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2Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
2'Take revenge on the Midianites for what they did to the Israelites. After that, you will die and join your ancestors.'
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.
3So Moses said to the people, 'Equip some of your men for war to go against Midian and carry out the LORD’s vengeance on them.
4Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
4Send a thousand men from every tribe of Israel into the battle.'
5So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
5So twelve thousand men armed for war—one thousand from each tribe—were chosen from the thousands of Israel.
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.
6Moses sent these thousand men from each tribe to the war, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took the holy items and the signal trumpets with him.
7And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah commanded Moses; and they slew every male.
7They fought against Midian just as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every man.
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.
8Along with those they killed, they put to death the five kings of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba. They also killed Balaam son of Beor 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.
9The Israelites captured the Midianite women and children and took all their cattle, flocks, and goods as plunder.
10And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.
10They burned all the towns where the Midianites lived and all their camps.
11And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast.
11They took all the loot and spoils, including both people and animals.
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.
12They brought the captives, the spoils, and the loot to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the whole community of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan River across from Jericho.
13And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
13Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the community went outside the camp to meet them.
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.
14But Moses was angry with the officers of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who returned from the battle.
15And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
15'Have you allowed all the women to live?' Moses asked them.
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.
16'Remember, these were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice and caused the Israelites to be unfaithful to the LORD at Peor, which brought a plague on the LORD’s people.
17Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
17Now kill all the boys and kill every woman who has slept with a man.
18But all the women-children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
18But save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.
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.
19All of you who have killed anyone or touched a dead body must stay outside the camp for seven days. Purify yourselves and your captives on the third day and the seventh day.
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.
20Purify every garment and every article made of leather, goat hair, or wood.'
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:
21Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, 'This is the requirement of the law that the LORD commanded Moses:
22howbeit the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
22Gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, 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.
23and anything else that can survive fire must be passed through fire, and then it will be clean. But it must also be purified with the water of purification. Anything that cannot survive fire must be passed through water.
24And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean; and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
24On the seventh day wash your clothes and you will be clean. After that you may come into the camp.'
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;
26'You, Eleazar the priest, and the family leaders of the community are to count all the people and animals that were captured.
27and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, that went out to battle, and all the congregation.
27Divide the spoils between the soldiers who went to battle and the rest of the community.
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:
28From the soldiers’ share, set aside a tax for the LORD: one out of every five hundred, whether people, cattle, donkeys, or sheep.
29take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for Jehovah’s heave-offering.
29Take this from their half-share and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD.
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.
30From the Israelites’ half-share, take one out of every fifty, whether people, cattle, donkeys, or sheep, and give them to the Levites, who are in charge of the LORD’s tabernacle.'
31And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Jehovah commanded Moses.
31So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD 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,
32The remaining loot from the plunder the soldiers took was 675,000 sheep,
35and thirty and two thousand persons in all, of the women that had not known man by lying with him.
35and 32,000 women who had never slept with a man.
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:
36The half-share for the soldiers who went to war was 337,500 sheep,
37and Jehovah’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.
37of which the tax for the LORD was 675.
38And the oxen were thirty and six thousand; of which Jehovah’s tribute was threescore and twelve.
38There were 36,000 cattle, and the tax for the LORD was 72.
39And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which Jehovah’s tribute was threescore and one.
39There were 30,500 donkeys, and the tax for the LORD was 61.
40And the persons were sixteen thousand; of whom Jehovah’s tribute was thirty and two persons.
40There were 16,000 people, and the tax for the LORD was 32.
41And Moses gave the tribute, which was Jehovah’s heave-offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
41Moses gave the tax to Eleazar the priest as the LORD’s offering, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
42And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred
42The half-share for the rest of the Israelites, which Moses set aside from the soldiers’ share,
43(now the congregation’s half was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
43belonged to the community and consisted of 337,500 sheep,
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.
47From the Israelites’ half-share, Moses took one out of every fifty people and animals and gave them to the Levites, who were in charge of the LORD’s tabernacle, just as the LORD had commanded him.
48And the officers that were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses;
48Then the officers who were over the units of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—came to 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.
49They said to him, 'Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one man is missing.
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.
50So we have brought as an offering to the LORD the gold articles each of us found—armbands, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.'
51And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.
51Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted the gold from them—all the crafted jewelry.
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.
52All the gold from the commanders of thousands and hundreds that Moses and Eleazar presented as a gift to the LORD weighed 16,750 shekels.
53(For the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.)
53Each soldier had taken plunder 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.
54Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the commanders of thousands and hundreds and brought it into the Tent of Meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD.'