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And the LORD spake
unto
Moses, saying,
And the LORD said
to
Moses,
Avenge
the
children
of
Israel
of
the Midianites :
afterward
shalt
thou
be gathered unto
thy
people.
“Take
vengeance
on
the Midianites for
the
Israelites.
After
that,
you
will
be gathered to
your
people. ”
And
Moses spake
unto
the people, saying,
Arm some of yourselves
unto
the
war, and
let
them
go against the Midianites ,
and avenge
the LORD
of
Midian
.
So
Moses told
the people, “
Arm some of your
men
for
war, that
they
may
go against the Midianites and execute
the LORD’s
vengeance
on
them
.
Of
every
tribe
a thousand ,
throughout
all
the
tribes
of Israel ,
shall
ye
send
to
the
war
.
Send
into
battle
a thousand men
from
each
tribe
of Israel. ”
So there
were
delivered
out
of
the
thousands
of
Israel,
a thousand of
every
tribe ,
twelve thousand armed for war.
So a thousand men
were
recruited
from
each
tribe of
Israel—
twelve thousand armed for war.
And Moses sent them
to
the war,
a
thousand of
every
tribe, them
and
Phinehas the
son of Eleazar the priest, to
the
war,
with the holy
instruments,
and the trumpets to
blow
in
his
hand
.
And Moses sent the thousand from
each
tribe into
battle
, along
with
Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who
took
with him
the vessels
of
the
sanctuary
and the trumpets for
signaling
.
And
they warred
against the
Midianites
, as the LORD commanded Moses ;
and they slew
all
the
males
.
Then
they waged
war
against Midian
, as the LORD had
commanded Moses ,
and they killed
every
male
.
And
they
slew
the
kings
of
Midian,
beside
the rest
of
them
that
were
slain ;
namely,
Evi, and
Rekem, and
Zur, and
Hur, and Reba ,
five kings of Midian :
Balaam
also the
son of Beor they
slew
with the sword.
Among
the slain were
Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba —the
five kings of Midian .
They
also killed
Balaam
son of Beor with the sword.
And
the children
of
Israel
took
all
the women of
Midian
captives,
and their little
ones
, and took
the
spoil
of
all their cattle
, and
all
their
flocks, and all
their
goods.
The Israelites
captured
the Midianite
women and their children
, and they
plundered
all their herds
, flocks, and goods.
And
they burnt
all their
cities wherein
they
dwelt
, and
all their goodly
castles
, with
fire.
Then
they burned
all the
cities where
the
Midianites
had
lived
, as
well
as
all their encampments
,
And they
took
all the spoil,
and all
the
prey
, both of
men
and of
beasts
.
and carried
away
all the plunder
and spoils
, both people
and animals
.
And
they brought the captives, and
the
prey
, and the
spoil,
unto
Moses, and
Eleazar the priest, and unto
the congregation of the
children
of
Israel ,
unto
the camp at
the plains of Moab, which
are
by Jordan near
Jericho.
They brought the captives, spoils
, and plunder
to
Moses, to
Eleazar the priest, and to
the congregation of Israel at
the camp on
the plains of Moab, by the
Jordan across
from
Jericho.
And Moses, and
Eleazar the priest, and all the princes
of the congregation ,
went forth
to meet them without
the camp.
And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders
of the congregation went to meet them outside
the camp.
And
Moses was wroth
with the officers of the host,
with
the captains
over
thousands ,
and captains
over
hundreds ,
which
came
from the battle.
But
Moses was angry
with the officers of the army—
the commanders
of
thousands and commanders
of
hundreds —who
were
returning
from the battle.
And
Moses
said
unto
them,
Have ye
saved
all the women alive
?
“
Have you
spared
all the women? ”
he
asked
them.
Behold
, these caused the children
of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit
trespass
against the LORD in
the
matter
of
Peor, and
there
was
a
plague among
the congregation of the LORD.
“Look
, these women
caused the sons
of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn
unfaithfully
against the LORD at
Peor, so
that
the
plague struck
the congregation of the LORD.
Now therefore
kill every
male
among
the little
ones
, and
kill
every woman that
hath
known
man
by
lying
with him.
