Numbers 31

1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying:

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

Exact thou the avenging of the sons of Israel, from the Midianites, —and, afterwards, shalt thou be withdrawn unto thy kinsfolk.

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;

So Moses spake unto the people saying, Arm ye from among you men, for the war, and let them go against Midian, to render the avenging of Yahweh upon 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 thousand from each tribe, —of all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send forth unto the war.

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

And there volunteered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of each tribe, —twelve thousand, 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 a thousand of each tribe to the war, —them, and Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary, and the alarm trumpets, in his hand.

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

So they made war upon Midian, as Yahweh had commanded Moses, and slew 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 the kings of Midian, slew they besides their other slain namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian, —Balaam also, son of Beor, slew they with the sword.

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 the sons of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones, —all their cattle also and all their flocks and all their substance, carried they off as a prey;

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

all their cities also in their sites, and all their encampments, burned they up with fire.

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

Then took they all the spoil, and all the booty, —both of 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 brought in unto Moses and unto Eleazar the priest and unto the assembly of the sons of Israel—the captives and the booty, and the spoil unto the camp, —unto the waste plains of Moab, which are by Jordan, near 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 princes of the assembly, went forth to meet them, —unto the outside of the camp.

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.

Then was Moses sore displeased with the officers of the force, —the princes of thousands, and the princes of hundreds who were coming in from the warring host.

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

And Moses said unto them, —Have ye saved alive every female?

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.

Lo! they, became unto the sons of Israel, by the advice of Balaam, the cause of daring acts of treachery against Yahweh, over the affair of Peor, —and then came the plague against the assembly of Yahweh!

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 ye every male among the young, —every woman also that hath cohabited with man, slay ye.

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 young of womankind that have, not cohabited with man, preserve alive for yourselves.

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;

Ye, then, pitch outside the camp, for seven days, —whosoever hath killed a person and whoever hath touched the slain, cleanse yourselves (from sin) on the third day and on the seventh day ye and your captives,

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

Every garment also, and every article of skin and every thing made of goat’s-hair, and every article of wood, shall ye cleanse (from sin).

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:

Then said Eleazar the priest unto the men of the host, who had been to the war: This, is the statute of the law, which Yahweh hath commanded Moses:

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

Surely the gold and the silver, —the bronze the iron, the tin and the 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;

whatsoever thing can go into fire, ye shall pass through fire and it shall be clean, only with the water of separation, shall ye cleanse it (from sin). But whatsoever cannot go into fire, ye 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 ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and be clean, —and after-wards, shall ye come into the camp.

25 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

Then spake Yahweh unto 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;

Reckon thou up the sum of the booty that was captured, both of man and of beast, —thou and Eleazar the priest, and the ancestral heads of the assembly;

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

and divide the booty into two parts, between them who took upon them the war, who went out in the host, —and all the [rest of the] assembly.

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;

Then shalt thou levy a tribute unto Yahweh—from the men of war, who went forth in the host, one living thing, out of five hundred, —of the human beings, and of the herd, and of the asses and of the flock:

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

out of their half, shall ye take [them], —and thou shall give [them] unto Eleazar the priest as a heave-offering unto Yahweh.

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 out of the half allotted to the sons of Israel, shalt thou take one allotted portion out of fifty of the human beings, of the herd, of the asses and of the flock of all the cattle, —and shalt give them unto the Levites, who keep the charge of the habitation of Yahweh.

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

And Moses and Eleazar the priest did, —As Yahweh 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 it came to pass that the booty, over and above the prey which the people of the host had seized, was, —of the flock, six hundred and seventy-five thousand;

33 and of the herd two and seventy thousand;

and, of the herd, seventy-two thousand;

34 and of asses one and sixty thousand;

and, of the 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, of the human persons, even of the woman-kind who had not cohabited with man, —all the persons, 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, the share of them who had gone forth in the host, was, —the number of the flock—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 so, the tribute unto Yahweh, out of the flock, 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 herd, thirty-six thousand, —and the tribute of them unto Yahweh—seventy-two;

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

and the asses, thirty thousand and five hundred, —and the tribute of them unto Yahweh, sixty-one;

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

and the human persons, sixteen thousand, —and the tribute of them unto Yahweh, thirty-two persons.

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

And Moses gave the tribute—the heave-offering of Yahweh, unto Eleazar the priest, —As Yahweh commanded Moses.

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

And, of the half, allotted unto the sons of Israel, —which Moses halved away from the men who had gone out in the host,

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

the half allotted unto the assembly, was—of the flock, three hundred and thirty-seven thousand, and five hundred;

44 and of the herd six and thirty thousand;

and, of the herd, six and thirty thousand;

45 and of asses thirty thousand and five hundred;

and, of asses, thirty thousand and five hundred;

46 and of human beings sixteen thousand —

and, human 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.

So then Moses took—out of the half belonging to the sons of Israel the allotted portion one out of fifty, of the human beings and of the beasts, —and gave them unto the Levites, the keepers of the charge of the habitation of Yahweh, As Yahweh 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 came near unto Moses the officers who belonged unto the thousands of the host, —the princes of thousands and the princes of hundreds;

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 said unto Moses, Thy servants have reckoned up the sum of the men of war who are in our hand, —and there is not missed from among us, a man!

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.'

Therefore have we brought near an offering unto Yahweh, what, each man, hath found—articles of gold, ankle chains and bracelets, rings earrings and buckles, —to put a propitiatory-covering over our souls before Yahweh.

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

So Moses, and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, —all the wrought articles.

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 gold of the heave-offering which they offered up unto Yahweh, was—sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, —of the princes of thousands, and of the princes of hundreds.

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

The men of the host, had taken prey, each man 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.

So then Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the princes of thousands, and hundreds, —and brought it into the tent of meeting, as a memorial for the sons of Israel before Yahweh.