Numbers 31

1 And the Lord spak to Moyses, and seide,

And he spoke Yahweh to Moses saying.

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

Avenge [the] vengeance of [the] people of Israel from with the Midianites (after *L(P)*) you will be gathered to people your.

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

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.

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

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

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

And they were selected from [the] thousands of Israel one thousand to the tribe two [plus] ten thousand armed [men] of 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 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.

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

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

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 [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.

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 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.

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

And all cities their in dwelling places their and all encampments their they burned 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 plunder and all the booty among humankind and among the livestock.

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 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.

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 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.

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

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.

15 and he seide, Whi reserueden ye wymmen?

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

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?

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.

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;

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.

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

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

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 every garment and every article of hide and every product of goat hair and every article of wood you will purify yourselves.

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 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.

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 bronze 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 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.

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 will wash clothes your on the day seventh and you will be pure and after you will come to 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 he said Yahweh to Moses saying.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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.

33 of oxun two and seuenti thousynde,

And cattle two and seventy thousand.

34 of assis sixti thousynde and a thousynde;

And donkeys one and sixty thousand.

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

And [the] person[s] of humankind from the women who not they had known lying of a male every person two and thirty thousand.

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 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.

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

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

38 and of sixe and thretti thousynde oxun,

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

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

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

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

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

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

And he gave Moses [the] tax of [the] contribution of Yahweh to Eleazar the priest just as he had commanded Yahweh Moses.

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

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

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,

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

44 and of sixe and thretti thousynde oxun,

And cattle six and thirty thousand.

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

And donkeys thirty thousand and five hundred.

46 Moyses took the fyftithe heed,

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

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

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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