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1 Later, the LORD told Moses, The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, The LORD said to Moses,
2 |Be sure to exact vengeance on behalf of the Israelis from the Midianites, after which you'll be taken home to your people.| “Avenge the people of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people.” “Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”
3 So Moses instructed the people, |Muster your men of war to attack the Midianites and deliver the LORD'S vengeance against Midian. So 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. So Moses said to the people, “Arm some of your men to go to war against the Midianites so that they may carry out the LORD’s vengeance on them.
4 Send 1,000 men to war from every tribe throughout all of Israel.| You shall send a thousand from each of the tribes of Israel to the war.” Send into battle a thousand men from each of the tribes of Israel.”
5 So 1,000 men from every tribe—12,000 from the thousands of Israel—were mustered and equipped for war. So there were provided, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. So twelve thousand men armed for battle, a thousand from each tribe, were supplied from the clans of Israel.
6 Moses sent 1,000 men from every tribe to fight against them, along with Eleazar's son Phinehas, in whose hands were the articles of the sanctuary and trumpets to sound battle alarms. And 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. Moses sent them into battle, a thousand from each tribe, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, who took with him articles from the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.
7 They fought against the Midianites just as the LORD had commanded Moses, killing every man. They warred against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses, and killed every male. They fought against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses, and killed every man.
8 They executed the five kings of Midian, including Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba. They also executed Beor's son Balaam with a sword. They 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. Among their victims were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
9 After this, the Israelis took captive the Midianite women and children and confiscated as spoils of war all their cattle, livestock, and their goods. And 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. The Israelites captured the Midianite women and children and took all the Midianite herds, flocks and goods as plunder.
10 They burned every town where they had lived and incinerated all of their encampments. All their cities in the places where they lived, and all their encampments, they burned with fire, They burned all the towns where the Midianites had settled, as well as all their camps.
11 They took all the booty and plunder, including both humans and animals. and took all the spoil and all the plunder, both of man and of beast. They took all the plunder and spoils, including the people and animals,
12 Then they brought the captives, booty, and plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the entire community of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan River in Jericho. Then 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. and brought the captives, spoils and plunder to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the Israelite assembly at their camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.
13 Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the leaders of the community went out to meet them outside the camp. Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the chiefs of the congregation went to meet them outside the camp. Moses, Eleazar the priest and all the leaders of the community went to meet them outside the camp.
14 But Moses became livid with anger at the officers of the army, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds who had returned from servicing in the battle. And 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. Moses was angry with the officers of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who returned from the battle.
15 |Did you keep all the women alive?| Moses asked them. Moses said to them, “Have you let all the women live? “Have you allowed all the women to live?” he asked them.
16 |Look! These women were the same ones who were counseled by Balaam to cause the Israelis to commit a grievous sin against the LORD at Peor. As a result, that plague infected the LORD's community. Behold, 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. “They were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice and enticed the Israelites to be unfaithful to the LORD in the Peor incident, so that a plague struck the LORD’s people.
17 You are to kill every male child and every woman who has had sexual relations with a man. Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him. Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man,
18 You are to allow the young women who haven't yet had sexual relations with a man to live for yourselves.| But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him keep alive for yourselves. but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.
19 |Now you are to stay outside the camp for seven days, after which any of you who has killed a person or touched someone who was killed may purify yourselves on the third day. You and your captives will be pure on the seventh day. Encamp 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. “Anyone who has killed someone or touched someone who was killed must stay outside the camp seven days. On the third and seventh days you must purify yourselves and your captives.
20 Furthermore, you are to purify every garment—that is, everything made of leather, goat's hair, or containing wood.| You shall purify every garment, every article of skin, all work of goats’ hair, and every article of wood.” Purify every garment as well as everything made of leather, goat hair or wood.”
21 Eleazar the priest told the soldiers who had gone to battle, |This is the ordinance of the law that the LORD commanded Moses Then 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: Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, “This is what is required by the law that the LORD gave Moses:
22 concerning anything containing gold, silver, brass, iron, tin, lead, only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead, Gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, lead
23 or anything else that can survive a refiner's fire: You are to pass it through fire, after which it will be clean. Then it is to be purified with the water of impurity. Everything that cannot survive a refiner's fire is to be washed in water. everything 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. and anything else that can withstand fire must be put through the fire, and then it will be clean. But it must also be purified with the water of cleansing. And whatever cannot withstand fire must be put through that water.
24 Wash your clothes on the seventh day, after which you will be clean. Then you may enter the camp.| You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean. And afterward you may come into the camp.” On the seventh day wash your clothes and you will be clean. Then you may come into the camp.”
25 Then the LORD told Moses, The LORD said to Moses, The LORD said to Moses,
26 |Take an inventory of the booty that was taken in the battle, both of humans and of animals. Then you, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the fathers of the community “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, “You and Eleazar the priest and the family heads of the community are to count all the people and animals that were captured.
