Numbers 31:22-54 ▼

22 only the gold, and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

23 everything which may go into fire, you cause to pass over through fire, and it has been clean; it is surely cleansed with the water of separation; and all that may not go into fire, you cause to pass over through water;

24 and you have washed your garments on the seventh day and have been clean, and afterward you come into the camp.”

25 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

26 “Take up the sum of the prey of the captives, among man and among beast, you, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers of the congregation;

27 and you have halved the prey between those handling the battle, who go out to the war, and all the congregation;

28 and you have raised a tribute to YHWH from the men of battle, who go out to the war, one body out of five hundred, of man, and of the herd, and of the donkeys, and of the flock;

29 you take from their half and have given [it] to Eleazar the priest [as] a raised-offering of YHWH.

30 And from the sons of Israel’s half you take one possession out of fifty, of man, of the herd, of the donkeys, and of the flock, of all the livestock, and you have given them to the Levites keeping the charge of the Dwelling Place of YHWH.”

31 And Moses does—Eleazar the priest also—as YHWH has commanded Moses.

32 And the prey, the remainder of the spoil which the people of the host have spoiled, is six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand of the flock;

33 and seventy-two thousand of the herd;

34 and sixty-one thousand donkeys;

35 and of mankind—of the women who have not known the lying of a male—all the persons [are] thirty-two thousand.

36 And the half, the portion of those who go out into the war, is [in] number three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred of the flock.

37 And the tribute to YHWH of the sheep is six hundred seventy-five;

38 and the herd [is] thirty-six thousand, and their tribute to YHWH [is] seventy-two;

39 and the donkeys [are] thirty thousand and five hundred, and their tribute to YHWH [is] sixty-one;

40 and of mankind [are] sixteen thousand, and their tribute to YHWH [is] thirty-two persons.

41 And Moses gives the tribute—YHWH’s raised-offering—to Eleazar the priest, as YHWH has commanded Moses.

42 And of the sons of Israel’s half, which Moses halved from the men who war—

43 and the congregation’s half is three hundred thousand and thirty thousand [and] seven thousand and five hundred of the flock;

44 and thirty-six thousand of the herd;

45 and thirty thousand and five hundred donkeys;

46 and sixteen thousand of mankind—

47 Moses takes from the sons of Israel’s half one possession from the fifty, of man and of beast, and gives them to the Levites keeping the charge of the Dwelling Place of YHWH, as YHWH has commanded Moses.

48 And the inspectors whom the thousands of the host have (heads of the thousands and heads of the hundreds), draw near to Moses,

49 and they say to Moses, “Your servants have taken up the sum of the men of war who [are] with us, and not a man of us has been missed;

50 and we bring YHWH’s offering near, each of that which he has found of vessels of gold—chain, and bracelet, seal-ring, [ear]-ring, and bead—to make atonement for ourselves before YHWH.”

51 And Moses receives—Eleazar the priest also—the gold from them, every vessel of workmanship;

52 and all the gold of the raised-offering which they have lifted up to YHWH is sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, from heads of the thousands and from heads of the hundreds;

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

54 and Moses takes—Eleazar the priest also—the gold from the heads of the thousands and of the hundreds, and they bring it into the Tent of Meeting [as] a memorial for the sons of Israel before YHWH.