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Numbers 31:1 (show verse)
And Jehovah spoke to Moses saying,
Numbers 31:2 (show verse)
Avenge the sons of Israel from the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people.
Numbers 31:3 (show verse)
And Moses spoke to the people saying, Arm some of yourselves to the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge Jehovah on Midian.
Numbers 31:4 (show verse)
You shall send to the war a thousand from every tribe, throughout all the tribes of Israel.
Numbers 31:5 (show verse)
So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
Numbers 31:6 (show verse)
And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe. He sent them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
Numbers 31:7 (show verse)
And they warred against the Midianites, as Jehovah commanded Moses. And they killed all the males.
Numbers 31:8 (show verse)
And they killed the kings of Midian, besides the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.
Numbers 31:9 (show verse)
And the sons of Israel took all the women of Midian captive, and their little ones, and the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
Numbers 31:10 (show verse)
And they burned with fire all their cities, their homes, and all their towers.
Numbers 31:11 (show verse)
And they took all the spoil and all the prey of men and animals.
Numbers 31:12 (show verse)
And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, to Moses and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the sons of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are beside Jordan, at Jericho.
Numbers 31:13 (show verse)
And Moses and Eleazar the priest, and all the rulers of the congregation, went forth to meet them outside the camp.
Numbers 31:14 (show verse)
And Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains over thousands and captains over hundreds, who came from the battle.
Numbers 31:15 (show verse)
And Moses said to them, Have you saved all the women alive?
Numbers 31:16 (show verse)
Behold, these caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit sin against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and the plague was on the congregation of Jehovah.
Numbers 31:17 (show verse)
And now kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that has known man by lying with him.
Numbers 31:18 (show verse)
But all the female children that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
Numbers 31:19 (show verse)
And stay outside the camp seven days. Whosoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any dead one, purify yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day.
Numbers 31:20 (show verse)
And purify all clothing, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.
Numbers 31:21 (show verse)
And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to battle, This is the ordinance of the law which Jehovah commanded Moses.
Numbers 31:22 (show verse)
Only the gold and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
Numbers 31:23 (show verse)
everything that can stand the fire, you shall make go through the fire, and it shall be clean. Only it shall be purified with the water of separation. And all that cannot stand the fire you shall make go through the water.
Numbers 31:24 (show verse)
And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean, and afterwards you shall come into the camp.
Numbers 31:25 (show verse)
And Jehovah spoke to Moses saying,
Numbers 31:26 (show verse)
Count the prey that was taken of man and of animal, you and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the fathers of the congregation.
Numbers 31:27 (show verse)
And divide the prey into two parts: between those skilled in the battle, who went out to war, and between all the congregation.
Numbers 31:28 (show verse)
And levy a tax for Jehovah from the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, of the persons and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the flock.
Numbers 31:29 (show verse)
Take from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest, a heave offering to Jehovah.
Numbers 31:30 (show verse)
And from the sons of Israel's half you shall take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, of the flocks, of all kinds of animals, and give them to the Levites who keep the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.
Numbers 31:31 (show verse)
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Numbers 31:32 (show verse)
And the prize, the rest of the spoil which the men of war had captured, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,
Numbers 31:33 (show verse)
seventy-two thousand beef cattle,
Numbers 31:34 (show verse)
sixty-one thousand asses,
Numbers 31:35 (show verse)
and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known a man by lying with a male.
Numbers 31:36 (show verse)
And the half, the portion of those who went out to war, the number of the flock was three hundred thirty-seven thousand, five hundred;
Numbers 31:37 (show verse)
and Jehovah's tax of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five.
Numbers 31:38 (show verse)
And the beef cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which Jehovah's tax was seventy-two.
Numbers 31:39 (show verse)
And the asses, thirty thousand, five hundred, of which Jehovah's tax was sixty-one.
Numbers 31:40 (show verse)
And the persons were sixteen thousand, of which Jehovah's tax was thirty-two persons.
Numbers 31:41 (show verse)
And Moses gave the tax, Jehovah's heave offering, to Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Numbers 31:42 (show verse)
And of the sons of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men who warred;
Numbers 31:43 (show verse)
even the congregation's half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand, five hundred sheep,
Numbers 31:44 (show verse)
and thirty-six thousand beef cattle,
Numbers 31:45 (show verse)
and thirty thousand and five hundred asses,
Numbers 31:46 (show verse)
and sixteen thousand persons;
Numbers 31:47 (show verse)
even of the sons of Israel's half, Moses took one portion in fifty, of man and of animal, and gave them to the Levites who kept the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah, even as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Numbers 31:48 (show verse)
And the officers who were over thousands of the army, over the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, came near Moses.
Numbers 31:49 (show verse)
And they said to Moses, Your servants have counted the men of war who are under our charge, and there is not one man of us lacking.
Numbers 31:50 (show verse)
And we bring an offering for Jehovah, what every man has found, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before Jehovah.
Numbers 31:51 (show verse)
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all crafted things.
Numbers 31:52 (show verse)
And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to Jehovah, of the commanders of thousands, and of the commanders of hundreds, was sixteen thousand, seven hundred and fifty shekels.
Numbers 31:53 (show verse)
For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.
Numbers 31:54 (show verse)
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the sons of Israel before Jehovah.