Numbers 31

1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

And the Lord spak to Moyses, and seide,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

whiche Moises sente with Fynees, the sone of Eleazar, preest. And he bitook to hem hooli vesselis, and trumpis to make sown.

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

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

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 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.

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 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;

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

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

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

And they token pray, and alle thingis whiche thei hadden take, as wel of men as of beestis, and thei brouyten to Moyses,

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 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.

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,

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.

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

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

and he seide, Whi reserueden ye wymmen?

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.

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?

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;

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;

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

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

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 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;

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

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.

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, preest, spak thus to the men of the oost that fouyten, This is the comaundement of the lawe, which the Lord comaundide to Moises,

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

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;

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;

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

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 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.

25 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

And the Lord seide to Moises, Take ye the summe of tho thingis that ben takun, fro man `til to beeste,

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;

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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.

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

And Moyses and Eleazar diden, as the Lord comaundide.

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;

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

33 and of the herd two and seventy thousand;

of oxun two and seuenti thousynde,

34 and of asses one and sixty thousand;

of assis sixti thousynde and a thousynde;

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.

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

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 myddil part was youun to hem that weren in the batel, of scheep thre hundrid seuene and thretti thousynde and fyue hundrid;

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

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

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

and of sixe and thretti thousynde oxun,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

And of the myddil part that bifelde to the tother multitude, that is, of thre hundrid seuene and thretti thousynde scheep and fyue hundrid,

44 and of the herd six and thirty thousand;

and of sixe and thretti thousynde oxun,

45 and of asses thirty thousand and five hundred;

and of thretti thousynde assis and fyue hundrid, and of sixtene thousynde wymmen,

46 and of human beings sixteen thousand —

Moyses took the fyftithe heed,

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

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

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;

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

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.'

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.

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

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

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;

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

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

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

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 thei baren the gold taken in to the tabernacle of witnessyng, in to the mynde of the sones of Israel, bifor the Lord.