Numbers 31
1 And the Lord spak to Moyses, and seide,
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2 Venge thou firste the sones of Israel of Madianytis, and so thou schalt be gaderid to thi puple.
Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shall you be gathered to your 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 spoke to the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves to the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.
4 Of ech lynage be chosun a thousynde men of Israel, that schulen be sent to batel.
Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall you send to the war.
5 And of ech lynage thei yauen a thousynde, that is twelue thousynde of men, redi to batel;
So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
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 war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
7 And whanne thei hadden fouyt ayens Madianytis, and hadden ouercome, thei killiden alle the malis,
And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew 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.
And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
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;
And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
10 flawme brente as wel citees, as litle townes and castels.
And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelled, and all their goodly castles, 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 took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
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 captives, and the prey, and the spoil, to Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
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.
And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
14 And Moises was wrooth to the princes of the oost, to tribunes, and centuriouns, that camen fro batel;
And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
15 and he seide, Whi reserueden ye wymmen?
And Moses said to them, Have you saved all the women alive?
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 counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was 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 kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that has known man by lying with him.
18 forsothe reserue ye to you damesels, and alle wymmen virgyns,
But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
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 do you abide without the camp seven days: whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.
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.
And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats’ hair, 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 the priest said to the men of war which went to the battle, 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;
Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
23 sotheli what euer thing may not suffre fier, schal be halewid bi the watir of clensyng.
Every thing that may abide the fire, you shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that stays not the fire you shall make go through 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.
And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean, and afterward you shall come into the camp.
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 spoke to Moses, saying,
26 thou, and Eleazar, preest, and alle the princes of the comyn puple.
Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, you, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief 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 divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war on them, who went out to battle, and between 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 levy a tribute to the Lord of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:
29 And thou schalt yyue `that part to Eleazar, preest, for tho ben the firste fruytis of the Lord.
Take it of their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering 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.
And of the children of Israel’s half, you shall take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them to the Levites, which keep 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 commanded Moses.
32 Forsothe the prey which the oost hadde take, was sixe hundrid fyue and seuenti thousynde of scheep,
And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
33 of oxun two and seuenti thousynde,
And three score and twelve thousand beeves,
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 thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.
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 half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:
37 of whiche sixe hundrid fyue and seuenti scheep weren noumbrid in to the part of the Lord;
And the LORD’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred and three score and fifteen.
38 and of sixe and thretti thousynde oxun,
And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD’s tribute was three score and twelve.
39 two and seuenti oxun, and of thretti thousynde assis and fyue hundryd, oon and sixti assis;
And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD’s 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 the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD’s tribute was thirty and two 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 gave the tribute, which was the LORD’s heave offering, to Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.
42 of the myddil part of the sones of Israel, which he departide to hem that weren in batel.
And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
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,
(Now the half that pertained to the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
44 and of sixe and thretti thousynde oxun,
And thirty and six thousand beeves,
45 and of thretti thousynde assis and fyue hundrid, and of sixtene thousynde wymmen,
And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,
46 Moyses took the fyftithe heed,
And sixteen thousand persons; )
47 and yaf to the dekenes, that wakiden in the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord comaundide.
Even of the children of Israel’s half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them to the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
48 And whanne the princes of the oost, and the tribunes and centuriouns hadden neiyed to Moises,
And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near to 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 they said to Moses, Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacks not one man of us.
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 have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man has gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.
51 And Moises and Eleazar, preest, token al the gold in dyuerse spices,
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all worked jewels.
52 `ether kyndis, bi the weiyte of the seyntuarye, sixtene thousynde seuene hundrid and fifti siclis, of the tribunes, and centuriouns.
And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.
53 For that that ech man rauyschide in the prey, was his owne;
(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
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 took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.
