1O SENHOR disse a Moisés:2“Vingue-se dos midianitas pelo que fizeram aos israelitas. Depois disso você será reunido aos seus antepassados”.3Então Moisés disse ao povo: “Armem alguns dos homens para irem à guerra contra os midianitas e executarem a vingança do SENHOR contra eles.4Enviem à batalha mil homens de cada tribo de Israel”.5Doze mil homens armados para a guerra, mil de cada tribo, foram mandados pelos clãs de Israel.6Moisés os enviou à guerra, mil de cada tribo, juntamente com Fineias, filho do sacerdote Eleazar, que levou consigo objetos do santuário e as cornetas para o toque de guerra.7Lutaram então contra Midiã, conforme o SENHOR tinha ordenado a Moisés, e mataram todos os homens.8Entre os mortos estavam os cinco reis de Midiã: Evi, Requém, Zur, Hur e Reba. Também mataram à espada Balaão, filho de Beor.9Os israelitas capturaram as mulheres e as crianças midianitas e tomaram como despojo todos os rebanhos e bens dos midianitas.10Queimaram todas as cidades em que os midianitas haviam se estabelecido, bem como todos os seus acampamentos.11Tomaram todos os despojos, incluindo pessoas e animais,12e levaram os prisioneiros, homens e mulheres, e os despojos a Moisés, ao sacerdote Eleazar e à comunidade de Israel, em seu acampamento, nas campinas de Moabe, frente a Jericó[1]. (Nm 33:48; Nm 33:50; Nm 34:15; Nm 35:1; Nm 36:13)13Moisés, o sacerdote Eleazar e todos os líderes da comunidade saíram para recebê-los fora do acampamento.14Mas Moisés indignou-se contra os oficiais do exército que voltaram da guerra, os líderes de milhares e os líderes de centenas.15“Vocês deixaram todas as mulheres vivas?”, perguntou-lhes.16“Foram elas que seguiram o conselho de Balaão e levaram Israel a ser infiel ao SENHOR no caso de Peor, de modo que uma praga feriu a comunidade do SENHOR.17Agora matem todos os meninos. E matem também todas as mulheres que se deitaram com homem,18mas poupem todas as meninas virgens.19“Todos vocês que mataram alguém ou que tocaram em algum morto ficarão sete dias fora do acampamento. No terceiro e no sétimo dia vocês deverão purificar a vocês mesmos e aos seus prisioneiros.20Purifiquem toda roupa e também tudo o que é feito de couro, de pelo de bode ou de madeira.”21Depois o sacerdote Eleazar disse aos soldados que tinham ido à guerra: “Esta é a exigência da lei que o SENHOR ordenou a Moisés:22Ouro, prata, bronze, ferro, estanho, chumbo23e tudo o que resista ao fogo, vocês terão que passar pelo fogo para purificá-los, mas também deverão purificá-los com a água da purificação. E tudo o que não resistir ao fogo terá que passar pela água.24No sétimo dia lavem as suas roupas, e vocês ficarão puros. Depois, poderão entrar no acampamento”.
A Divisão dos Despojos
25O SENHOR disse a Moisés:26“Você, o sacerdote Eleazar e os chefes das famílias da comunidade deverão contar todo o povo e os animais capturados.27Dividam os despojos pelos guerreiros que participaram da batalha e o restante da comunidade.28Daquilo que os guerreiros trouxeram da guerra, separem como tributo ao SENHOR um de cada quinhentos, sejam pessoas, bois, jumentos, ovelhas ou bodes.29Tomem esse tributo da metade que foi dada como porção a eles e entreguem-no ao sacerdote Eleazar como a porção do SENHOR.30Da metade dada aos israelitas, escolham um de cada cinquenta, sejam pessoas, bois, jumentos, ovelhas ou bodes. Entreguem-nos aos levitas, encarregados de cuidar do tabernáculo do SENHOR”.31Moisés e o sacerdote Eleazar fizeram como o SENHOR tinha ordenado a Moisés.32Os despojos que restaram da presa tomada pelos soldados foram 675.000 ovelhas,3372.000 cabeças de gado,3461.000 jumentos35e 32.000 mulheres virgens.36A metade dada aos que lutaram na guerra foi esta: 337.500 ovelhas,37das quais o tributo para o SENHOR foram 675;3836.000 cabeças de gado, das quais o tributo para o SENHOR foram 72;3930.500 jumentos, dos quais o tributo para o SENHOR foram 61;4016.000 pessoas, das quais o tributo para o SENHOR foram 32.41Moisés deu o tributo ao sacerdote Eleazar como contribuição ao SENHOR, conforme o SENHOR tinha ordenado a Moisés.42A outra metade, pertencente aos israelitas, Moisés separou da dos combatentes;43essa era a metade pertencente à comunidade, com 337.500 ovelhas,4436.000 cabeças de gado,4530.500 jumentos46e 16.000 pessoas.47Da metade pertencente aos israelitas, Moisés escolheu um de cada cinquenta, tanto de pessoas como de animais, conforme o SENHOR lhe tinha ordenado, e os entregou aos levitas, encarregados de cuidar do tabernáculo do SENHOR.48Então os oficiais que estavam sobre as unidades do exército, os líderes de milhares e os líderes de centenas foram a Moisés49e lhe disseram: “Seus servos contaram os soldados sob o nosso comando, e não está faltando ninguém.50Por isso trouxemos como oferta ao SENHOR os artigos de ouro dos quais cada um de nós se apossou: braceletes, pulseiras, anéis-selo, brincos e colares; para fazer propiciação por nós perante o SENHOR”.51Moisés e o sacerdote Eleazar receberam deles todas as joias de ouro.52Todo o ouro dado pelos líderes de milhares e pelos líderes de centenas que Moisés e Eleazar apresentaram como contribuição ao SENHOR pesou duzentos quilos[2].53Cada soldado tinha tomado despojos para si mesmo.54Moisés e o sacerdote Eleazar receberam o ouro dado pelos líderes de milhares e pelos líderes de centenas e o levaram para a Tenda do Encontro como memorial, para que o SENHOR se lembrasse dos israelitas.
1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,2“Avenge the people of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people.” (Nm 20:24; Nm 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. (Nm 32:27; Js 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. (Lv 23:24; Nm 10:6; Nm 10:9)7They warred against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses, and killed every male. (Dt 20:13; Jz 21:11; 1 Sm 27:9; 1 Rs 11:15; 1 Rs 11:16)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. (Nm 25:15; Js 13:21; Js 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, (Gn 25:16)11and took all the spoil and all the plunder, both of man and of beast. (Dt 20:14; Js 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. (Nm 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. (Nm 31:48)15Moses said to them, “Have you let all the women live? (1 Sm 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. (Nm 23:28; Nm 24:14; Nm 25:2; Nm 25:9; 2 Pe 2:15; Ap 2:14)17Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him. (Jz 21:11; Jz 21:12)18But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him keep alive for yourselves. (Dt 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. (Nm 5:2; Nm 19:12; Nm 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. (Nm 19:9)24You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean. And afterward you may come into the camp.” (Lv 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. (Js 22:8; 1 Sm 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. (Nm 18:26)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.” (Nm 1:53; Nm 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. (Nm 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. (Nm 18:8; Nm 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. (Nm 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 (Nm 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.) (Nm 31:32; Dt 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)