So
now ,
kill all
the boys
, as
well
as
every woman who
has
had
relations
with a
man,
But all
the
women
children,
that
have
not
known
a
man
by
lying
with
him,
keep
alive
for yourselves.
but spare
for yourselves every
girl
who
has
never
had
relations
with
a
man
.
And
do
ye
abide
without
the camp seven days :
whosoever
hath
killed
any
person,
and
whosoever
hath
touched
any
slain,
purify
both
yourselves
and
your
captives
on the third day ,
and on
the seventh day.
All
of
you
who
have
killed
a
person
or
touched
the dead
are
to
remain
outside
the
camp for
seven days .
On the third day and the seventh day you
are
to
purify
both
yourselves
and
your
captives
.
And purify all
your
raiment,
and all
that
is
made
of
skins
, and
all
work
of goats'
hair, and all
things
made
of wood.
And purify every
garment
and leather
good
, everything
made
of goat’s
hair, and every
article
of wood. ”
And
Eleazar the priest said unto
the
men
of
war
which
went
to the battle, This is the ordinance
of the law which the LORD commanded Moses ;
Then
Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers
who
had
gone
into
battle, “
This is the statute
of the law which the LORD has
commanded Moses :
Only the gold, and
the
silver, the
brass
, the
iron, the
tin, and the
lead ,
Only the gold, silver, bronze
, iron, tin, and lead —
Every
thing
that may
abide
the fire ,
ye
shall
make
it
go
through the fire, and it shall
be clean :
nevertheless
it shall
be purified with the water of separation:
and all
that abideth
not
the fire ye
shall
make
go
through the water.
everything
that can
withstand
the fire —must
be
put
through the fire, and it will
be clean .
But
it must
still
be purified with the water of purification.
And everything
that cannot
withstand
the fire must
pass
through the water.
And
ye
shall
wash
your
clothes
on the seventh day, and ye
shall
be clean ,
and
afterward
ye
shall
come
into
the camp.
On the seventh day you
are
to
wash
your
clothes
, and you
will
be clean .
After
that
you
may
enter
the camp. ”
And
the LORD spake
unto
Moses, saying,
The LORD said
to
Moses,
Take
the sum
of the prey
that
was taken
, both of man and of
beast ,
thou,
and
Eleazar
the
priest,
and
the
chief
fathers
of
the
congregation:
“You
and
Eleazar
the priest
and
the
family
heads
of the congregation
are
to
take
a
count
of
what
was captured
, both of man and beast .
And
divide the prey
into
two
parts;
between them
that
took
the war
upon
them,
who went out to battle ,
and between
all
the congregation :
Then
divide the captives
between the troops
who went out to battle and the rest
of
the
congregation .
And
levy
a tribute unto
the LORD of
the men
of
war
which
went out
to
battle: one soul
of five hundred, both
of
the
persons, and
of
the
beeves
, and
of
the
asses
, and
of
the
sheep :
Set
aside
a tribute for
the LORD from
what
belongs
to
the soldiers
who
went into
battle: one out
of every
five hundred, whether
persons, cattle
, donkeys
, or
sheep .
Take it of
their half ,
and give it unto
Eleazar the priest ,
for
an heave
offering of
the LORD.
Take it from
their half and give it to
Eleazar the priest as
an offering to
the LORD.
And
of
the children
of
Israel's
half, thou
shalt
take one portion
of fifty, of
the
persons, of
the
beeves
, of
the
asses
, and
of
the
flocks
, of
all
manner
of
beasts
, and give them unto
the Levites ,
which
keep the
charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.
From
the Israelites’
half, take one out
of every
fifty, whether
persons, cattle
, donkeys
, sheep
, or
other
animals
, and give them to
the Levites who
keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD. ”
And
Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses .
So
Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD had
commanded Moses ,
And the
booty,
being
the
rest
of
the prey
which
the men
of
war
had caught
, was
six
hundred
thousand
and
seventy
thousand
and
five
thousand
sheep,
and this
plunder
remained
from
the spoils
the soldiers
had taken:
675
, 000
sheep,
And
threescore
and
twelve
thousand
beeves
,
72
, 000
cattle,
And
threescore
and
one
thousand
asses
,
61
, 000
donkeys,
And thirty
and
two
thousand
persons
in
all
, of
women that
had not known
man
by
lying
with him
.
and 32
, 000
women who
had not slept
with a
man
.
