“1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Avenge the children of
Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy
people. 3 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. 4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all
the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war. 5 So there were
delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of [every] tribe,
twelve thousand armed for war. 6 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.”
“7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded
Moses; and they slew all the males. 8 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. 9 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. 10 And
they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly
castles, with fire. 11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey,
[both] of men and of beasts. 12 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.”
“13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the
congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. 14 And Moses was
wroth with the officers of the host, [with] the captains over thousands,
and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle. 15 And Moses
said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? 16 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. 17 Now therefore kill every male
among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying
with him. 18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by
lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. 19 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. 20 And purify all [your] raiment,
and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats’ [hair], and all
things made of wood. 21 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; 22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the
iron, the tin, and the lead, 23 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. 24 And ye shall wash
your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye
shall come into the camp.”
“25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 26 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: 27 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: 28 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: 29 Take [it] of their half, and give it unto
Eleazar the priest, [for] an heave offering of the LORD. 30 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. 31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the
LORD commanded Moses. 32 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, 33 And threescore and twelve thousand
beeves, 34 And threescore and one thousand asses, 35 And thirty and two
thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with
him. 36 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: 37 And the LORD’S tribute of the sheep was six
hundred and threescore and fifteen. 38 And the beeves [were] thirty and
six thousand; of which the LORD’S tribute [was] threescore and twelve.
39 And the asses [were] thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the
LORD’S tribute [was] threescore and one. 40 And the persons [were]
sixteen thousand; of which the LORD’S tribute [was] thirty and two
persons. 41 And Moses gave the tribute, [which was] the LORD’S heave
offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses. 42 And
of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided from the men that
warred, 43 (Now the half [that pertained unto] the congregation was
three hundred thousand and thirty thousand [and] seven thousand and five
hundred sheep, 44 And thirty and six thousand beeves, 45 And thirty
thousand asses and five hundred, 46 And sixteen thousand persons;) 47
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.”
“48 And the officers which [were] over thousands of the host, the
captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:
49 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. 50 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. 51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, [even]
all wrought jewels. 52 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. 53 ([For] the men of war had taken spoil, every man for
himself.) 54 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.” (Nu 31:1-54 AV)
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