Numbers 31

1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

2 'Execute the vengeance of the sons of Israel against the Midianites — afterwards thou art gathered unto thy people.'

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

3 And Moses speaketh unto the people, saying, 'Be ye armed some of you for the host, and they are against Midian, to put the vengeance of Jehovah on Midian;

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 a thousand for a tribe — a thousand for a tribe, to all the tribes of Israel — ye do send to the host.'

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

5 And there are given out of the thousands of Israel a thousand for a tribe, twelve thousand armed ones of the host;

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

6 and Moses sendeth them, a thousand for a tribe, to the host, them and Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, to the host; and the holy vessels, and the trumpets of the shouting, in his hand.

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 they war against Midian, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses, and slay every male;

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

8 and the kings of Midian they have slain, besides their pierced ones, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian; and Balaam son of Beor, they have slain with the sword.

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 the sons of Israel take captive the women of Midian, and their infants; and all their cattle, and all their substance, and all their wealth they have plundered;

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 and all their cities, with their habitations, and all their towers, they have burnt with fire.

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

11 And they take all the spoil, and all the prey, among man and among beast;

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

12 and they bring in, unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the company of the sons of Israel, the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto the camp, unto the plains of Moab, which [are] by Jordan, [near] 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 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the company, go out to meet them, unto the outside of the camp,

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

14 and Moses is wroth against the inspectors of the force, chiefs of the thousands, and chiefs of the hundreds, who are coming in from the host of the battle.

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 Moses saith unto them, 'Have ye kept alive every female?

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

16 lo, they — they have been to the sons of Israel, through the word of Balaam, to cause a trespass against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and the plague is in the company of Jehovah.

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 now, slay ye every male among the infants, yea, every woman known of man by the lying of a male ye have slain;

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

18 and all the infants among the women, who have not known the lying of a male, ye have kept alive for yourselves.

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

19 'And ye, encamp ye at the outside of the camp seven days — any who hath slain a person, and any who hath come against a pierced one, ye cleanse yourselves on the third day, and on the seventh day — ye and your captives;

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 every garment, and every skin vessel, and every work of goats' [hair], and every wooden vessel, ye yourselves cleanse.'

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 the priest saith unto the men of the host who go in to battle, 'This [is] the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses:

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 only, the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

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

23 every thing which may go into fire, ye cause to pass over through fire, and it hath been clean; only, with the water of separation it is cleansed, and all that may not go into fire, ye cause to pass over through water;

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 have washed your garments on the seventh day, and have been clean, and afterwards ye come in unto the camp.'

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

25 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

26 'Take up the sum of the prey of the captives, among man and among beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers of the company;

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 hast halved the prey between those handling the battle who go out to the host and all the company;

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

28 and thou hast raised a tribute to Jehovah from the men of war, who go out to the host, one body out of five hundred, of man, and of the herd, and of the asses, and of the flock;

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 from their half ye do take, and thou hast given to Eleazar the priest — the heave-offering of Jehovah.

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

30 'And from the sons of Israel's half thou dost take one possession out of fifty, of man, of the herd, of the asses, and of the flock, of all the cattle, and thou hast given them to the Levites keeping the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.'

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 Moses doth — Eleazar the priest also — as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

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

32 And the prey, the residue of the spoil which the people of the host have spoiled, is of the flock six hundred thousand, and seventy thousand, and five thousand;

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 and of the herd two and seventy thousand;

And seuentie and two thousand beeues,

34 and of asses one and sixty thousand;

And three score and one thousand asses,

35 and of human beings — of the women who have not known the lying of a male — all the persons [are] two and thirty thousand.

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

36 And the half — the portion of those who go out into the host — the number of the flock is three hundred thousand, and thirty thousand, and seven thousand and five hundred.

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 And the tribute to Jehovah of the sheep is six hundred five and seventy;

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

38 and the herd [is] six and thirty thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah [is] two and seventy;

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

39 and the asses [are] thirty thousand and five hundred, and their tribute to Jehovah [is] one and sixty;

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

40 and the human beings [are] sixteen thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah [is] two and thirty persons.

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

41 And Moses giveth the tribute — Jehovah's heave-offering — to Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

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

42 And of the sons of Israel's half, which Moses halved from the men who war —

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

43 and the company's half is, of the flock three hundred thousand, and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred;

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

44 and of the herd six and thirty thousand;

And sixe and thirtie thousand beeues,

45 and of asses thirty thousand and five hundred;

And thirtie thousand asses, and fiue hudreth,

46 and of human beings sixteen thousand —

And sixteene thousande persons)

47 Moses taketh from the sons of Israel's half the one possession from the fifty, of man and of beast, and giveth them to the Levites keeping the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

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 the inspectors whom the thousands of the host hath, (heads of the thousands and heads of the hundreds), draw near unto Moses,

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 and they say unto Moses, 'Thy servants have taken up the sum of the men of war who [are] with us, and not a man of us hath been missed;

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 and we bring near Jehovah's offering, each that which he hath found, vessels of gold — chain, and bracelet, seal-ring, [ear] -ring, and bead — to make atonement for ourselves before Jehovah.'

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 Moses receiveth — Eleazar the priest also — the gold from them, every made vessel,

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

52 and all the gold of the heave-offering which they have lifted up to Jehovah is sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, from heads of the thousands, and from heads of the hundreds;

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 (the men of the host have spoiled each for himself);

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

54 and Moses taketh — Eleazar the priest also — the gold from the heads of the thousands and of the hundreds, and they bring it in unto the tent of meeting — a memorial for the sons of Israel before Jehovah.

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.