Numbers 31

1 And the Lord spak to Moyses, and seide,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

and [obj] all city their in/on/with seat their and [obj] all encampment their to burn in/on/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 to take: take [obj] all [the] spoil and [obj] all [the] prey in/on/with man and in/on/with animal

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 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

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 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

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

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

15 and he seide, Whi reserueden ye wymmen?

and to say to(wards) them Moses to live all 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?

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

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

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

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

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(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

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

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 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

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;

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

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

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

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 to wash garment your in/on/with day [the] seventh and be pure and after to come (in): come to(wards) [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 to say LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

33 of oxun two and seuenti thousynde,

and cattle two and seventy thousand

34 of assis sixti thousynde and a thousynde;

and donkey one and sixty thousand

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

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

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

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

38 and of sixe and thretti thousynde oxun,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 to be half [the] congregation from [the] flock 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 donkey thirty thousand and five hundred

46 Moyses took the fyftithe heed,

and soul: person man six ten thousand

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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