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The Slaughter of Midian
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Vengeance on Midian
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
“Take full vengeance for the sons of Israel on the Midianites; afterward you will be gathered to your people.”
Avenge the children of Israel upon the Midianites; afterwards shalt thou be gathered unto thy peoples.
Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian to execute the LORD’S vengeance on Midian.
And 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.
“A thousand from each tribe of all the tribes of Israel you shall send to the war.”
Of every tribe a thousand, of all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
So there were furnished from the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
And there were levied out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand by tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
Moses sent them, a thousand from each tribe, to the war, and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war with them, and the holy vessels and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.
And 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.
So they made war against Midian, just as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.
And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah had commanded Moses, and slew all the males.
They killed the kings of Midian along with the rest of their slain: Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the five kings of Midian; they also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.
And 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.
The sons of Israel captured the women of Midian and their little ones; and all their cattle and all their flocks and all their goods they plundered.
And 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;
Then they burned all their cities where they lived and all their camps with fire.
and all their cities in their settlements and all their encampments they burned with fire.
They took all the spoil and all the prey, both of man and of beast.
And they took all the booty, and all the prey, of man and of cattle;
They brought the captives and the prey and the spoil to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest and to the congregation of the sons of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan opposite Jericho.
and 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.
Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the leaders of the congregation went out to meet them outside the camp.
And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the princes of the assembly went forth to meet them outside the camp.
Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who had come from service in the war.
And 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;
And Moses said to them, “Have you spared all the women?
and Moses said to them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
“Behold, these caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, so the plague was among the congregation of the LORD.
Lo, 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.
“Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man intimately.
And now slay every male among the little ones, and slay every woman that hath known man by lying with him,
“But all the girls who have not known man intimately, spare for yourselves.
but all the children among the women that have not known lying with a man, keep alive for yourselves.
“And you, camp outside the camp seven days; whoever has killed any person and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves, you and your captives, on the third day and on the seventh day.
And 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.
“You shall purify for yourselves every garment and every article of leather and all the work of goats’ hair, and all articles of wood.”
And every garment, and every vessel of skin, and all work of goat's hair, and every utensil of wood shall ye purify.
Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to battle, “This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded Moses:
And 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.
only the gold and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin and the lead,
Only the gold, and the silver, the copper, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
everything that can stand the fire, you shall pass through the fire, and it shall be clean, but it shall be purified with water for impurity. But whatever cannot stand the fire you shall pass through the water.
everything 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.
“And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day and be clean, and afterward you may enter the camp.”
And ye shall wash your garments on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean; and afterwards ye may come into the camp.
Division of the Booty
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Division of the Spoils
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
“You and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the fathers’ households of the congregation take a count of the booty that was captured, both of man and of animal;
Take 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;
and divide the booty between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation.
and divide the prey into halves, between them that conducted the war, who went out to the battle, and the whole assembly.
“Levy a tax for the LORD from the men of war who went out to battle, one in five hundred of the persons and of the cattle and of the donkeys and of the sheep;
And 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.
take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest, as an offering to the LORD.
Of their half shall ye take it, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for a heave-offering of Jehovah.
“From the sons of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys and of the sheep, from all the animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.”
And 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.
Moses and Eleazar the priest did just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
Now the booty that remained from the spoil which the men of war had plundered was 675,000 sheep,
And the prey, the rest of the spoil, which the men of war had taken, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,
and of human beings, of the women who had not known man intimately, all the persons were 32,000.
and of human persons, of the women that had not known lying with a man, all the persons were thirty-two thousand.
The half, the portion of those who went out to war, was as follows: the number of sheep was 337,500,
And 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,
and the LORD’S levy of the sheep was 675;
and the tribute for Jehovah of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five;
and the cattle were 36,000, from which the LORD’S levy was 72;
and the oxen were thirty-six thousand, and the tribute thereof for Jehovah, seventy-two;
and the donkeys were 30,500, from which the LORD’S levy was 61;
and the asses were thirty thousand five hundred, and the tribute thereof for Jehovah, sixty-one;
and the human beings were 16,000, from whom the LORD’S levy was 32 persons.
and the human persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the tribute for Jehovah was thirty-two persons.
Moses gave the levy which was the LORD’S offering to Eleazar the priest, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
And Moses gave the tribute of Jehovah's heave-offering to Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
As for the sons of Israel’s half, which Moses separated from the men who had gone to war —
And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses had divided, [taking it] from the men that served in the war,
now the congregation’s half was 337,500 sheep,
(now the half belonging to the assembly was of the sheep, three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred,
and from the sons of Israel’s half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of animals, and gave them to the Levites, who kept charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
... 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.
Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, approached Moses,
The Voluntary Offering
And the officers who were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near to Moses,
And the officers who were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near to Moses,
and they said to Moses, “Your servants have taken a census of men of war who are in our charge, and no man of us is missing.
and 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.
“So we have brought as an offering to the LORD what each man found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”
So 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.
Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all kinds of wrought articles.
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, all manner of wrought jewels.
All the gold of the offering which they offered up to the LORD, from the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, was 16,750 shekels.
And 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.
The men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.
(The men of war had taken spoil each one for himself.)
So Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it to the tent of meeting as a memorial for the sons of Israel before the LORD.
And 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.