Numbers 31

 1 I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) spoke to Drawn (Moses), saying,

 

2 Avenge the children of God Prevails (Israel) of the Strifettes (Midianite): afterward, you shall be gathered to your people.

 

3 So Drawn (Moses) spoke to the people, saying: Arm some of yourselves to the war, and let them go against the Strifettes (Midianite), and avenge I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) of Strife (Midian).

 

4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of God Prevails (Israel), you shall send to the war.

 

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

 

6 So Drawn (Moses) sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Mouth of Brass (Phinehas) the son of God Has Helped (Eleazar) the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.

 

7 They warred against the Strifettes (Midianites), as I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) commanded Drawn (Moses); and they slew all the males.

 

8 They slew the kings of Strife (Midian), beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi – My Desire (Evi), and Variegation (Rekem), and Rock (Zur), and Cavern (Hur), and Four (Reba), five kings of Strife (Midian): They also slew Not of the People (Balaam) the son of Burning (Beor) with the sword.

 

9 And the children of God Prevails (Israel) took all the women of Strife (Midian) captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.

 

10 They burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their castles, with fire.

 

11 They took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.

 

12 Then they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, to Drawn (Moses), and God Has Helped (Eleazar) the priest, and to the congregation of the children of God Prevails (Israel), to the camp at the plains of Of His Father (Moab), which are by Descender (Jordan) near Its Moon (Jericho).

 

13 Drawn (Moses), and God Has Helped (Eleazar) the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them outside the camp.

 

14 And Drawn (Moses) was angry with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.

 

15 Drawn (Moses) said to them: Have you saved all the women alive?

 

16 Behold, these caused the children of God Prevails (Israel), through the counsel of Not of the People (Balaam), to commit trespass against I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) in the matter of Cleft (Peor), and there was a plague among the congregation of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah).

 

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

 

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

 

19 Stay outside the camp seven days: whosoever has killed any person, and whosoever has touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.

 

20 Also purify all your clothing, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.

 

21 Then God Has Helped (Eleazar) the priest said to the men of war which went to the battle: This is the ordinance of the law which I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) commanded Drawn (Moses);

 

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

 

23 Everything that will tolerate the fire, you shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless, it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that cannot withstand the fire you shall make go through the water.

 

24 You shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean, and afterward, you shall come into the camp.

 

25 Then I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) spoke to Drawn (Moses), saying:

 

26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, you, and God Has Helped (Eleazar) the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:

 

27 Divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:

 

28 Levy a tribute to I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the sheep:

 

29 Take it of their half, and give it to God Has Helped (Eleazar) the priest, for a heave offering to I AM (the LORD, Yehovah).

 

30 Of the children of God Prevails’ (Israel) half, you shall take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the cattle, and of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them to the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah).

 

31 So, Drawn (Moses) and God Has Helped (Eleazar) the priest did as I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) commanded Drawn (Moses).

 

32 The booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,

 

33 Seventy-two thousand cattle,

 

34 Sixty-one thousand donkeys,

 

35 Thirty-two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known a man by lying with him.

 

36 The half, which was the portion of those that went out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep:

 

37 They gave I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) a tribute of six hundred seventy-five sheep.

 

38 The cattle were thirty-six thousand; of which I AM’s (the LORD, Yehovah) tribute was seventy-two.

 

39 The donkeys were thirty-five hundred; of which I AM’s (the LORD, Yehovah) tribute was sixty-one.

 

40 And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which I AM’s (the LORD, Yehovah) tribute was thirty-two persons.

 

41 Then Drawn (Moses) gave the tribute, which was I AM’s (the LORD, Yehovah) heave offering, to God Has Helped (Eleazar) the priest, as I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) commanded Drawn (Moses).

 

42 Of the children of God Prevails' (Israel) half, which Drawn (Moses) divided from the men that warred,

 

43 (Now the half that pertained to the congregation was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,

 

44 Thirty-six thousand cattle,

 

45 Thirty thousand five hundred donkeys,

 

46 And sixteen thousand persons;)

 

47 From the children of God Prevails’ (Israel) half, Drawn (Moses) took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them to the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord; as I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) commanded Drawn (Moses).

 

48 And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near to Drawn (Moses):

 

49 And they said to Drawn (Moses), Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and not one man of us lacks anything.

 

50 We have therefore brought an oblation for I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), from what every man has gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before I AM (the LORD, Yehovah).

 

51 And Drawn (Moses) and God Has Helped (Eleazar) the priest took the gold of them and the jewelry.

 

52 All the gold of the offering that they offered up to I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels.

 

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

 

54 So Drawn (Moses) and God Has Helped (Eleazar) the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of God Prevails (Israel) before I AM (the LORD, Yehovah).