Numbers 31

1 And he spoke Yahweh to Moses saying.

And YHWH speaks 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.

“Execute the vengeance of the sons of Israel against the Midianites—afterward you are gathered to your 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 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;

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

one thousand for a tribe—you send one thousand for a tribe, of all the tribes of Israel, 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 there are given out of the thousands of Israel one thousand for a tribe—twelve thousand armed ones [for] war;

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 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.

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

And they war against Midian, as YHWH has commanded Moses, and slay every male;

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 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.

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 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;

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

and they have burned all their cities, with their habitations, and all their towers, with fire.

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

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

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 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.

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 congregation, go out to meet them, to the outside of 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 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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

and all the infants among the women who have not known the lying of a male you have kept alive 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 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;

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 every garment, and every skin vessel, and every work of goats’ [hair], and every wooden vessel, you yourselves cleanse.”

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.

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:

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

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

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.

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;

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 have washed your garments on the seventh day and have been clean, and afterward you come into the camp.”

25 And he said Yahweh to Moses saying.

And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

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 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;

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

and you have halved the prey between those handling the battle, who go out to the war, and all the congregation;

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 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;

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

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

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.

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.”

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

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

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 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;

33 And cattle two and seventy thousand.

and seventy-two thousand of the herd;

34 And donkeys one and sixty thousand.

and sixty-one thousand donkeys;

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 of mankind—of the women who have not known the lying of a male—all the persons [are] thirty-two thousand.

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 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.

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

And the tribute to YHWH of the sheep is six hundred seventy-five;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 gives the tribute—YHWH’s raised-offering—to Eleazar the priest, as YHWH has commanded Moses.

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

And of the sons of Israel’s half, which Moses halved from the men who war—

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

and the congregation’s half is three hundred thousand and thirty thousand [and] seven thousand and five hundred of the flock;

44 And cattle six and thirty thousand.

and thirty-six thousand of the herd;

45 And donkeys thirty thousand and five hundred.

and thirty thousand and five hundred donkeys;

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

and sixteen thousand of mankind—

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 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.

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 the inspectors whom the thousands of the host have (heads of the thousands and heads of the hundreds), draw near to Moses,

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.

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;

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.

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.”

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

And Moses receives—Eleazar the priest also—the gold from them, every vessel of workmanship;

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.

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;

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

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

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 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.