Numbers 31

1 And he spoke Yahweh to Moses saying.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 Avenge [the] vengeance of [the] people of Israel from with the Midianites (after *L(P)*) you will be gathered to people your.

Revenge first the children of Israel on the Madianites, and so thou shalt be gathered to thy people.

3 And he spoke Moses to the people saying be equipped from with you men for war so they may be on Midian to give [the] vengeance of Yahweh on Midian.

And Moses forthwith said: Arm of you men to fight, who may take the revenge of the Lord on the Madianites.

4 One thousand to the tribe one thousand to the tribe for all [the] tribes of Israel you will send out to war.

Let a thousand men be chosen out of every tribe of Israel to be sent to the war.

5 And they were selected from [the] thousands of Israel one thousand to the tribe two [plus] ten thousand armed [men] of war.

And they gave a thousand of every tribe, that is to say, twelve thousand men well appointed for battle.

6 And he sent them Moses one thousand to the tribe to war them and Phinehas [the] son of Eleazar the priest to war and [the] vessels of the holy place and [the] trumpets of the alarm [were] in hand his.

And Moses sent them with Phinees the son of Eleazar the priest, and he delivered to him the holy vessels, and the trumpets to sound.

7 And they waged war on Midian just as he had commanded Yahweh Moses and they killed every male.

And when they had fought against the Madianites and had overcome them, they slew all the men.

8 And [the] kings of Midian they killed with slain [ones] their Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba [the] five [the] kings of Midian and Balaam [the] son of Beor they killed with the sword.

And their kings Evi, and Recem, and Sur, and Hur, and Rebe, five princes of the nation: Balaam also the son of Beer they killed with the sword.

9 And they took captive [the] people of Israel [the] women of Midian and little one[s] their and all cattle their and all livestock their and all wealth their they plundered.

And they took their women, and their children captives, and all their cattle, and all their goods: and all their possessions they plundered:

10 And all cities their in dwelling places their and all encampments their they burned with fire.

And all their cities, and their villages, and castles, they burned.

11 And they took all the plunder and all the booty among humankind and among the livestock.

And they carried away the booty, and all that they had taken both of men and of beasts.

12 And they brought to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to [the] congregation of [the] people of Israel the captive[s] and the booty and the plunder to the camp to [the] plains of Moab which [were] at [the] Jordan of Jericho.

And they brought them to Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and to all the multitude of the children of Israel. But the rest of the things for use they carried to the camp on the plains of Moab, beside the Jordan over against Jericho.

13 And they went out Moses and Eleazar the priest and all [the] leaders of the congregation to meet them to from [the] outside of the camp.

And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the princes of the synagogue went forth to meet them without the camp.

14 And he was angry Moses towards [the] officers of the army [the] commanders of the thousands and [the] commanders of the hundreds who were coming from [the] war of the battle.

And Moses being angry with the chief officers of the army, the tribunes, and the centurions that were come from the battle,

15 And he said to them Moses ¿ have you let live every female.

Said: Why have you saved the women?

16 There! they they were to [the] people of Israel by [the] word of Balaam to offer unfaithfulness in Yahweh on [the] matter of Peor and it was the plague among [the] congregation of Yahweh.

Are not these they, that deceived the children of Israel by the counsel of Balaam, and made you transgress against the Lord by the sin of Phogor, for which also the people was punished?

17 And therefore kill every male among the little one[s] and every woman [who has] known a man to [the] lying of a male kill.

Therefore kill all that are of the male sex, even of the children: and put to death the women, that have carnally known men.

18 And all the little one[s] among the women who not they have known lying of a male preserve alive for yourselves.

But the girls, and all the women that are virgins save for yourselves:

19 And you encamp from [the] outside of the camp seven days any [one who] has killed anyone and any - [one who] has touched the [one] slain you will purify yourselves on the day third and on the day seventh you and captive[s] your.

And stay without the camp seven days. He that hath killed a man, or touched one that is killed, shall be purified the third day and the seventh day.

20 And every garment and every article of hide and every product of goat hair and every article of wood you will purify yourselves.

And of all the spoil, every garment, or vessel, or any thing made for use, of the skins, or hair of goats, or of wood, shall be purified.

21 And he said Eleazar the priest to [the] men of the army who had gone to the battle this [is] [the] statute of the law which he commanded Yahweh Moses.

Eleazar also the priest spoke to the men of the army, that had fought, in this manner: This is the ordinance of the law, which the Lord hath commanded Moses:

22 Only the gold and the silver the bronze the iron the tin and the lead.

Gold, and silver, and brass, and iron, and lend, and tin,

23 Every thing which it will go in the fire you will make pass in the fire and it will be pure nevertheless by [the] water of impurity it will purify itself and all that not it will go in the fire you will make pass in the water.

And all that may pass through the fire, shall be purified by fire, but whatsoever cannot abide the fire, shall be sanctified with the water of expiation:

24 And you will wash clothes your on the day seventh and you will be pure and after you will come to the camp.

And you shall wash your garments the seventh day, and being purified, you shall afterwards enter into the camp.

25 And he said Yahweh to Moses saying.

And the Lord said to Moses:

26 Lift up [the] head of [the] booty of captivity among humankind and among the livestock you and Eleazar the priest and [the] leaders of [the] fathers of the congregation.

