Numbers 31

1 And the Lord spak to Moyses, and seide,

And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

2 Venge thou firste the sones of Israel of Madianytis, and so thou schalt be gaderid to thi puple.

Reuenge the children of Israel of the Midianites, and afterwarde shalt thou be gathered vnto thy people.

3 And anoon Moises seide, Arme ye men of you to batel, that moun take of Madianytis the veniaunce of the Lord.

And Moses spake to the people, saying, Harnesse some of you vnto warre, and let them goe against Midian, to execute the vengeance of the Lord against Midian.

4 Of ech lynage be chosun a thousynde men of Israel, that schulen be sent to batel.

A thousande of euery tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye sende to the warre.

5 And of ech lynage thei yauen a thousynde, that is twelue thousynde of men, redi to batel;

So there were taken out of the thousands of Israel, twelue thousande prepared vnto warre, of euery tribe a thousand.

6 whiche Moises sente with Fynees, the sone of Eleazar, preest. And he bitook to hem hooli vesselis, and trumpis to make sown.

And Moses sent them to the warre, euen a thousand of euery tribe, and sent them with Phinehas the sonne of Eleazar the Priest to the warre: and the holy instruments, that is, the trumpets to blow were in his hand.

7 And whanne thei hadden fouyt ayens Madianytis, and hadden ouercome, thei killiden alle the malis,

And they warred against Midian, as the Lord had commanded Moses, and slue all the males.

8 and `the kyngis of hem, Euy, and Reem, and Sur, and Hur, and Rebe, fyue princes of `the folc of hem. Also thei killiden bi swerd Balaam, the sone of Beor.

They slue also the Kings of Midian among them that were slaine: Eui and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur and Reba fiue kings of Midian, and they slue Balaam the sonne of Beor with the sworde:

9 And thei token the wymmen of hem, and the litle children, and alle beestis, and al purtenaunce of howshold; what euer thei myyten haue, thei spuyleden;

But the children of Israel tooke the women of Midian prisoners, and their children, and spoyled all their cattell, and all their flockes, and all their goods.

10 flawme brente as wel citees, as litle townes and castels.

And they burnt all their cities, wherein they dwelt, and all their villages with fire.

11 And they token pray, and alle thingis whiche thei hadden take, as wel of men as of beestis, and thei brouyten to Moyses,

And they tooke all the spoyle and all the pray both of men and beastes.

12 and to Eleazar, preest, and to al the multitude of the sones of Israel. Forsothe thei baren othere `thingis perteynynge to vss, to the castels in the feldi places of Moab bisidis Jordan, ayens Jericho.

And they brought the captiues and that which they had taken, and the spoyle vnto Moses and to Eleazar the Priest, and vnto the Congregation of the children of Israel, into ye campe in the playne of Moab, which was by Iorden toward Iericho.

13 Moises and Eleazar, preest, and alle the princes of the synagoge, yeden out in to the comyng of hem, with out the castels, `that is, of the tabernacle.

Then Moses and Eleazar the Priest, and all the princes of the Congregation went out of the campe to meete them.

14 And Moises was wrooth to the princes of the oost, to tribunes, and centuriouns, that camen fro batel;

And Moses was angry with the captaines of the hoste, with the captaines ouer thousands, and captaines ouer hundreds, which came from the warre and battel.

15 and he seide, Whi reserueden ye wymmen?

And Moses sayde vnto them, What? haue ye saued all the women?

16 whether it be not these that disseyueden the sones of Israel, at the suggestioun of Balaam, and maden you to do trespas ayens the Lord, on the synne of Phegor, wherfor also the puple was slayn?

Behold, these caused the children of Israel through the counsell of Balaam to commit a trespasse against the Lord, as concerning Peor, and there came a plague among the Congregation of the Lord.

17 And therfor sle ye alle men, what euer thing is of male kynde, and litle children; and strangle ye the wymmen that knew men fleischli;

Now therefore, slay all the males among the children, and kill all the women that haue knowen man by carnall copulation.

18 forsothe reserue ye to you damesels, and alle wymmen virgyns,

But all the women children that haue not knowen carnall copulation, keepe aliue for your selues.

