1 A nd Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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

“ Take full vengeance for the sons of Israel on the Midianites; afterward you will 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;

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.

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

A thousand from each tribe of all the tribes of Israel you shall send 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 furnished from the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand 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.

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.

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

So they made war against Midian, just as the Lord had commanded Moses, and they killed 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.

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.

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;

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.

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

Then they burned all their cities where they lived and all their camps with fire.

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

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.

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.

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 leaders of the congregation went out 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.

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.

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

And Moses said to them, “Have you spared all the women?

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 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.

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 has known man intimately.

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 girls who have not known man intimately, spare 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;

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.

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

You shall purify for yourselves every garment and every article of leather and all the work of goats’ hair, and all articles 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:

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:

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

only the gold and 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 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.

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 be clean, and afterward you may enter the camp.” Division of the Booty

25 A nd Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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;

“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;

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

and divide the booty 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;

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;

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

take it from their 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.'

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.”

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

Moses and Eleazar the priest did just as the Lord had 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;

Now the booty that remained from the spoil which the men of war had plundered 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 of human beings, of the women who had not known man intimately, all the persons were 32, 000.

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.

The half, the portion of those who went out to war, was as follows: the number of sheep was 337, 500,

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

and the Lord’s levy of the sheep was 675;

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

and the cattle were 36, 000, from which the Lord’s levy was 72;

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

and the donkeys were 30, 500, from which the Lord’s levy was 61;

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

and the human beings were 16, 000, from whom the Lord’s levy was 32 persons.

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

Moses gave the levy which was the Lord’s offering to Eleazar the priest, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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

As for the sons of Israel’s half, which Moses separated from the men who had gone to war—

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 the human beings were 16, 000—

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.

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.

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,

Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, approached 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;

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.

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.'

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.”

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 kinds of 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;

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.

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

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.

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.