1 A nd Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

The Lord said to Moses,

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

Avenge the Israelites on the Midianites; afterward you shall be gathered to your people.

3 A nd 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;

And Moses said to the people, Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian and execute the Lord’s vengeance on Midian.

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

From each of the tribes of Israel you shall send 1, 000 to the war.

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

So there were provided out of the thousands of Israel 1, 000 from each tribe, 12, 000 armed for war.

6 a nd 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.

And Moses sent them to the war, 1, 000 from each tribe, together with Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets to blow the alarm in his hand.

7 A nd they war against Midian, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses, and slay every male;

They fought with Midian, as the Lord commanded Moses, and slew every male,

8 a nd 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.

Including the five kings of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba; also Balaam son of Beor they slew with the sword.

9 A nd 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;

And the Israelites took captive the women of Midian and their little ones, and all their cattle, their flocks, and their goods as booty.

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

They burned all the cities in which they dwelt, and all their encampments.

11 A nd they take all the spoil, and all the prey, among man and among beast;

And they took all the spoil and all the prey, both of man and of beast.

12 a nd 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.

Then they brought the captives, the prey, and the spoil to Moses and Eleazar the priest and to the congregation of the Israelites at the camp on the plains of Moab by Jordan at Jericho.

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

Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the princes or leaders of the congregation went to meet them outside the camp.

14 a nd 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.

But Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, who served in the war.

15 A nd Moses saith unto them, `Have ye kept alive every female?

And Moses said to them, Have you let all the women live?

16 l o, 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.

Behold, these caused the Israelites by the counsel of Balaam to trespass and act treacherously against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and so a plague came among the congregation of the Lord.

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

Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who is not a virgin.

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

But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him keep alive for yourselves.

19 ` 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;

Encamp outside the camp seven days; whoever has killed any person and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day.

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

You shall purify every garment, all that is made of skins, all work of goats’ hair, and every article of wood.

21 A nd 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:

And 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:

22 o nly, the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

Only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

23 e very 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;

Everything that can stand fire, you shall make go through fire, and it shall be clean. Nevertheless it shall also be purified with the water of impurity; and all that cannot stand fire you shall pass through water.

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

And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day and you shall be clean; then you shall come into the camp.

25 A nd Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses,

26 ` 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;

Take the count of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, you and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the congregation.

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

Divide the booty into two parts between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation.

28 a nd 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;

And levy a tribute to the Lord from the warriors who went to battle, one out of every 500 of the persons, the oxen, the donkeys, and the flocks.

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

Take from the warriors’ half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the Lord.

30 ` 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.'

And from the Israelites’ half you shall take one out of every fifty of the persons, the oxen, the donkeys, the flocks, and of all livestock, and give them to the Levites who have charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.

31 A nd Moses doth -- Eleazar the priest also -- as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.

32 A nd 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;

The prey, besides the booty which the men of war took, was 675, 000 sheep,

33 a nd of the herd two and seventy thousand;

And 72, 000 cattle,

34 a nd of asses one and sixty thousand;

And 61, 000 donkeys,

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

And 32, 000 persons in all, of the women who were virgins.

36 A nd 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.

And the half share, the portion of those who went to war, was: 337, 500 sheep,

37 A nd the tribute to Jehovah of the sheep is six hundred five and seventy;

And the Lord’s tribute of the sheep was 675;

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

The cattle were 36, 000, of which the Lord’s tribute was 72;

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

The donkeys were 30, 500, of which the Lord’s tribute was 61;

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

The persons were 16, 000, of whom the Lord’s tribute was 32 persons.

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

And Moses gave the tribute which was the Lord’s offering to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses.

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

And the Israelites’ half Moses separated from that of the warriors’—

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

Now the congregation’s half was 337, 500 sheep,

44 a nd of the herd six and thirty thousand;

And 36, 000 cattle,

45 a nd of asses thirty thousand and five hundred;

And 30, 500 donkeys,

46 a nd of human beings sixteen thousand --

And 16, 000 persons—

47 M oses 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.

Even of the Israelites’ half, Moses took one of every 50, both of persons and of beasts, and gave them to the Levites, who had charge of the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.

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

And the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, came to Moses.

49 a nd 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;

They told, Your servants have counted the warriors under our command, and not one man of us is missing.

50 a nd 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.'

We have brought as the Lord’s offering what each man obtained—articles of gold, armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, neck ornaments—to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord.

51 A nd Moses receiveth -- Eleazar the priest also -- the gold from them, every made vessel,

Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all the wrought articles.

52 a nd 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;

And all the gold of the offering that they offered to the Lord from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds was 16, 750 shekels.

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

For the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.

54 a nd 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.

And Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds and brought it into the Tent of Meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the Lord.