19 and dwelle ye with out the castels in seuene daies. He that sleeth a man, ether touchith a slayn man, schal be clensid in the thridde and the seuenthe dai;

And ye shall remaine without the host seuen dayes, all that haue killed any person, and all that haue touched any dead, and purifie both your selues and your prisoners the third day and the seuenth.

20 and of al the pray, whether it is clooth, ether vessel, and ony thing maad redi in to thingis perteynynge to vss, of the skynnys and heeris of geet, and `of tre, it schal be clensid.

Also ye shall purifie euery garment and all that is made of skins and al worke of goates heare, and all things made of wood.

21 And Eleazar, preest, spak thus to the men of the oost that fouyten, This is the comaundement of the lawe, which the Lord comaundide to Moises,

And Eleazar ye Priest sayd vnto the men of warre, which went to the battel, This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord commanded Moses,

22 The gold, and siluer, and bras, and yrun, and tiyn, and leed, and al thing that may passe by flawme, schal be purgid bi fier;

As for gold, and siluer, brasse, yron, tynne, and lead:

23 sotheli what euer thing may not suffre fier, schal be halewid bi the watir of clensyng.

Euen all that may abide the fire, yee shall make it goe through the fire, and it shalbe cleane: yet, it shalbe purified with the water of purification: and all that suffereth not the fire, yee shall cause to passe by the water.

24 And ye schulen waische youre clothis in the seuenthe dai, and ye schulen be clensid; and aftirward ye schulen entre in to the castels `of the tabernacle.

Ye shall wash also your clothes the seuenth day, and ye shalbe cleane: and afterward ye shall come into the Hoste.

25 And the Lord seide to Moises, Take ye the summe of tho thingis that ben takun, fro man `til to beeste,

And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

26 thou, and Eleazar, preest, and alle the princes of the comyn puple.

Take the summe of the praie that was taken, both of persons and of cattell, thou and Eleazar the Priest, and the chiefe fathers of the Congregation.

27 And thou schalt departe euenli the prey bytwixe hem that fouyten and yeden out to batel, and bitwixe al the multitude.

And deuide the praye betweene the souldiers that went to the warre, and all the Congregation.

28 And thou schalt departe a part to the Lord, of hem that fouyten, and weren in batel, `o soule of fiue hundrid, as wel of men, as of oxun, and of assis, and of scheep.

And thou shalt take a tribute vnto ye Lord of the men of warre, which went out to battel: one person of fiue hundreth, both of the persons, and of the beeues, and of the asses, and of the sheepe.

29 And thou schalt yyue `that part to Eleazar, preest, for tho ben the firste fruytis of the Lord.

Yee shall take it of their halfe and giue it vnto Eleazar the Priest, as an heaue offring of the Lord.

30 Also of the myddil part of the sones of Israel, thou schalt take the fiftithe heed of men, and of oxun, and of assis, and of scheep, and of alle lyuynge beestis; and thou schalt yyue tho to the dekenes, that waken in the kepyngis of the tabernacle of the Lord.

But of the halfe of the children of Israel thou shalt take one, taken out of fiftie, both of the persons, of the beeues, of the asses, and of the sheepe, euen of all the cattel: and thou shalt giue them vnto the Leuites, which haue the charge of the Tabernacle of the Lord.

31 And Moyses and Eleazar diden, as the Lord comaundide.

And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord had commanded Moses.

32 Forsothe the prey which the oost hadde take, was sixe hundrid fyue and seuenti thousynde of scheep,

And the bootie, to wit, the rest of the praie which the men of warre had spoyled, was sixe hundreth seuentie and fiue thousand sheepe,

33 of oxun two and seuenti thousynde,

And seuentie and two thousand beeues,

34 of assis sixti thousynde and a thousynde;

And three score and one thousand asses,

35 the soules of persones of femal kynde, that knewen not fleischli men, two and thretti thousynde.

And two and thirtie thousande persons in all, of women that had lyen by no man.

