Numbers 31

1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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

Avenge the wrongs of the children of Israel on the Madianites, and afterwards you shall be added to your 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 spoke to the people, saying, Arm some of you, and set yourselves in array before the Lord against Madian, to inflict vengeance on Madian from the Lord.

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

Send a thousand of each tribe from all the tribes of the children of Israel to set themselves in array.

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

And they numbered of the thousands of Israel a thousand of [each] tribe, twelve thousands; [these were] armed for war.

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 away a thousand of every tribe with their forces, and Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest: and the holy instruments, and the signal trumpets [were] in their hands.

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

And they set themselves in array against Madian, as the Lord commanded Moses; and they killed every male.

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.

And they killed the kings of Madian together with their slain [subjects]; even Evi and Rocon, and Sur, and Ur, and Roboc, five kings of Madian; and they killed with the sword Balaam the son of Beor with their [other] slain.

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;

And they made a prey of the women of Madian, and their store, and their cattle, and all their possessions: and they spoiled their forces.

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

And they burnt with fire all their cities in the places of their habitation and they burnt their villages with fire.

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

And they took all their plunder, and all their spoils, both man and beast.

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 to Moses and to Eleazar the priest, and to all the children of Israel, the captives, and the spoils, and the plunder, to the camp to Araboth Moab, which is at Jordan by Jericho.

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,

And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the rulers of the synagogue went forth out of the camp to meet 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 captains of the host, the heads of thousands and the heads of hundreds who came from the battle-array.

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

And Moses said to them, Why have you saved every female alive?

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.

For they were [the occasion] to the children of Israel by the word of Balaam of their revolting and despising the word of the Lord, because of Phogor; and there was a plague in 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 then kill every male in all the spoil, kill every woman, who has known the lying with man.

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

And as for all the captivity of women, who have not known the lying with man, save you them alive.

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 you shall encamp outside the [great] camp seven days; every one who has slain and who touches a dead body, shall be purified on the third day, and you and your captivity [shall purify yourselves] on the seventh day.

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

And you shall purify every garment and every leather utensil, and all furniture of goat skin, and every wooden vessel.

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 the priest said to the men of the host that came from the battle-array, This [is] the ordinance of the law which the Lord has commanded Moses.

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

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

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;

every thing that shall pass through the fire shall so be clean, nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of sanctification; and whatever will not pass through the fire shall pass through water.

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

And on the seventh day you shall wash your garments, and be clean; and afterwards you shall come into the camp.

25 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to 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 sum of the spoils of the captivity both of man and beast, you and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the families 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 you shall divide the spoils between the warriors that went out to battle, and the whole 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 you shall take a tribute for the Lord from the warriors that went out to battle; one soul out of five hundred, from the men, and from the cattle, even from the oxen, and from the sheep, and from the asses; and you shall take from their half.

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

And you shall give [them] to Eleazar the priest [as] the first fruits 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.'

And from the half belonging to the children of Israel you shall take one in fifty from the men, and from the oxen, and from the sheep, and from the asses, and from all the cattle; and you shall give them to the Levites that keep the charges in 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 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 that which remained of the spoil which the warriors took, was—of the sheep, six hundred and seventy-five thousand:

33 and of the herd two and seventy thousand;

and oxen, seventy-two thousand:

34 and of asses one and sixty thousand;

and asses, sixty-one thousand.

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 persons of women who had not known lying with man, all the souls, thirty-two thousand.

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 half, [even] the portion of them that went out to war, from the number of the sheep, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand and five hundred.

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

And the tribute to the Lord from the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five.

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

And the oxen, six and thirty thousand, and the tribute to the Lord seventy-two.

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

And asses, thirty thousand and five hundred, and the tribute to the Lord, sixty-one:

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

and the persons, sixteen thousand, and the tribute of them to the Lord, thirty-two souls.

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

And Moses gave the tribute to the Lord, the heave-offering of God, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses;

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

from the half belonging to the children of Israel, whom Moses separated from the men of war.

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

And the half [taken] from the sheep, belonging to the congregation, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand and five hundred.

44 and of the herd six and thirty thousand;

And the oxen, thirty-six thousand;

45 and of asses thirty thousand and five hundred;

asses, thirty thousand and five hundred;

46 and of human beings sixteen thousand —

and persons, sixteen thousand.

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.

And Moses took of the half belonging to the children of Israel the fifties part, of men and of cattle, and he gave them to the Levites who keep the charges of the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord 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,

And all those who were appointed to be officers of thousands of the host, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, approached Moses, and said to 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;

Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war with us, and not one is missing.

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.'

And we have brought our gift to the Lord, [every] man who has found an article of gold, whether an armlet, or a chain, or a ring, or a bracelet, or a clasp for hair, to make atonement for us before the Lord.

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

And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, even every wrought article.

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 wrought gold, even the offering that they offered to the Lord, was sixteen thousand and seven hundred and fifty shekels from the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds.

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

For the men of war took plunder every one for himself.

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 took the gold from the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and brought the vessels into the tabernacle of witness, a memorial of the children of Israel before the Lord.