Numbers 31

1 and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say

Yahweh spoke to Moses/me and said,

2 to avenge vengeance son: descendant/people Israel from with [the] Midianite (after *L(P)*) to gather to(wards) kinsman your

“Before you die, [tell the] Israeli people that they should (pay back/get revenge on) the Midian people-group for what they did to you.”

3 and to speak: speak Moses to(wards) [the] people to/for to say to arm from with you human to/for army: war and to be upon Midian to/for to give: put vengeance LORD in/on/with Midian

So Moses/I said to the people, “Get some men prepared for battle. Yahweh will enable them to (pay back/get revenge on) the Midian people-group [for what they did to us].

4 thousand to/for tribe thousand to/for tribe to/for all tribe Israel to send: depart to/for army: war

Select 1,000 men from each tribe to fight.”

5 and to commit from thousand Israel thousand to/for tribe two ten thousand to arm army: war

So 12,000 men prepared for fighting in the battle, 1,000 from each tribe.

6 and to send: depart [obj] them Moses thousand to/for tribe to/for army: war [obj] them and [obj] Phinehas son: child Eleazar [the] priest to/for army: war and article/utensil [the] holiness and trumpet [the] shout in/on/with hand his

When Moses/I sent them to the battle, Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, went with them. He took with him some of the things from the Sacred Tent and the trumpets that would be blown to give the signal [to start the battle].

7 and to serve upon Midian like/as as which to command LORD [obj] Moses and to kill all male

The Israeli men fought the soldiers from the Midian people-group, as Yahweh had told Moses/me to tell them to do, and they killed every man from the Midian people-group.

8 and [obj] king Midian to kill upon slain: killed their [obj] Evi and [obj] Rekem and [obj] Zur and [obj] Hur and [obj] Reba five king Midian and [obj] Balaam son: child Beor to kill in/on/with sword

Among those whom they killed were the five kings of the Midian people-group—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba. They also killed with a sword Balaam, the son of Beor.

9 and to take captive son: descendant/people Israel [obj] woman Midian and [obj] child their and [obj] all animal their and [obj] all livestock their and [obj] all strength: rich their to plunder

They captured all the women and children of the Midian people-group and took away their cattle, their flocks of sheep, and herds of goats, and all their other possessions.

10 and [obj] all city their in/on/with seat their and [obj] all encampment their to burn in/on/with fire

Then they burned down all the houses in the towns and villages where the people of the Midian people-group lived,

11 and to take: take [obj] all [the] spoil and [obj] all [the] prey in/on/with man and in/on/with animal

but they took home with them all the women and children and animals and possessions.

12 and to come (in): bring to(wards) Moses and to(wards) Eleazar [the] priest and to(wards) congregation son: descendant/people Israel [obj] [the] captivity and [obj] [the] prey and [obj] [the] spoil to(wards) [the] camp to(wards) Plains (of Moab) (Plains of) Moab which upon Jordan Jericho

They brought all these to Eliezer and Moses/me, and to the rest of the Israeli people who were at their/our camp on the plains where the Moab people-group lived, near the Jordan River, across from Jericho.

13 and to come out: come Moses and Eleazar [the] priest and all leader [the] congregation to/for to encounter: meet them to(wards) from outside to/for camp

Eleazar and all the leaders of the people and Moses/I went outside the camp to greet/meet with them.

14 and be angry Moses upon to reckon: overseer [the] strength: soldiers ruler [the] thousand and ruler [the] hundred [the] to come (in): come from army: duty [the] battle

But Moses/I was angry with some of the men who had returned from the battle. He/I was angry with the army officers and the men who were commanders of 1,000 men and those who were commanders of 100 men.

15 and to say to(wards) them Moses to live all female

He/I asked them, “Why did you allow the women to live [RHQ]?

16 look! they(fem.) to be to/for son: descendant/people Israel in/on/with word Balaam to/for to commit unfaithfulness in/on/with LORD upon word: thing Peor and to be [the] plague in/on/with congregation LORD

They are the ones who did what Balaam suggested and urged/persuaded our people to worship Baal [instead of Yahweh]. As a result, Yahweh caused a plague to strike his people while they were at Peor.

