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Conquest of the Midianites
Then the LORD said to Moses,
Then the LORD said to Moses,
Vengeance on Midian
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
“On behalf of the people of Israel, take revenge on the Midianites for leading them into idolatry. After that, you will die and join your ancestors.”
Avenge the children of Israel upon the Midianites; afterwards shalt thou be gathered unto thy peoples.
So Moses said to the people, “Choose some men, and arm them to fight the LORD’s war of revenge against 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.
From each tribe of Israel, send 1,000 men into battle.”
Of every tribe a thousand, of all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
So they chose 1,000 men from each tribe of Israel, a total of 12,000 men armed for battle.
And there were levied out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand by tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
Then Moses sent them out, 1,000 men from each tribe, and Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest led them into battle. They carried along the holy objects of the sanctuary and the trumpets for sounding the charge.
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.
They attacked Midian as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed all the men.
And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah had commanded Moses, and slew all the males.
All five of the Midianite kings — Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba — died in the battle. They also killed Balaam 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.
Then the Israelite army captured the Midianite women and children and seized their cattle and flocks and all their wealth as plunder.
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;
They burned all the towns and villages where the Midianites had lived.
and all their cities in their settlements and all their encampments they burned with fire.
After they had gathered the plunder and captives, both people and animals,
And they took all the booty, and all the prey, of man and of cattle;
they brought them all to Moses and Eleazar the priest, and to the whole community of Israel, which was camped on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from 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, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the community went 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.
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;
“Why have you let all the women live?” he demanded.
and Moses said to them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
“These are the very ones who followed Balaam’s advice and caused the people of Israel to rebel against the LORD at Mount Peor. They are the ones who caused the plague to strike the LORD’s people.
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.
So kill all the boys and all the women who have had intercourse with a man.
And now slay every male among the little ones, and slay every woman that hath known man by lying with him,
Only the young girls who are virgins may live; you may keep them for yourselves.
but all the children among the women that have not known lying with a man, keep alive for yourselves.
And all of you who have killed anyone or touched a dead body must stay outside the camp for seven days. You must purify yourselves and your captives on the third and seventh days.
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.
Purify all your clothing, too, and everything made of leather, goat hair, or 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 who were in the battle, “The LORD has given Moses this legal requirement:
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.
Anything made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, or lead —
Only the gold, and the silver, the copper, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
that is, all metals that do not burn — must be passed through fire in order to be made ceremonially pure. These metal objects must then be further purified with the water of purification. But everything that burns must be purified by the water alone.
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.
On the seventh day you must wash your clothes and be purified. Then you may return to 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 Plunder
And the LORD said to Moses,
Division of the Spoils
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
“You and Eleazar the priest and the family leaders of each tribe are to make a list of all the plunder taken in the battle, including the people and animals.
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;
Then divide the plunder into two parts, and give half to the men who fought the battle and half to the rest of the people.
and divide the prey into halves, between them that conducted the war, who went out to the battle, and the whole assembly.
From the army’s portion, first give the LORD his share of the plunder — one of every 500 of the prisoners and of the cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats.
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.
Give this share of the army’s half 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 half that belongs to the people of Israel, take one of every fifty of the prisoners and of the cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, and other animals. Give this share to the Levites, who are in charge of maintaining the LORD’s Tabernacle.”
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.
So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
The plunder remaining from everything the fighting men had taken totaled 675,000 sheep and goats,
And the prey, the rest of the spoil, which the men of war had taken, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,
and 32,000 virgin girls.
and of human persons, of the women that had not known lying with a man, all the persons were thirty-two thousand.
Half of the plunder was given to the fighting men. It totaled 337,500 sheep and goats,
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,
of which 675 were the LORD’s share;
and the tribute for Jehovah of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five;
36,000 cattle, of which 72 were the LORD’s share;
and the oxen were thirty-six thousand, and the tribute thereof for Jehovah, seventy-two;
30,500 donkeys, of which 61 were the LORD’s share;
and the asses were thirty thousand five hundred, and the tribute thereof for Jehovah, sixty-one;
and 16,000 virgin girls, of whom 32 were the LORD’s share.
and the human persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the tribute for Jehovah was thirty-two persons.
Moses gave all the LORD’s share to Eleazar the priest, just as the LORD had directed him.
And Moses gave the tribute of Jehovah's heave-offering to Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
Half of the plunder belonged to the people of Israel, and Moses separated it from the half belonging to the fighting men.
And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses had divided, [taking it] from the men that served in the war,
It totaled 337,500 sheep and goats,
(now the half belonging to the assembly was of the sheep, three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred,
From the half-share given to the people, Moses took one of every fifty prisoners and animals and gave them to the Levites, who maintained the LORD’s Tabernacle. All this was done 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 all the generals and captains came to 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 said, “We, your servants, have accounted for all the men who went out to battle under our command; not one 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 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.
So Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from all the military commanders — all kinds of jewelry and crafted objects.
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, all manner of wrought jewels.
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.
All the fighting men had taken some of the plunder for themselves.
(The men of war had taken spoil each one for himself.)
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.