Numbers 31
1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
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 children of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered 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;
Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from amongst you for war, that they may go against Midian, to execute the LORD’s vengeance on Midian.
4 a thousand for a tribe — a thousand for a tribe, to all the tribes of Israel — ye do send to the host.'
You shall send one thousand out of every tribe, throughout all the tribes of Israel, to 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;
So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from every 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.
Moses sent them, one thousand of every tribe, to the war with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the shofars for the alarm in his hand.
7 And they war against Midian, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses, and slay every male;
They fought against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses. 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.
They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam the son of Beor 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;
The children of Israel took the women of Midian captive with their little ones; and all their livestock, all their flocks, and all their goods, they took as plunder.
10 and all their cities, with their habitations, and all their towers, they have burnt with fire.
All their cities in the places in which they lived, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.
11 And they take all the spoil, and all the prey, among man and among beast;
They took all the captives, and all the plunder, both of man and of animal.
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.
They brought the captives with the prey and the plunder, to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at 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,
Moses and Eleazar the priest, with all the princes of the congregation, went out to meet them 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.
Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.
15 And Moses saith unto them, 'Have ye kept alive every female?
Moses said to them, “Have you saved all the women 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.
Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was amongst 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 kill every male amongst the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.
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 girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep 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;
“Encamp outside of the camp for seven days. Whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, you and your captives.
20 and every garment, and every skin vessel, and every work of goats' [hair], and every wooden vessel, ye yourselves cleanse.'
You shall purify every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats’ hair, 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:
Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, “This is the statute 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,
However 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;
everything that may withstand the fire, you shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity. All that doesn’t withstand the fire you shall make to go through 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.'
You shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean. Afterward you shall come into the camp.”
25 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
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;
“Count the plunder that was taken, both of man and of animal, you, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers’ households 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 divide the plunder into two parts: between the men skilled in war, who went out to battle, 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;
Levy a tribute to the LORD of the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred; of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks.
29 from their half ye do take, and thou hast given to Eleazar the priest — the heave-offering of Jehovah.
Take it from their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for the LORD’s wave offering.
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.'
Of the children of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all the livestock, and give them to the Levites, who perform the duty of the LORD’s tabernacle.”
31 And Moses doth — Eleazar the priest also — as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
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;
Now the plunder, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,
33 and of the herd two and seventy thousand;
seventy-two thousand head of cattle,
34 and of asses one and sixty thousand;
sixty-one thousand donkeys,
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 thirty-two thousand persons in all, of the women who had not known man by lying with him.
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.
The half, which was the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand and five hundred sheep;
37 And the tribute to Jehovah of the sheep is six hundred five and seventy;
and the LORD’s tribute of 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;
The cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which the LORD’s tribute was seventy-two.
39 and the asses [are] thirty thousand and five hundred, and their tribute to Jehovah [is] one and sixty;
The donkeys were thirty thousand and five hundred, of which the LORD’s tribute was sixty-one.
40 and the human beings [are] sixteen thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah [is] two and thirty persons.
The persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the LORD’s tribute was thirty-two persons.
41 And Moses giveth the tribute — Jehovah's heave-offering — to Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD’s wave offering, 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 —
Of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided off from the men who fought
43 and the company's half is, of the flock three hundred thousand, and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred;
(now the congregation’s half was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
44 and of the herd six and thirty thousand;
thirty-six thousand head of cattle,
45 and of asses thirty thousand and five hundred;
thirty thousand and five hundred donkeys,
46 and of human beings sixteen thousand —
and sixteen thousand 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.
even of the children of Israel’s half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of animal, and gave them to the Levites, who performed the duty of the LORD’s tabernacle, 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,
The officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near 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;
They said to Moses, “Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war who are under our command, and there lacks not one man of us.
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 have brought the LORD’s offering, what every man found: gold ornaments, armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for our souls before the LORD.”
51 And Moses receiveth — Eleazar the priest also — the gold from them, every made vessel,
Moses and Eleazar the priest took their gold, even all worked jewels.
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;
All the gold of the wave offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand and seven hundred and fifty shekels.
53 (the men of the host have spoiled each for himself);
The men of war had taken booty, every 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.
Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the Tent of Meeting for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.