Take the sum of the things that were taken both of man and beast, thou and Eleazar the priest and the princes of the multitude:

27 And you will divide the booty between [those] skilled of the battle who went out to war and between all the congregation.

And thou shalt divide the spoil equally, between them that fought and went out to the war, and between the rest of the multitude.

28 And you will raise a tax for Yahweh from with [the] men of war who went out to war one person from [the] five hundred from humankind and from the cattle and from the donkeys and from the sheep.

And thou shalt separate a portion to the Lord from them that fought and were in the battle, one soul of five hundred as well of persons as of oxen and asses and sheep.

29 From half their you will take [it] and you will give [it] to Eleazar the priest [the] contribution of Yahweh.

And thou shalt give it to Eleazar the priest, because they are the firstfruits of the Lord.

30 And from [the] half of [the] people of Israel you will take - one - [person] drawn from the fifty from humankind from the cattle from the donkeys and from the sheep from all the livestock and you will give them to the Levites [who] keep [the] service of [the] tabernacle of Yahweh.

Out of the moiety also of the children of Israel thou shalt take the fiftieth head of persons, and of oxen, and asses, and sheep, and of all beasts, and thou shalt give them to the Levites that watch in the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.

31 And he did Moses and Eleazar the priest just as he had commanded Yahweh Moses.

And Moses and Eleazar did as the Lord had commanded.

32 And it was the booty [the] remainder of the plunder which they had plundered [the] people of the army sheep six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand.

And the spoil which the army had taken, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,

33 And cattle two and seventy thousand.

Seventy-two thousand oxen,

34 And donkeys one and sixty thousand.

Sixty-one thousand asses:

35 And [the] person[s] of humankind from the women who not they had known lying of a male every person two and thirty thousand.

And thirty-two thousand persons of the female sex, that had not known men.

36 And it was the half [the] portion of those [who] had gone out in the army [the] number of the sheep [was] three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred.

And one half was given to them that had been in the battle, to wit, three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep:

37 And it was the tax for Yahweh from the sheep six hundred five and seventy.

Out of which, for the portion of the Lord, were reckoned six hundred seventy-five sheep.

38 And the cattle [were] six and thirty thousand and tax their for Yahweh [was] two and seventy.

And out of the thirty-six thousand oxen, seventy-two oxen:

39 And donkeys [were] thirty thousand and five hundred and tax their for Yahweh [was] one and sixty.

Out of the thirty thousand five hundred asses, sixty-one asses:

40 And [the] person[s] of humankind [were] six-teen thousand and tax their for Yahweh [was] two and thirty person[s].

Out of the sixteen thousand persons, there fell to the portion of the Lord, thirty-two souls.

41 And he gave Moses [the] tax of [the] contribution of Yahweh to Eleazar the priest just as he had commanded Yahweh Moses.

And Moses delivered the number of the firstfruits of the Lord to Eleazar the priest, as had been commanded him,

42 And from [the] half of [the] people of Israel which he had divided Moses from the men who had gone to war.

Out of the half of the children of Israel, which he had separated for them that had been in the battle.

43 And it was [the] half of the congregation from the sheep three hundred thousand and thirty thousand seven thousand and five hundred.

But out of the half that fell to the rest of the multitude, that is to say, out of the three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,

44 And cattle six and thirty thousand.

And out of the thirty-six thousand oxen,

45 And donkeys thirty thousand and five hundred.

And out of the thirty thousand five hundred asses,

46 And person[s] of humankind six-teen thousand.

And out of the sixteen thousand persons,

47 And he took Moses from [the] half of [the] people of Israel those drawn one from the fifty from humankind and from the livestock and he gave them to the Levites [who] keep [the] service of [the] tabernacle of Yahweh just as he had commanded Yahweh Moses.

Moses took the fiftieth head, and gave it to the Levites that watched in the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord had commanded.

48 And they drew near to Moses the officers who [were] of [the] thousands of the army [the] commanders of the thousands and [the] commanders of the hundreds.

And when the commanders of the army, and the tribunes and centurions were come to Moses, they said:

49 And they said to Moses servants your they have lifted up [the] head of [the] men of war who [were] in hand our and not he is missing from us anyone.

We thy servants have reckoned up the number of the fighting men, whom we had under our hand, and not so much as one was wanting.

50 And we have brought near [the] offering of Yahweh everyone [that] which he found an article of gold an armlet and a bracelet a signet-ring an earring and an ornament to make atonement on selves our before Yahweh.

Therefore we offer as gifts to the Lord what gold every one of us could find in the booty, in garters and tablets, rings and bracelets, and chains, that thou mayst pray to the Lord for us.

51 And he took Moses and Eleazar the priest the gold from with them every article of work.

And Moses and Eleazar the priest received all the gold in divers kinds,

52 And it was - all [the] gold of the contribution which they raised for Yahweh six-teen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekel[s] from with [the] commanders of the thousands and from with [the] commanders of the hundreds.

In weight sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty sicles, from the tribunes and from the centurions.

53 [the] men of The army they had taken plunder everyone for himself.

For that which every one had taken in the booty was his own.

54 And he took Moses and Eleazar the priest the gold from with [the] commanders of the thousands and the hundreds and they brought it into [the] tent of meeting a memorial for [the] people of Israel before Yahweh.

And that which was received they brought into the tabernacle of the testimony, for a memorial of the children of Israel before the Lord.