17 and now to kill all male in/on/with child and all woman to know man to/for bed male to kill

So, now you must kill all the boys of the Midian people-group, and also kill all the women who have had sex [EUP] with any man.

18 and all [the] child in/on/with woman which not to know bed male to live to/for you

Spare only the girls who are virgins [EUP]. You can keep them to be your [wives or your slaves].

19 and you(m. p.) to camp from outside to/for camp seven day all to kill soul: person and all to touch in/on/with slain: killed to sin in/on/with day [the] third and in/on/with day [the] seventh you(m. p.) and captivity your

All of you who have killed someone or touched the corpse of someone who was killed [in the battle] must stay outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and on the seventh day, you must [perform the ritual to] cause you and those whom you have captured to become acceptable to God again.

20 and all garment and all article/utensil skin and all deed: work goat and all article/utensil tree: wood to sin

You must also wash your clothes and anything [that you took to the battle] that is made of leather or goat’s hair or wood.”

21 and to say Eleazar [the] priest to(wards) human [the] army [the] to come (in): come to/for battle this statute [the] instruction which to command LORD [obj] Moses

Then Eleazar said to the soldiers who had returned from the battle, “This is what Yahweh has instructed Moses:

22 surely [obj] [the] gold and [obj] [the] silver: money [obj] [the] bronze [obj] [the] iron [obj] [the] tin and [obj] [the] lead

You must put into a fire any gold or silver or bronze or iron or tin or lead things [that you brought back from the battle].

23 all word: thing which to come (in): come in/on/with fire to pass in/on/with fire and be pure surely in/on/with water impurity to sin and all which not to come (in): come in/on/with fire to pass in/on/with water

Put everything that will not burn into the fire, and then they will be acceptable for you to use. But also sprinkle those things with the water that causes things and people to become acceptable to God. The things that would burn [if you put them] in a fire, sprinkle them with that water.

24 and to wash garment your in/on/with day [the] seventh and be pure and after to come (in): come to(wards) [the] camp

On the seventh day, wash your clothes, and then you will become acceptable to God again. After you do that, you may return to the camp.”

25 and to say LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say

Yahweh also said to Moses/me,

26 to lift: count [obj] head: count prey [the] captivity in/on/with man and in/on/with animal you(m. s.) and Eleazar [the] priest and head: leader father [the] congregation

“Tell Eleazar and the leaders of the family groups that they must write down a list of all the goods, the women, and the animals that were captured [in the battle].

27 and to divide [obj] [the] prey between to capture [the] battle [the] to come out: come to/for army: war and between all [the] congregation

Then they must divide all those things, half given to the men who fought in the battle and the other half given to the rest of the people.

28 and to exalt tribute to/for LORD from with human [the] battle [the] to come out: come to/for army: war one soul: person from five [the] hundred from [the] man and from [the] cattle and from [the] donkey and from [the] flock

From the men who fought in the battle, take one from every 500 people and from every 500 cattle and donkeys and sheep, to be a tax for me.

29 from half their to take: take and to give: give to/for Eleazar [the] priest contribution LORD

Take these things to Eleazar to (be my share/belong to me).

30 and from half son: descendant/people Israel to take: take one to grasp from [the] fifty from [the] man from [the] cattle from [the] donkey and from [the] flock from all [the] animal and to give: give [obj] them to/for Levi to keep: guard charge tabernacle LORD

And from the half that belongs to the ordinary people, take one item from every 50. That includes people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, and other animals. Give those things to the descendants of Levi who take care of my Sacred Tent.”

31 and to make: do Moses and Eleazar [the] priest like/as as which to command LORD [obj] Moses

So Eleazar and Moses/I did what Yahweh commanded.

32 and to be [the] prey remainder [the] plunder which to plunder people: soldiers [the] army flock six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand

There were 675,000 sheep, 72,000 cattle, 61,000 donkeys, and 32,000 virgins that they had captured from the Midian people-group.

