Numbers 31

¹And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

²Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.

³And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm ye men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Jehovah’s vengeance on Midian.

⁴Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

⁵So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

⁶And Moses sent them, a thousand of every tribe, to the war, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.

⁷And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah commanded Moses; and they slew every male.

⁸And they slew the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

⁹And the children of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones; and all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they took for a prey.

¹⁰And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.

¹¹And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast.

¹²And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.

¹³And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.

¹⁴And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.

¹⁵And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

¹⁶Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of Jehovah.

¹⁷Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

¹⁸But all the women-children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

¹⁹And encamp ye without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, ye and your captives.

²⁰And as to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood, ye shall purify yourselves.

²¹And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war that went to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses:

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

²³everything that may abide the fire, ye shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make to go through the water.

²⁴And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean; and afterward ye shall come into the camp.

²⁵And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

²⁶Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the congregation;

²⁷and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, that went out to battle, and all the congregation.

²⁸And levy a tribute unto Jehovah of the men of war that went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the oxen, and of the asses, and of the flocks:

²⁹take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for Jehovah’s heave-offering.

³⁰And of the children of Israel’s half, thou shalt take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the asses, and of the flocks, even of all the cattle, and give them unto the Levites, that keep the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.

³¹And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Jehovah commanded Moses.

³²Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,

³³and threescore and twelve thousand oxen,

³⁴and threescore and one thousand asses,

³⁵and thirty and two thousand persons in all, of the women that had not known man by lying with him.

³⁶And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep:

³⁷and Jehovah’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

³⁸And the oxen were thirty and six thousand; of which Jehovah’s tribute was threescore and twelve.

³⁹And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which Jehovah’s tribute was threescore and one.

⁴⁰And the persons were sixteen thousand; of whom Jehovah’s tribute was thirty and two persons.

⁴¹And Moses gave the tribute, which was Jehovah’s heave-offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

⁴²And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred

⁴³(now the congregation’s half was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred sheep,

⁴⁴and thirty and six thousand oxen,

⁴⁵and thirty thousand and five hundred asses,

⁴⁶and sixteen thousand persons),

⁴⁷even of the children of Israel’s half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, that kept the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

⁴⁸And the officers that were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses;

⁴⁹and they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war that are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.

⁵⁰And we have brought Jehovah’s oblation, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, ankle-chains, and bracelets, signet-rings, ear-rings, and armlets, to make atonement for our souls before Jehovah.

⁵¹And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.

⁵²And all the gold of the heave-offering that they offered up to Jehovah, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.

⁵³(For the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.)

⁵⁴And 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 Jehovah.

Numbers 31

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

²`Execute the vengeance of the sons of Israel against the Midianitesafterwards thou art gathered unto thy people.'

³And 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;

⁴a thousand for a tribea thousand for a tribe, to all the tribes of Israelye do send to the host.'

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

⁶and 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.

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

⁸and 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.

⁹And 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;

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

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

¹²and 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.

¹³And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the company, go out to meet them, unto the outside of the camp,

¹⁴and 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.

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

¹⁶lo, theythey 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.

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;

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

¹⁹`And ye, encamp ye at the outside of the camp seven daysany 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 dayye and your captives;

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

²¹And 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:

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

²³every 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;

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

²⁵And Jehovah speaketh 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;

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

²⁸and 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;

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

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.'

³¹And Moses dothEleazar the priest alsoas Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

³²And 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;

³³and of the herd two and seventy thousand;

³⁴and of asses one and sixty thousand;

³⁵and of human beingsof the women who have not known the lying of a maleall the persons are two and thirty thousand.

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

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

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

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

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

⁴¹And Moses giveth the tributeJehovah's heave-offeringto Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

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

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

⁴⁴and of the herd six and thirty thousand;

⁴⁵and of asses thirty thousand and five hundred;

⁴⁶and of human beings sixteen thousand

⁴⁷Moses 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.

⁴⁸And the inspectors whom the thousands of the host hath, (heads of the thousands and heads of the hundreds), draw near unto Moses,

⁴⁹and 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;

⁵⁰and we bring near Jehovah's offering, each that which he hath found, vessels of goldchain, and bracelet, seal-ring, ear -ring, and beadto make atonement for ourselves before Jehovah.'

⁵¹And Moses receivethEleazar the priest alsothe gold from them, every made vessel,

⁵²and 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;

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

⁵⁴and Moses takethEleazar the priest alsothe gold from the heads of the thousands and of the hundreds, and they bring it in unto the tent of meetinga memorial for the sons of Israel before Jehovah.