36 And the myddil part was youun to hem that weren in the batel, of scheep thre hundrid seuene and thretti thousynde and fyue hundrid;

And the halfe, to wit, the part of them that went out to warre touching the nomber of sheepe, was three hundreth seuen and thirtie thousand, and fiue hundreth.

37 of whiche sixe hundrid fyue and seuenti scheep weren noumbrid in to the part of the Lord;

And the Lordes tribute of the sheepe was sixe hundreth and seuentie and fiue:

38 and of sixe and thretti thousynde oxun,

And the beeues were six and thirty thousad, whereof the Lordes tribute was seuentie and two.

39 two and seuenti oxun, and of thretti thousynde assis and fyue hundryd, oon and sixti assis;

And the asses were thirtie thousande and fiue hundreth, whereof the Lordes tribute was three score and one:

40 of sixtene thousynde persoones of men, twei and thretti persoones bifelden in to the `part of the Lord.

And of persons sixtene thousand, whereof the Lordes tribute was two and thirtie persons.

41 And Moises bitook the noumbre of the firste fruytis of the Lord to Eleazar, preest, as it was comaundid to hym,

And Moses gaue the tribute of the Lordes offring vnto Eleazar the Priest, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

42 of the myddil part of the sones of Israel, which he departide to hem that weren in batel.

And of the halfe of the children of Israel, which Moses deuided from the men of warre,

43 And of the myddil part that bifelde to the tother multitude, that is, of thre hundrid seuene and thretti thousynde scheep and fyue hundrid,

(For the halfe that perteined vnto the Congregation, was three hundreth thirtie and seuen thousand sheepe and fiue hundreth,

44 and of sixe and thretti thousynde oxun,

And sixe and thirtie thousand beeues,

45 and of thretti thousynde assis and fyue hundrid, and of sixtene thousynde wymmen,

And thirtie thousand asses, and fiue hudreth,

46 Moyses took the fyftithe heed,

And sixteene thousande persons)

47 and yaf to the dekenes, that wakiden in the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord comaundide.

Moses, I say, tooke of the halfe that perteined vnto the children of Israel, one taken out of fiftie, both of the persons, and of the cattell, and gaue them vnto the Leuites, which haue the charge of the Tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

48 And whanne the princes of the oost, and the tribunes and centuriouns hadden neiyed to Moises,

Then the captaines which were ouer thousandes of the hoste, the captaines ouer the thousandes, and the captaines ouer the hundreds came vnto Moses:

49 thei seiden, We thi seruauntis han teld the noumbre of fiyters, whiche we hadden vndur oure hoond, and sotheli not oon failide;

And saide to Moses, Thy seruants haue taken the summe of the men of warre which are vnder our authoritie, and there lacketh not one man of vs.

50 for which cause we offren `in the fre yiftis of the Lord, alle bi vs silf, that that we myyten fynde of gold in the pray, girdelis for `the myddil of wymmen, and bies of the armes, and ryngis, and ournementis of the arm nyy the hond, and bies of the neckis of wymmen, that thou preye the Lord for vs.

We haue therefore brought a present vnto the Lord, what euery man found of iewels of golde, bracelets, and cheines, rings, eare ringes, and ornaments of the legges, to make an atonement for our soules before the Lord.

51 And Moises and Eleazar, preest, token al the gold in dyuerse spices,

And Moses and Eleazar the Priest tooke the golde of them, and all wrought iewels,

52 `ether kyndis, bi the weiyte of the seyntuarye, sixtene thousynde seuene hundrid and fifti siclis, of the tribunes, and centuriouns.

And all the golde of the offring that they offered vp to the Lord (of the captaines ouer thousands and hundreds) was sixteene thousande seuen hundreth and fiftie shekels,

53 For that that ech man rauyschide in the prey, was his owne;

(For the men of warre had spoyled, euery man for him selfe)

54 and thei baren the gold taken in to the tabernacle of witnessyng, in to the mynde of the sones of Israel, bifor the Lord.

And Moses and Eleazar the Priest tooke the golde of the captaines ouer the thousandes, and ouer the hundreds, and brought it into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, for a memoriall of the children of Israel before the Lord.