1 A nd Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

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

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

3 A nd 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.

And 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;

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

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

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

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

6 A nd 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.

and 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.

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

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

8 A nd 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.

and 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.

9 A nd 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;

And 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;

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

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

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

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

12 a nd 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.

and 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 by Jordan, Jericho.

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

And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the company, go out to meet them, unto the outside of the camp,

14 A nd 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 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.

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

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

16 L o, 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.

lo, 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.

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

`And now, slay ye every male among the infants, yea, every woman known of man by the lying of a male ye have slain;

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

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

19 A nd 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.

`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;

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

and every garment, and every skin vessel, and every work of goats', and every wooden vessel, ye yourselves cleanse.'

21 A nd 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.

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

22 O nly the gold, and the silver, the copper, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

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

23 e verything 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.

every 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;

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

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

25 A nd Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

26 T ake 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;

`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;

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

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

28 A nd 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.

and 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;

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

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

30 A nd 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 beasts, and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, who keep the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.

`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.'

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

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

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

And 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;

33 a nd seventy-two thousand oxen,

and of the herd two and seventy thousand;

34 a nd sixty-one thousand asses,

and of asses one and sixty thousand;

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

and of human beings -- of the women who have not known the lying of a male -- all the persons two and thirty thousand.

36 A nd 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 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.

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

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

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

and the herd six and thirty thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah two and seventy;

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

and the asses thirty thousand and five hundred, and their tribute to Jehovah one and sixty;

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

and the human beings sixteen thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah two and thirty persons.

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

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

42 A nd of the children of Israel's half, which Moses had divided, from the men that served in the war,

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

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

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

44 a nd thirty-six thousand oxen,

and of the herd six and thirty thousand;

45 a nd thirty thousand five hundred asses,

and of asses thirty thousand and five hundred;

46 a nd sixteen thousand human persons,)

and of human beings sixteen thousand --

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.

Moses 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.

48 A nd the officers who were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near to Moses,

And the inspectors whom the thousands of the host hath, (heads of the thousands and heads of the hundreds), draw near unto Moses,

49 a nd 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.

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

50 S o 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.

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

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

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

52 A nd 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.

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

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

54 A nd 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.

and 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.