Numbers 31

1Then the Lord said to Moses,

1And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

1And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

2Give the Midianites punishment for the wrong they did to the children of Israel: and after that you will go to rest with your people.

2Avenge the children of Israel upon the Midianites; afterwards shalt thou be gathered unto thy peoples.

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

3So Moses said to the people, Let men from among you be armed for war to put into effect against Midian the Lord's punishment on them.

3And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm from amongst you men for military service, that they go against Midian to execute Jehovah's vengeance upon Midian.

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;

4From every tribe of Israel send a thousand to the war.

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

4a thousand for a tribe--a thousand for a tribe, to all the tribes of Israel--ye do send to the host.'

5So from the thousands of Israel a thousand were taken from every tribe, twelve thousand men armed for war.

5And there were levied out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand by tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

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

6And Moses sent them out to war, a thousand from every tribe, and with them Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, taking in his hands the vessels of the holy place and the horns for sounding the note of war.

6And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand by the tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, and the holy instruments, even the alarm-trumpets in his hand.

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 made war on Midian, as the Lord gave orders to Moses; and they put to death every male.

7And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah had commanded Moses, and slew all the males.

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

8They put the kings of Midian to death with the rest, Evi and Reken and Zur and Hur and Reba, the five kings of Midian: and Balaam, the son of Beor, they put to death with the sword.

8And they slew the kings of Midian, besides the others slain, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian; and Balaam the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

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.

9The women of Midian with their little ones the children of Israel took prisoner; and all their cattle and flocks and all their goods they took for themselves;

9And the children of Israel took the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took for a spoil all their cattle and all their flocks and all their goods;

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 after burning all their towns and all their tent-circles,

10and all their cities in their settlements and all their encampments they burned with fire.

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

11They went away with the goods they had taken, man and beast.

11And they took all the booty, and all the prey, of man and of cattle;

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

12And the prisoners and the goods and everything they had taken, they took to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the people of Israel, to the tent-circle in the lowlands of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

12and they brought to Moses and Eleazar the priest, and to the assembly of the children of Israel, the captives and the prey and the booty, to the camp in the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan of Jericho.

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 <FI>are<Fi> by Jordan, <FI>near<Fi> Jericho.

13Then Moses and Eleazar the priest and the chiefs of the people went out to them before they had come into the tent-circle.

13And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the princes of the assembly went forth to meet them outside the camp.

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 was angry with the chiefs of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds who had come back from the war.

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

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 said to them, Why have you kept all the women safe?

15and Moses said to them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

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

16It was these who, moved by Balaam, were the cause of Israel's sin against the Lord in the question of Peor, because of which disease came on the people of the Lord.

16Lo, these, through the counsel of Balaam, caused the children of Israel to commit sin against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague on the assembly of Jehovah.

16lo, 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.

17So now put every male child to death, and every woman who has had sex relations with a man.

17And now slay every male among the little ones, and slay every woman that hath known man by lying with him,

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;

18But all the female children who have had no sex relations with men, you may keep for yourselves.

18but all the children among the women that have not known lying with a man, keep alive for yourselves.

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

19You yourselves will have to keep outside the tent-circle for seven days, anyone of you who has put any person to death or come near a dead body; and on the third day and on the seventh day make yourselves and your prisoners clean.

19And encamp outside the camp seven days; whoever hath killed a person, and whoever hath touched any slain; ye shall purify yourselves on the third day, and on the seventh day, you and your captives.

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;

20And every bit of clothing, and anything made of leather or goats' hair or wood, you are to make clean.

20And every garment, and every vessel of skin, and all work of goat's hair, and every utensil of wood shall ye purify.

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

21Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had been to the fight, This is the rule of the law which the Lord has given to Moses:

21And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war that had gone to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

21And Eleazar the priest saith unto the men of the host who go in to battle, `This <FI>is<Fi> the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses:

22But gold and silver and brass and iron and tin and lead,

22Only the gold, and the silver, the copper, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

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

23And anything which may be heated, is to go through the fire and be made clean; but in addition it is to be put in the water of cleaning: and anything which may not go through the fire is to be put in the water.

23everything that passeth through the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean; only it shall be purified with the water of separation; and everything that cannot pass through the fire ye shall make go through the water.

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 on the seventh day, after washing your clothing, you will be clean, and then you may come into the tent-circle.

24And ye shall wash your garments on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean; and afterwards ye may come into the camp.

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

25And the Lord said to Moses,

25And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

25And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

26Get an account of everything which was taken in the war, of man and of beast, you and Eleazar the priest and the heads of families of the people:

26Take the sum of the prey that was taken, of man and of cattle, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the assembly;

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 let division be made of it into two parts, one for the men of war who went out to the fight, and one for all the people:

27and divide the prey into halves, between them that conducted the war, who went out to the battle, and the whole assembly.