33 and cattle two and seventy thousand

34 and donkey one and sixty thousand

35 and soul: person man from [the] woman which not to know bed male all soul: person two and thirty thousand

36 and to be [the] half portion [the] to come out: come in/on/with army number [the] flock three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred

The men who fought in the battle took 337,000 sheep [from the battle],

37 and to be [the] tribute to/for LORD from [the] flock six hundred five and seventy

and they gave 675 of them to Yahweh.

38 and [the] cattle six and thirty thousand and tribute their to/for LORD two and seventy

They took 36,000 cattle and gave 72 of them to Yahweh.

39 and donkey thirty thousand and five hundred and tribute their to/for LORD one and sixty

They took 30,500 donkeys, and they gave 61 of them to Yahweh.

40 and soul: person man six ten thousand and tribute their to/for LORD two and thirty soul: person

They took 16,000 virgins, and they dedicated 32 of them to Yahweh.

41 and to give: give Moses [obj] tribute contribution LORD to/for Eleazar [the] priest like/as as which to command LORD [obj] Moses

Moses/I gave to Eleazar all [the animals] that had been given to Yahweh, as Yahweh had commanded.

42 and from half son: descendant/people Israel which to divide Moses from [the] human [the] to serve

Moses/I separated what those who had fought in the battle received from what the other people received. The people had taken 337,500 sheep, 36,000 cattle, 30,500 donkeys, and 16,000 virgins,

43 and to be half [the] congregation from [the] flock three hundred thousand and thirty thousand seven thousand and five hundred

44 and cattle six and thirty thousand

45 and donkey thirty thousand and five hundred

46 and soul: person man six ten thousand

47 and to take: take Moses from half son: descendant/people Israel [obj] [the] to grasp one from [the] fifty from [the] man and from [the] animal and to give: give [obj] them to/for Levi to keep: guard charge tabernacle LORD like/as as which to command LORD [obj] Moses

From what the people received, Moses/I took one from every 50 items and dedicated them to Yahweh. That included animals and people. As Yahweh commanded, he/I gave them all to the descendants of Levi who took care of the Sacred Tent.

48 and to present: come to(wards) Moses [the] to reckon: overseer which to/for thousand [the] army ruler [the] thousand and ruler [the] hundred

Then the army officers and those who commanded 1,000 men and those who commanded 100 men came to Moses/me.

49 and to say to(wards) Moses servant/slave your to lift: count [obj] head: leader human [the] battle which in/on/with hand: power our and not to reckon: missing from us man: anyone

They said, “We, who are your servants, have counted the soldiers whom we command, and [we found that] none of them (is missing/has been killed).

50 and to present: bring [obj] offering LORD man: anyone which to find article/utensil gold armlet and bracelet ring ring and bracelet to/for to atone upon soul: myself our to/for face: before LORD

So [to thank Yahweh for that], we have brought to him a gift of the gold items that we found [after the battle]: Gold arm bands and bracelets and rings and earrings and necklaces. This will enable us to be forgiven for our sins.”

51 and to take: recieve Moses and Eleazar [the] priest [obj] [the] gold from with them all article/utensil deed: work

So Eleazar and Moses/I accepted the gold items that they brought.

52 and to be all gold [the] contribution which to exalt to/for LORD six ten thousand seven hundred and fifty shekel from with ruler [the] thousand and from with ruler [the] hundred

The total of it weighed about (420 pounds/190 kg.).

53 human [the] army to plunder man: anyone to/for him

Each soldier had taken these things for himself.

54 and to take: recieve Moses and Eleazar [the] priest [obj] [the] gold from with ruler [the] thousand and [the] hundred and to come (in): bring [obj] him to(wards) tent meeting memorial to/for son: descendant/people Israel to/for face: before LORD

Eleazar and Moses/I accepted these gold items from these commanders and put them in the Sacred Tent to remind the Israeli people about how Yahweh [had helped them defeat the Midian people-group].