| English Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, | 1The LORD spoke to Moses, " |
| 2“Avenge the people of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people.” | 2Execute vengeance for the Israelites against the Midianites. After that, you will be gathered to your people." |
| 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. | 3So Moses spoke to the people, "Equip some of your men for war. They will go against Midian to inflict the LORD's vengeance on them. |
| 4You shall send a thousand from each of the tribes of Israel to the war.” | 4Send 1,000 men to war from each Israelite tribe." |
| 5So there were provided, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. | 5So 1,000 were recruited from each Israelite tribe out of the thousands in Israel--12,000 equipped for war. |
| 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. | 6Moses sent 1,000 from each tribe to war. They went with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, in whose care were the holy objects and signal trumpets. |
| 7They warred against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses, and killed every male. | 7They waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and killed every male. |
| 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. | 8Along with the others slain by them, they killed the Midianite kings--Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword. |
| 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. | 9The Israelites took the Midianite women and their children captive, and they plundered all their cattle, flocks, and property. |
| 10All their cities in the places where they lived, and all their encampments, they burned with fire, | 10Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites lived, as well as all their encampments, |
| 11and took all the spoil and all the plunder, both of man and of beast. | 11and took away all the spoils of war and the captives, both man and beast. |
| 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. | 12They brought the prisoners, animals, and spoils of war to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the Israelite community at the camp on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho. |
| 13Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the chiefs of the congregation went to meet them outside the camp. | 13Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the community 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. | 14But Moses became furious with the officers, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, who were returning from the military campaign. " |
| 15Moses said to them, “Have you let all the women live? | 15Have you let every female live?" he asked them. " |
| 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. | 16Yet they are the ones who, at Balaam's advice, incited the Israelites to unfaithfulness against the LORD in the Peor incident, so that the plague came against the LORD's community. |
| 17Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him. | 17So now, kill all the male children and kill every woman who has had sexual relations with a man, |
| 18But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him keep alive for yourselves. | 18but keep alive for yourselves all the young females who have not had sexual relations." |
| 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. | 19You are to remain outside the camp for seven days. All of you and your prisoners who have killed a person or touched the dead are to purify yourselves on the third day and the seventh day. |
| 20You shall purify every garment, every article of skin, all work of goats’ hair, and every article of wood.” | 20Also purify everything: garments, leather goods, things made of goat 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: | 21Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone to battle, "This is the legal statute the LORD commanded Moses: |
| 22only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead, | 22Only the gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and 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. | 23everything that can withstand fire--you are to pass through fire, and it will be clean. It must still be purified with the purification water. Anything that cannot withstand fire, pass through the water. |
| 24You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean. And afterward you may come into the camp.” | 24On the seventh day wash your clothes, and you will be clean. After that you may enter the camp." |
| 25The LORD said to Moses, | 25The LORD told 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, | 26You, Eleazar the priest, and the family leaders of the community are to take a count of what was captured, man and beast. |
| 27and divide the plunder into two parts between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation. | 27Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to war and the entire community. |
| 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. | 28Set aside a tribute for the LORD from what belongs to the fighting men who went out to war: one out of every 500 humans, cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats. |
| 29Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as a contribution to the LORD. | 29Take the tribute 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.” | 30From the Israelites' half, take one out of every 50 from the people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats, all the livestock, and give them to the Levites who perform the duties of the LORD's tabernacle." |
| 31And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses. | 31So 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, | 32The captives remaining from the plunder the army had taken totaled: 675,000 sheep and goats, |
| 3372,000 cattle, | 33 72,000 cattle, |
| 3461,000 donkeys, | 34 61,000 donkeys, |
| 35and 32,000 persons in all, women who had not known man by lying with him. | 35and 32,000 people, all the females who had not had sexual relations with a man. |
| 36And the half, the portion of those who had gone out in the army, numbered 337,500 sheep, | 36The half portion for those who went out to war numbered: 337,500 sheep and goats, |
| 37and the LORD’s tribute of sheep was 675. | 37and the tribute to the LORD was 675 from the sheep and goats; |
| 38The cattle were 36,000, of which the LORD’s tribute was 72. | 38from the 36,000 cattle, the tribute to the LORD was 72; |
| 39The donkeys were 30,500, of which the LORD’s tribute was 61. | 39from the 30,500 donkeys, the tribute to the LORD was 61; |
| 40The persons were 16,000, of which the LORD’s tribute was 32 persons. | 40and from the 16,000 people, the tribute to the LORD was 32 people. |
| 41And Moses gave the tribute, which was the contribution for the LORD, to Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses. | 41Moses gave the tribute to Eleazar the priest as a contribution for the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses. |
| 42From the people of Israel’s half, which Moses separated from that of the men who had served in the army— | 42From the Israelites' half, which Moses separated from the men who fought, |
| 43now the congregation’s half was 337,500 sheep, | 43the community's half was: 337,500 sheep and goats, |
| 4436,000 cattle, | 44 36,000 cattle, |
| 45and 30,500 donkeys, | 45 30,500 donkeys, |
| 46and 16,000 persons— | 46and 16,000 people. |
| 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. | 47Moses took one out of every 50, selected from the people and the livestock of the Israelites' half. He gave them to the Levites who perform the duties of the LORD's tabernacle, as the LORD had commanded him. |
| 48Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, came near to Moses | 48The officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, approached Moses |
| 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. | 49and told him, "Your servants have taken a census of the fighting men under our command, and not one of us is missing. |
| 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.” | 50So we have presented to the LORD an offering of the gold articles each man found--armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces--to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD." |
| 51And Moses and Eleazar the priest received from them the gold, all crafted articles. | 51Moses and Eleazar the priest received from them all the articles made out of gold. |
| 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. | 52All the gold of the contribution they offered to the LORD, from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, was 420 pounds. |
| 53(The men in the army had each taken plunder for himself.) | 53Each of the soldiers had taken plunder for himself. |
| 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. | 54Moses 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. |
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