And
the
half,
which
was the portion of
them
that
went
out
to war, was
in
number
three
hundred
thousand
and
seven
and
thirty
thousand
and
five
hundred
sheep :
This
was the half
portion for
those
who
had
gone
to war :
337
, 500
sheep ,
And
the
LORD's
tribute of
the sheep
was
six
hundred
and
threescore
and
fifteen.
including
a
tribute to
the LORD
of
675,
And
the beeves
were
thirty
and
six
thousand;
of which
the
LORD's
tribute
was
threescore
and
twelve.
36,000
cattle,
including
a
tribute
to
the LORD
of 72,
And
the asses
were
thirty
thousand
and
five
hundred;
of which
the
LORD's
tribute
was
threescore
and
one.
30,500
donkeys,
including
a
tribute
to
the LORD
of 61,
And the persons
were
sixteen
thousand;
of which
the
LORD's
tribute
was
thirty
and
two
persons
.
and 16,000
people,
including
a
tribute
to
the LORD
of 32
.
And
Moses gave the tribute ,
which
was
the
LORD's
heave
offering,
unto
Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Moses gave the tribute to
Eleazar the priest as
an
offering
for
the
LORD
, as the LORD had
commanded Moses.
And
of
the children
of
Israel's
half, which Moses divided
from the men that
warred
,
From
the Israelites’
half, which Moses had
set
apart
from the men who
had
gone
to
war
,
(Now
the
half that
pertained
unto
the congregation was
three
hundred
thousand
and
thirty
thousand
and
seven
thousand
and
five
hundred
sheep,
this
half belonged
to
the congregation :
337,500
sheep,
And
thirty
and
six
thousand
beeves
,
36
, 000
cattle,
And
thirty
thousand
asses
and
five
hundred
,
30
, 500
donkeys,
And sixteen
thousand
persons;)
and 16,000
people.
Even
of
the children
of
Israel's
half, Moses took one portion
of fifty ,
both
of
man
and of
beast,
and gave them unto
the Levites ,
which
kept the
charge of the tabernacle of the LORD ;
as the LORD commanded Moses
.
From
the Israelites’
half, Moses took one out
of every
fifty persons
and animals
and gave them to
the Levites who
kept charge of the tabernacle of the LORD ,
as the LORD had
commanded him
.
And
the officers which
were over thousands
of the host,
the captains
of thousands ,
and captains
of hundreds ,
came
near
unto
Moses :
Then
the officers who
were over the
units
of the army—
the commanders
of thousands and of hundreds —approached
Moses
And they
said unto
Moses
, Thy
servants have taken
the
sum
of
the men
of
war
which
are
under our charge
, and there
lacketh
not one man
of us.
and said, “Your
servants have counted
the soldiers
under our command
, and not one of us is
missing
.
We have therefore
brought an
oblation
for
the LORD ,
what
every
man
hath
gotten,
of
jewels
of gold ,
chains
, and
bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets,
to make an
atonement for our
souls
before the LORD.
So
we have brought to
the LORD an
offering
of the
gold articles
each
man
acquired—armlets
, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces—
to make atonement for ourselves
before the LORD. ”
And
Moses and Eleazar the priest took
the
gold
of
them ,
even
all wrought
jewels
.
So
Moses and Eleazar the priest received
from
them all the
articles
made
out
of
gold
.
And
all the gold of
the
offering
that they
offered
up
to
the LORD,
of
the
captains
of thousands ,
and of the
captains
of
hundreds, was
sixteen
thousand
seven
hundred
and
fifty
shekels.
All the gold that the commanders
of thousands and of hundreds presented
as
an
offering
to
the
LORD
weighed
16
, 750
shekels.
(For
the
men
of war
had taken spoil,
every
man
for himself. )
Each
of the
soldiers
had taken plunder
for himself.
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took
the gold of
the captains
of thousands and of hundreds ,
and brought it into the tabernacle
of the
congregation,
for
a memorial for the children
of
Israel
before the LORD.
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 Israelites
before the LORD.
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