< Numbers 31 >

1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
2 “Take vengeance on the Midianites for what they did to the Israelites. After doing that, you will die and be gathered to your people.”
“Execute the vengeance of the sons of Israel against the Midianites—afterward you are gathered to your people.”
3 So Moses spoke to the people. He said, “Arm some of your men for war so they may go against Midian and carry out Yahweh's vengeance on it.
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 Every tribe throughout Israel must send a thousand soldiers to war.”
one thousand for a tribe—you send one thousand for a tribe, of all the tribes of Israel, to the war.”
5 So out of Israel's thousands of men, one thousand was provided from each tribe, twelve thousand men armed for war.
And there are given out of the thousands of Israel one thousand for a tribe—twelve thousand armed ones [for] war;
6 Then Moses sent them to battle, a thousand from every tribe, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, and with some articles from the holy place and the trumpets in his possession for sounding signals.
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 They fought against Midian, as Yahweh had commanded Moses. They killed every man.
And they war against Midian, as YHWH has commanded Moses, and slay every male;
8 They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their dead: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor, 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 The army of Israel took captive the women of Midian, their children, all their cattle, all their flocks, and all their goods. They took these as plunder.
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 They burned all their cities where they lived and all their camps.
and they have burned all their cities, with their habitations, and all their towers, with fire.
11 They took all the plunder and prisoners, both people and animals.
And they take all the spoil and all the prey, among man and among beast;
12 They brought the prisoners, the plunder, and the captured things to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the community of the people of Israel. They brought these to the camp in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan near 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 Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the community went to meet them outside 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 But Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from 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 Moses said to them, “Have you let all the women live?
And Moses says to them, “Have you kept every female alive?
16 Look, these women caused the people of Israel, through Balaam's advice, to commit sin against Yahweh in the matter of Peor, when the plague spread among Yahweh's community.
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 Now then, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has ever slept with a man.
And now, slay every male among the infants, indeed, slay every woman knowing a man by the lying of a male;
18 But take for yourselves all the young girls who have never slept with a man.
and all the infants among the women who have not known the lying of a male you have kept alive for yourselves.
19 You must camp outside the camp of Israel for seven days. All of you who have killed anyone and or have touched any dead person—you must purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day—you and your prisoners.
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 You must purify every garment and everything made of animal hide and goats' hair, and everything made of wood.”
and every garment, and every skin vessel, and every work of goats’ [hair], and every wooden vessel, you yourselves cleanse.”
21 Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone to war, “This is a decreed law that Yahweh has given to 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 The gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead,
only the gold, and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
23 and everything that resists fire, you must put it through the fire, and it will become clean. You must then purify those things with the water of cleansing. Whatever cannot go through the fire you must cleanse with that 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 You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and then you will become clean. Afterward you may come into Israel's camp.”
and you have washed your garments on the seventh day and have been clean, and afterward you come into the camp.”
25 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
26 “Count all the plundered things that were taken, both people and animals. You, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community's ancestor's clans
“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 must divide the plunder into two parts. Divide it between the soldiers who went out to battle and all the rest of the community.
and you have halved the prey between those handling the battle, who go out to the war, and all the congregation;
28 Then levy a tax to be given to me from the soldiers who went out to battle. This tax must be one out of every five hundred, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or goats.
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 Take this tax from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest for an offering to be presented to me.
you take from their half and have given [it] to Eleazar the priest [as] a raised-offering of YHWH.
30 Also from the people of Israel's half, you must take one out of every fifty—from the persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats. Give these to the Levites who take care of my tabernacle.”
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 So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
And Moses does—Eleazar the priest also—as YHWH has commanded Moses.
32 Now the plunder that remained of what the soldiers had taken was 675,000 sheep,
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 seventy-two thousand oxen,
and seventy-two thousand of the herd;
34 sixty-one thousand donkeys,
and sixty-one thousand donkeys;
35 and thirty-two thousand women who had never slept with any man.
and of mankind—of the women who have not known the lying of a male—all the persons [are] thirty-two thousand.
36 The half that was kept for the soldiers numbered 337,000 sheep.
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 Yahweh's part of the sheep was 675.
And the tribute to YHWH of the sheep is six hundred seventy-five;
38 The oxen were thirty-six thousand which Yahweh's tax was seventy-two.
and the herd [is] thirty-six thousand, and their tribute to YHWH [is] seventy-two;
39 The donkeys were 30,500 from which Yahweh's part was sixty-one.
and the donkeys [are] thirty thousand and five hundred, and their tribute to YHWH [is] sixty-one;
40 The persons were sixteen thousand women of whom Yahweh's tax was thirty-two.
and of mankind [are] sixteen thousand, and their tribute to YHWH [is] thirty-two persons.
41 Moses took the tax that was to be an offering presented to Yahweh. He gave it to Eleazar the priest, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
And Moses gives the tribute—YHWH’s raised-offering—to Eleazar the priest, as YHWH has commanded Moses.
42 As for the people of Israel's half that Moses had taken from the soldiers who had gone to war—
And of the sons of Israel’s half, which Moses halved from the men who war—
43 the community's half was 337,500 sheep,
and the congregation’s half is three hundred thousand and thirty thousand [and] seven thousand and five hundred of the flock;
44 thirty-six thousand oxen,
and thirty-six thousand of the herd;
45 30,500 donkeys,
and thirty thousand and five hundred donkeys;
46 and sixteen thousand women.
and sixteen thousand of mankind—
47 From the people of Israel's half, Moses took one out of every fifty, both of people and animals. He gave them to the Levites who kept care of Yahweh's tabernacle, as Yahweh had commanded him to do.
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 Then the officers of the army, the commanders over thousands and the captains over hundreds, came to Moses.
And the inspectors whom the thousands of the host have (heads of the thousands and heads of the hundreds), draw near to Moses,
49 They said to him, “Your servants have counted the soldiers who are under our command, and not one man is missing.
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 We have brought Yahweh's offering, what each man found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves 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 Moses and Eleazar the priest received from them the gold and all the articles of craftsmanship.
And Moses receives—Eleazar the priest also—the gold from them, every vessel of workmanship;
52 All the gold of the offering that they gave to Yahweh—the offerings from the commanders of thousands and from the captains of hundreds—weighed 16,750 shekels.
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 Each soldier had taken plunder, each man for himself.
(the men of the host have each taken spoil for himself);
54 Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the commanders of thousands and captains of hundreds. They took it into the tent of meeting as a reminder of the people of Israel for 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.

< Numbers 31 >