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

28And from the men of war who went out let there be offered to the Lord one out of every five hundred, from the persons, and from the oxen and asses and sheep:

28And thou shalt levy a tribute for Jehovah of the men of war who went out to the army, one soul of five hundred of the persons, and of the oxen, and of the asses, and of the small cattle.

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;

29Take this from their part and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to be lifted up to the Lord.

29Of their half shall ye take it, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for a heave-offering of Jehovah.

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

30And from the part given to the children of Israel, take one out of every fifty, from the persons, and from the oxen and asses and sheep, and give it to the Levites who have the care of the House of the Lord.

30And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the asses, and of the small cattle, of every [kind of] beasts, and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, who keep the charge of the tabernacle 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.'

31So Eleazar and Moses did as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

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

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

32Now the beasts taken, in addition to what the fighting-men took for themselves, were six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,

32And the prey, the rest of the spoil, which the men of war had taken, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,

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 seventy-two thousand oxen,

33and seventy-two thousand oxen,

33and of the herd two and seventy thousand;

34And sixty-one thousand asses;

34and sixty-one thousand asses,

34and of asses one and sixty thousand;

35And thirty-two thousand persons, that is, women who had never had sex relations with a man.

35and of human persons, of the women that had not known lying with a man, all the persons were thirty-two thousand.

35and of human beings--of the women who have not known the lying of a male--all the persons <FI>are<Fi> two and thirty thousand.

36And the half given as their part to the men who went to the war, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand, five hundred sheep,

36And the half, the portion of them that had gone out to the war, was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,

36And 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.

37Of which the Lord's part was six hundred and seventy-five.

37and the tribute for Jehovah of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five;

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

38The number of oxen was thirty-six thousand, of which the Lord's part was seventy-two;

38and the oxen were thirty-six thousand, and the tribute thereof for Jehovah, seventy-two;

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

39The number of asses was thirty thousand, five hundred, of which the Lord's part was sixty-one.

39and the asses were thirty thousand five hundred, and the tribute thereof for Jehovah, sixty-one;

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

40And the number of persons was sixteen thousand, of which the Lord's part was thirty-two persons.

40and the human persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the tribute for Jehovah was thirty-two persons.

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

41And Moses gave the Lord's part, lifted up as an offering, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

41And Moses gave the tribute of Jehovah's heave-offering to Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

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

42And from the half given to the children of Israel, which Moses had kept separate from that given to the fighting-men,

42And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses had divided, [taking it] from the men that served in the war,

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

43(Now the people's half was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand, five hundred sheep,

43(now the half belonging to the assembly was of the sheep, three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred,

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

44And thirty-six thousand oxen,

44and thirty-six thousand oxen,

44and of the herd six and thirty thousand;

45And thirty thousand, five hundred asses,

45and thirty thousand five hundred asses,

45and of asses thirty thousand and five hundred;

46And sixteen thousand persons;)

46and sixteen thousand human persons,)

46and of human beings sixteen thousand--

47Even from the children of Israel's half, Moses took one out of every fifty, men and beasts, and gave them to the Levites who had the care of the House of the Lord; as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

47...of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, of man and of cattle, and gave them to the Levites who kept the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

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.

48Then the men in authority over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, came to Moses,

48And the officers who were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near to 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 said to him, Your servants have taken note of the number of all the fighting-men under our orders, and every one is present;

49and they said to Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war who were under our hand, and there is not one man of us lacking.

49and they say unto Moses, `Thy servants have taken up the sum of the men of war who <FI>are<Fi> with us, and not a man of us hath been missed;

50And we have here an offering for the Lord from what every man took in the war, ornaments of gold, leg-chains and arm-rings, finger-rings, ear-rings, and neck-ornaments, to make our souls free from sin before the Lord.

50So we present the offering of Jehovah, that which each one hath found, jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for our souls before Jehovah.

50and we bring near Jehovah's offering, each that which he hath found, vessels of gold--chain, and bracelet, seal-ring, <FI>ear<Fi> -ring, and bead--to make atonement for ourselves before Jehovah.'

51So Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, even all the worked ornaments.

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

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

52And the gold which the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds gave, as an offering to be lifted up before the Lord, came to sixteen thousand, seven hundred and fifty shekels.

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

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(For every man of the army had taken goods for himself in the war.)

53(The men of war had taken spoil each one for himself.)

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

54Then Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold given by the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and took it into the Tent of meeting, to be a sign in memory of the children of Israel before the Lord.

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, as a memorial for the children of Israel before Jehovah.

54and 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.