1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,2Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.3And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.4Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.5So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.6And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.7And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.8And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely , Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.9And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.10And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.11And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.12And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.13And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.14And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.15And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?16Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.17Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.18But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.19And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.20And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats'hair , and all things made of wood.21And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;22Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,23Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.24And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.25And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,26Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:27And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:28And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:29Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD.30And of the children of Israel' half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.31And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.32And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,33And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,34And threescore and one thousand asses,35And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.36And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:37And the LORD' tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.38And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD' tribute was threescore and twelve.39And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD' tribute was threescore and one.40And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD' tribute was thirty and two persons.41And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD' heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.42And of the children of Israel' half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,43(Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,44And thirty and six thousand beeves,45And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,46And sixteen thousand persons;)47Even of the children of Israel' half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.48And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:49And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.50We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.51And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.52And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.53( For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)54And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.
Numbers 31
English Standard Version
Vengeance on Midian
1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,2“Avenge the people of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people.” (Nu 20:24; Nu 25:17)3So 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.4You shall send a thousand from each of the tribes of Israel to the war.”5So there were provided, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. (Nu 32:27; Jos 4:13)6And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand from each tribe, together with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand. (Le 23:24; Nu 10:6; Nu 10:9)7They warred against Midian, as the Lord commanded Moses, and killed every male. (De 20:13; Jud 21:11; 1Sa 27:9; 1Ki 11:15)8They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. And they also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword. (Nu 25:15; Jos 13:21; Jos 13:22)9And the people of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones, and they took as plunder all their cattle, their flocks, and all their goods.10All their cities in the places where they lived, and all their encampments, they burned with fire, (Ge 25:16)11and took all the spoil and all the plunder, both of man and of beast. (De 20:14; Jos 8:2)12Then they brought the captives and the plunder and the spoil to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the people of Israel, at the camp on the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. (Nu 22:1)13Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the chiefs of the congregation went to meet them outside the camp.14And Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, who had come from service in the war. (Nu 31:48)15Moses said to them, “Have you let all the women live? (1Sa 15:3)16Behold, these, on Balaam’s advice, caused the people of Israel to act treacherously against the Lord in the incident of Peor, and so the plague came among the congregation of the Lord. (Nu 23:28; Nu 24:14; Nu 25:2; Nu 25:9; 2Pe 2:15; Re 2:14)17Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him. (Jud 21:11)18But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him keep alive for yourselves. (De 21:10)19Encamp outside the camp seven days. Whoever of you has killed any person and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day. (Nu 5:2; Nu 19:12; Nu 19:22)20You shall purify every garment, every article of skin, all work of goats’ hair, and every article of wood.”21Then Eleazar the priest said to the men in the army who had gone to battle: “This is the statute of the law that the Lord has commanded Moses:22only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,23everything that can stand the fire, you shall pass through the fire, and it shall be clean. Nevertheless, it shall also be purified with the water for impurity. And whatever cannot stand the fire, you shall pass through the water. (Nu 19:9)24You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean. And afterward you may come into the camp.” (Le 11:25)25The Lord said to Moses,26“Take the count of the plunder that was taken, both of man and of beast, you and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the congregation,27and divide the plunder into two parts between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation. (Jos 22:8; 1Sa 30:24)28And levy for the Lord a tribute from the men of war who went out to battle, one out of five hundred, of the people and of the oxen and of the donkeys and of the flocks. (Nu 18:26; Nu 31:30; Nu 31:47)29Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as a contribution to the Lord.30And from the people of Israel’s half you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the people, of the oxen, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all the cattle, and give them to the Levites who keep guard over the tabernacle of the Lord.” (Nu 1:53; Nu 31:42)31And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.32Now the plunder remaining of the spoil that the army took was 675,000 sheep,3372,000 cattle,3461,000 donkeys,35and 32,000 persons in all, women who had not known man by lying with him.36And the half, the portion of those who had gone out in the army, numbered 337,500 sheep,37and the Lord’s tribute of sheep was 675. (Nu 31:28)38The cattle were 36,000, of which the Lord’s tribute was 72.39The donkeys were 30,500, of which the Lord’s tribute was 61.40The persons were 16,000, of which the Lord’s tribute was 32 persons.41And Moses gave the tribute, which was the contribution for the Lord, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses. (Nu 18:8; Nu 18:19)42From the people of Israel’s half, which Moses separated from that of the men who had served in the army—43now the congregation’s half was 337,500 sheep,4436,000 cattle,45and 30,500 donkeys,46and 16,000 persons—47from the people of Israel’s half Moses took one of every 50, both of persons and of beasts, and gave them to the Levites who kept guard over the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses. (Nu 31:30)48Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, came near to Moses (Nu 31:14)49and said to Moses, “Your servants have counted the men of war who are under our command, and there is not a man missing from us.50And we have brought the Lord’s offering, what each man found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and beads, to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord.” (Ex 30:12)51And Moses and Eleazar the priest received from them the gold, all crafted articles.52And all the gold of the contribution that they presented to the Lord, from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, was 16,750 shekels.[1]53(The men in the army had each taken plunder for himself.) (Nu 31:32; De 20:14)54And 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 people of Israel before the Lord. (Ex 30:16)