31:1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
31:2 Avenge the wrongs of the children of Israel on the Madianites, and
afterwards thou shalt be added to thy people.
31:3 And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm some of you, and set
yourselves in array before the Lord against Madian, to inflict vengeance on
Madian from the Lord.
31:4 Send a thousand of each tribe from all the tribes of the children of
Israel to set themselves in array.
31:5 And they numbered of the thousands of Israel a thousand of [each]
tribe, twelve thousands; [these were] armed for war.
31:6 And Moses sent them away a thousand of every tribe with their forces,
and Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest: and the holy
instruments, and the signal trumpets [were] in their hands.
31:7 And they set themselves in array against Madian, as the Lord commanded
Moses; and they slew every male.
31:8 And they slew the kings of Madian together with their slain [subjects];
even Evi and Rocon, and Sur, and Ur, and Roboc, five kings of Madian; and
they slew with the sword Balaam the son of Beor with their [other] slain.
31:9 And they made a prey of the women of Madian, and their store, and their
cattle, and all their possessions: and they spoiled their forces.
31:10 And they burnt with fire all their cities in the places of their
habitation and they burnt their villages with fire.
31:11 And they took all their plunder, and all their spoils, both man and
beast.
31:12 And they brought to Moses and to Eleazar the priest, and to all the
children of Israel, the captives, and the spoils, and the plunder, to the
camp to Araboth Moab, which is at Jordan by Jericho.
31:13 And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the rulers of the synagogue
went forth out of the camp to meet them.
31:14 And Moses was angry with the captains of the host, the heads of
thousands and the heads of hundreds who came from the battle-array.
31:15 And Moses said to them, Why have ye saved every female alive?
31:16 For they were [the occasion] to the children of Israel by the word of
Balaam of their revolting and despising the word of the Lord, because of
Phogor; and there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord.
31:17 Now then slay every male in all the spoil, slay every woman, who has
known the lying with man.
31:18 And as for all the captivity of women, who have not known the lying
with man, save ye them alive.
31:19 And ye shall encamp outside the [great] camp seven days; every one who
has slain and who touches a dead body, shall be purified on the third day,
and ye and your captivity [shall purify yourselves] on he seventh day.
31:20 And ye shall purify every garment and every leathern utensil, and all
furniture of goat skin, and every wooden vessel.
31:21 And Eleazar the priest said to the men of the host that came from the
battle-array, This [is] the ordinance of the law which the Lord has
commanded Moses.
31:22 Beside the gold, and the silver, and the brass, and the iron, and
lead, and tin,
31:23 every thing that shall pass through the fire shall so be clean,
nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of sanctification; and
whatsoever will not pass through the fire shall pass through water.
31:24 And on the seventh day ye shall wash your garments, and be clean; and
afterwards ye shall come into the camp.
31:25 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
31:26 Take the sum of the spoils of the captivity both of man and beast,
thou and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the families of the
congregation.
31:27 And ye shall divide the spoils between the warriors that went out to
battle, and the whole congregation.
31:28 And ye shall take a tribute for the Lord from the warriors that went
out to battle; one soul out of five hundred, from the men, and from the
cattle, even from the oxen, and from the sheep, and from the asses; and ye
shall take from their half.
31:29 And thou shalt give [them] to Eleazar the priest [as] the first-fruits
of the Lord.
31:30 And from the half belonging to the children of Israel thou shalt take
one in fifty from the men, and from the oxen, and from the sheep, and from
the asses, and from all the cattle; and thou shalt give them to the Levites
that keep the charges in the tabernacle of the Lord.
31:31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.
31:32 And that which remained of the spoil which the warriors took, was-- of
the sheep, six hundred and seventy-five thousand:
31:33 and oxen, seventy-two thousand:
31:34 and asses, sixty-one thousand.
31:35 And persons of women who had not known lying with man, all the souls,
thirty-two thousand.
31:36 And the half, [even] the portion of them that went out to war, from
the number of the sheep, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand and
five hundred.
31:37 And the tribute to the Lord from the sheep was six hundred and
seventy-five.
31:38 And the oxen, six and thirty thousand, and the tribute to the Lord
seventy-two.
31:39 And asses, thirty thousand and five hundred, and the tribute to the
Lord, sixty-one:
31:40 and the persons, sixteen thousand, and the tribute of them to the
Lord, thirty-two souls.
31:41 And Moses gave the tribute to the Lord, the heave-offering of God, to
Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses;
31:42 from the half belonging to the children of Israel, whom Moses
separated from the men of war.
31:43 And the half [taken] from the sheep, belonging to the congregation,
was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand and five hundred.
31:44 And the oxen, thirty-six thousand;
31:45 asses, thirty thousand and five hundred;
31:46 and persons, sixteen thousand.
31:47 And Moses took of the half belonging to the children of Israel the
fiftieth part, of men and of cattle, and he gave them to the Levites who
keep the charges of the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
31:48 And all those who were appointed to be officers of thousands of the
host, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, approached Moses, and
said to Moses,
31:49 Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war with us, and not one
is missing.
31:50 And we have brought our gift to the Lord, [every] man who has found an
article of gold, whether an armlet, or a chain, or a ring, or a bracelet, or
a clasp for hair, to make atonement for us before the Lord.
31:51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, even every
wrought article.
31:52 And all the wrought gold, even the offering that they offered to the
Lord, was sixteen thousand and seven hundred and fifty shekels from the
captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds.
31:53 For the men of war took plunder every one for himself.
31:54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the captains of
thousands and captains of hundreds, and brought the vessels into the
tabernacle of witness, a memorial of the children of Israel before the Lord. |
31:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
31:2 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou
be gathered unto thy people.
31:3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto
the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of
Midian.
31:4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall
ye send to the war.
31:5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of
every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
31:6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and
Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy
instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
31:7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses;
and they slew all the males.
31:8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were
slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of
Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
31:9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and
their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their
flocks, and all their goods.
31:10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their
goodly castles, with fire.
31:11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of
beasts.
31:12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto
Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of
Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near
Jericho.
31:13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the
congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
31:14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains
over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
31:15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
31:16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of
Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there
was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
31:17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every
woman that hath known man by lying with him.
31:18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with
him, keep alive for yourselves.
31:19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any
person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and
your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.
31:20 And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all
work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.
31:21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the
battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;
31:22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the
lead,
31:23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye 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 abideth not the fire ye shall make go
through the water.
31:24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be
clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
31:25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
31:26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast,
thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:
31:27 And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war
upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
31:28 And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to
battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves,
and of the asses, and of the sheep:
31:29 Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an
heave offering of the LORD.
31:30 And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of
fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of
all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge
of the tabernacle of the LORD.
31:31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
31:32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had
caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand
sheep,
31:33 And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
31:34 And threescore and one thousand asses,
31:35 And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not
known man by lying with him.
31:36 And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was
in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five
hundred sheep:
31:37 And the LORD's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and
fifteen.
31:38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD's
tribute was threescore and twelve.
31:39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the
LORD's tribute was threescore and one.
31:40 And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD's tribute was
thirty and two persons.
31:41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD's heave offering, unto
Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.
31:42 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men
that warred,
31:43 (Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred
thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
31:44 And thirty and six thousand beeves,
31:45 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,
31:46 And sixteen thousand persons;)
31:47 Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of
fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept
the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
31:48 And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains
of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:
31:49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men
of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.
31:50 We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man
hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and
tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.
31:51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all
wrought jewels.
31:52 And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD, of
the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen
thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.
31:53 (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
31:54 And Moses and 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 Israel before the LORD. |