27 are to divide the booty between the warriors who went to war and the rest of the community. and divide the plunder into two parts between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation. Divide the spoils equally between the soldiers who took part in the battle and the rest of the community.
28 |After this, you are to exact a tribute for the LORD from the soldiers who went to war, consisting of the tribute earned by one person out of every 500, whether from people, cattle, donkeys, or flocks. And 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. From the soldiers who fought in the battle, set apart as tribute for the LORD one out of every five hundred, whether people, cattle, donkeys or sheep.
29 You are to take half their share and give it to Eleazar the priest as a raised offering to the LORD. Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as a contribution to the LORD. Take this tribute from their half share and give it to Eleazar the priest as the LORD’s part.
30 Then take half the share of the Israelis, one drawn out of every 50 people, cattle, donkeys, flocks, and from every animal, then give to the descendants of Levi who maintain the service of the LORD's tent.| And 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.” From the Israelites’ half, select one out of every fifty, whether people, cattle, donkeys, sheep or other animals. Give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the LORD’s tabernacle.”
31 So Moses and Eleazar the priest did what the LORD had commanded Moses. And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses. So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
32 The goods confiscated in excess of the war implements that the warriors had gathered included 675,000 sheep, Now the plunder remaining of the spoil that the army took was 675,000 sheep, The plunder remaining from the spoils that the soldiers took was 675,000 sheep,
33 72,000 cattle, 72,000 cattle, 72,000 cattle,
34 61,000 donkeys, and 61,000 donkeys, 61,000 donkeys
35 32,000 women who had not had sexual relations with a man. and 32,000 persons in all, women who had not known man by lying with him. and 32,000 women who had never slept with a man.
36 Now half of the share of those who went to war numbered 337,500 sheep, And the half, the portion of those who had gone out in the army, numbered 337,500 sheep, The half share of those who fought in the battle was: 337,500 sheep,
37 so the LORD's tribute from the sheep totaled 675. and the LORD’s tribute of sheep was 675. of which the tribute for the LORD was 675;
38 The cattle numbered 36,000, so the LORD's tribute totaled 72. The cattle were 36,000, of which the LORD’s tribute was 72. 36,000 cattle, of which the tribute for the LORD was 72;
39 The donkeys numbered 30,500, so the LORD's tribute totaled 61. The donkeys were 30,500, of which the LORD’s tribute was 61. 30,500 donkeys, of which the tribute for the LORD was 61;
40 The people numbered 16,000, so the LORD's tribute totaled 32 people. The persons were 16,000, of which the LORD’s tribute was 32 persons. 16,000 people, of whom the tribute for the LORD was 32.
41 Then Moses gave the tribute, a raised offering to the LORD, to Eleazar the priest, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. And Moses gave the tribute, which was the contribution for the LORD, to Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses. Moses gave the tribute to Eleazar the priest as the LORD’s part, as the LORD commanded Moses.
42 From half of the share of the Israelis that Moses had set aside from the soldiers, From the people of Israel’s half, which Moses separated from that of the men who had served in the army— The half belonging to the Israelites, which Moses set apart from that of the fighting men—
43 there were 337,500 sheep for the community, now the congregation’s half was 337,500 sheep, the community’s half—was 337,500 sheep,
44 36,000 cattle, 36,000 cattle, 36,000 cattle,
45 30,500 donkeys, and 30,500 donkeys, 30,500 donkeys
46 and 16,000 people. and 16,000 persons— and 16,000 people.
47 Moses took a portion drawn from every 50 Israelis, including from both human and animals, and gave them to the descendants of Levi who maintained the LORD's tent, just as the LORD had commanded him. from 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. From the Israelites’ half, Moses selected one out of every fifty people and animals, as the LORD commanded him, and gave them to the Levites, who were responsible for the care of the LORD’s tabernacle.
48 Then the officers in charge of thousands of soldiers, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds approached Moses Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, came near to Moses Then the officers who were over the units of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—went to Moses
49 and told him, |Your servants took a count of the soldiers who were under our authority. We didn't miss a single man. and 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. and said to him, “Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one is missing.
50 We've brought offerings to the LORD from whatever each man found—jewel-encrusted gold, anklets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves in the LORD's presence.| And 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.” So we have brought as an offering to the LORD the gold articles each of us acquired—armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”
51 Then Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them and everything that was fashioned into jewels. And Moses and Eleazar the priest received from them the gold, all crafted articles. Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted from them the gold—all the crafted articles.
52 The gold for the raised offering that they brought to the LORD totaled 16,750 shekels, And 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. All the gold from the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds that Moses and Eleazar presented as a gift to the LORD weighed 16,750 shekels.
53 because every soldier had confiscated war booty for his own use. (The men in the army had each taken plunder for himself.) Each soldier had taken plunder for himself.
54 Moses and Eleazar took the gold from the captains of thousands and hundreds and brought it to the Tent of Meeting, to serve as a memorial to the Israelis in the LORD's presence. 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 people of Israel before the LORD. Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted the gold from the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds and brought it into the tent of meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD.
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