd, of the asses and of the flock of all the cattle, —and shalt give them unto the Levites, who keep the charge of the habitation of Yahweh.

Of the children of Israel's half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all the livestock, and give them to the Levites, who perform the duty of the tabernacle of YHWH."

31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did, —As Yahweh commanded Moses.

Moses and Eleazar the priest did as YHWH commanded Moses.

32 And it came to pass that the booty, over and above the prey which the people of the host had seized, was, —of the flock, six hundred and seventy-five thousand;

Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,

33 and, of the herd, seventy-two thousand;

and seventy-two thousand head of cattle,

34 and, of the asses, sixty-one thousand;

and sixty-one thousand donkeys,

35 and, of the human persons, even of the woman-kind who had not cohabited with man, —all the persons, thirty-two thousand.

and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of the women who had not known man by lying with him.

36 And the half, the share of them who had gone forth in the host, was, —the number of the flock—three hundred and thirty-seven thousand and five hundred;

The half, which was the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep:

37 and so, the tribute unto Yahweh, out of the flock, was—six hundred and seventy-five;

and YHWH's tribute of the sheep was six hundred seventy-five.

38 and the herd, thirty-six thousand, —and the tribute of them unto Yahweh—seventy-two;

The cattle were thirty-six thousand; of which YHWH's tribute was seventy-two.

39 and the asses, thirty thousand and five hundred, —and the tribute of them unto Yahweh, sixty-one;

The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred; of which YHWH's tribute was sixty-one.

40 and the human persons, sixteen thousand, —and the tribute of them unto Yahweh, thirty-two persons.

The persons were sixteen thousand; of whom YHWH's tribute was thirty-two persons.

41 And Moses gave the tribute—the heave-offering of Yahweh, unto Eleazar the priest, —As Yahweh commanded Moses.

Moses gave the tribute, which was YHWH's wave offering, to Eleazar the priest, as YHWH commanded Moses.

42 And, of the half, allotted unto the sons of Israel, —which Moses halved away from the men who had gone out in the host,

Of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men who warred

43 the half allotted unto the assembly, was—of the flock, three hundred and thirty-seven thousand, and five hundred;

(now the congregation's half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,

44 and, of the herd, six and thirty thousand;

and thirty-six thousand head of cattle,

45 and, of asses, thirty thousand and five hundred;

and thirty thousand five hundred donkeys,

46 and, human persons, sixteen thousand.

and sixteen thousand persons),

47 So then Moses took—out of the half belonging to the sons of Israel the allotted portion one out of fifty, of the human beings and of the beasts, —and gave them unto the Levites, the keepers of the charge of the habitation of Yahweh, As Yahweh commanded Moses.

even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of animal, and gave them to the Levites, who performed the duty of the tabernacle of YHWH; as YHWH commanded Moses.

48 Then came near unto Moses the officers who belonged unto the thousands of the host, —the princes of thousands and the princes of hundreds;

The officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses;

49 and said unto Moses, Thy servants have reckoned up the sum of the men of war who are in our hand, —and there is not missed from among us, a man!

and they said to Moses, "Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war who are under our command, and there lacks not one man of us.

50 Therefore have we brought near an offering unto Yahweh, what, each man, hath found—articles of gold, ankle chains and bracelets, rings earrings and buckles, —to put a propitiatory-covering over our souls before Yahweh.

We have brought YHWH's offering, what every man has gotten, of jewels of gold, armlets, and bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for our souls before YHWH."

51 So Moses, and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, —all the wrought articles.

Moses and Eleazar the priest took their gold, even all worked jewels.

52 And all the gold of the heave-offering which they offered up unto Yahweh, was—sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, —of the princes of thousands, and of the princes of hundreds.

All the gold of the wave offering that they offered up to YHWH, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels.

53 The men of the host, had taken prey, each man for himself.

(The men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.)

54 So then Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the princes of thousands, and hundreds, —and brought it into the tent of meeting, as a memorial for the sons of Israel before Yahweh.

Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the Tent of Meeting, for a memorial for the children of Israel before YHWH.