Numbers 31

NEW JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,	1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 'Exact the ful vengeance for the Israelites on the Midianites. Afterwards you will be gathered to yourpeople.'	2 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
3 Moses said to the people, 'Some of you are to take up arms for Yahweh's campaign against Midian,to carry out the vengeance of Yahweh on Midian.	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 You will put a thousand men in the field from each of the tribes of Israel.'	4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
5 In this way Israel's thousands provided twelve thousand men equipped for war, one thousand fromeach tribe:	5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
6 Moses put them in the field, one thousand from each tribe, with Phinehas, son of the priest Eleazar,to go with them carrying the sacred objects and the trumpets for the battle cry.	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 They made war on Midian, as Yahweh had ordered Moses, and put every male to death.	7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
8 What is more, they kil ed the kings of Midian, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba, the five Midianite kings;they also put Balaam son of Beor to the sword.	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 The Israelites took the Midianite women and their little ones captive and carried off al their cattle, altheir flocks and al their goods as booty.	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 They set fire to the towns where they lived and to al their encampments.	10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
11 Then, taking al their booty, everything they had captured, human and animal,	11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
12 they brought the captives, spoil and booty to Moses, the priest Eleazar and the whole community ofIsraelites at the camp on the Plains of Moab, near the Jordan by Jericho.	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 Moses, the priest Eleazar and al the leaders of the community went out of the camp to meet them.	13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
14 Moses was enraged with the officers of the army, the commanders of the thousands andcommanders of the hundreds, who had come back from this military expedition.	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 He said, 'Why have you spared the life of al the women?	15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
16 They were the very ones who, on Balaam's advice, caused the Israelites to be unfaithful to Yahwehin the affair at Peor: hence the plague which struck Yahweh's community.	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 So kil al the male children and kil al the women who have ever slept with a man;	17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
18 but spare the lives of the young girls who have never slept with a man, and keep them foryourselves.	18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
19 As for you, bivouac outside the camp for seven days, everyone who has kil ed anyone or touched acorpse. Purify yourselves and your prisoners on the third and seventh days,	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 al clothing, everything made of skin, everything woven of goat's hair and everythingmade of wood.'	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 The priest Eleazar said to the soldiers who had come back from the campaign, 'This is an article ofthe Law which Yahweh prescribed to Moses:	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 although gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin and lead,	22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
23 everything that can withstand fire can be cleaned by being passed through fire, it must stil bepurified with water for purification. Whatever cannot resist fire you must pass through water.	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 'Wash your clothes on the seventh day and you wil then be clean. You may then re-enter the camp.'	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 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said:	25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
26 'With the priest Eleazar and the heads of families in the community, take a count of the spoils andcaptives, human and animal.	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 You wil then share out the spoil, half and half, between those who fought the campaign and the restof the community.	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 From the share of the combatants who took part in the campaign, you wil set aside one out of everyfive hundred persons, oxen, donkeys and sheep as Yahweh's portion.	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 You wil take this from the half share coming to them and give it to the priest Eleazar as the portionset aside for Yahweh.	29 Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD.
30 From the half coming to the Israelites, you will take one out of every fifty persons, oxen, donkeys,sheep, and al other animals, and give them to the Levites who are responsible for Yahweh's Dwel ing.'	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 Moses and the priest Eleazar did as Yahweh had ordered Moses.	31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
32 The spoils, the remainder of the booty captured by the soldiers, came to six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep and goats,	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 seventy-two thousand head of cattle,	33 And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
34 sixty-one thousand donkeys,	34 And threescore and one thousand asses,
35 and in persons, women who had never slept with a man, thirty-two thousand in al .	35 And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of woman that had not known man by lying with him.
36 Half was assigned to those who had taken part in the war, namely three hundred and thirty-seventhousand five hundred sheep and goats,	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 of which Yahweh's portion was six hundred and seventy-five,	37 And the LORD's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.
38 thirty-six thousand head of cattle, of which Yahweh's portion was seventy-two,	38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD's tribute was threescore and twelve.
39 thirty thousand five hundred donkeys, of which Yahweh's portion was sixty-one,	39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD's tribute was threescore and one.
40 and sixteen thousand persons, of which Yahweh's portion was thirty-two.	40 And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD's tribute was thirty and two persons.
41 Moses gave the priest Eleazar the portion set aside for Yahweh, as Yahweh had ordered Moses.	41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD's heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.
42 As for the half coming to the Israelites which Moses had separated from that of the combatants,	42 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
43 this half, the community's share, came to three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundredsheep and goats,	43 (Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
44 thirty-six thousand head of cattle,	44 And thirty and six thousand beeves,
45 thirty thousand five hundred donkeys	45 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,
46 and sixteen thousand persons.	46 And sixteen thousand persons;)
47 From this half, the Israelites' share, Moses took one out of every fifty, human and animal, and gavethem to the Levites who were responsible for Yahweh's Dwel ing, as Yahweh had ordered Moses.	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 The officers of the thousands who had fought the campaign, the commanders of the thousands andcommanders of the hundreds, came to 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 said, 'Your servants have numbered the soldiers under their command: none of our men ismissing.	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 So, as an offering for Yahweh, we have brought what each of us has found in the way of goldornaments, armlets and bracelets, rings, earrings and breastplates, to make expiation for ourselves beforeYahweh.'	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 Moses and the priest Eleazar accepted this gold from them, al this jewel ery.	51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.
52 This portion of gold given to Yahweh by the commanders of the thousands and commanders of thehundreds amounted to sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.	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 Each of the soldiers took his own booty.	53 (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
54 But Moses and the priest Eleazar, having accepted the gold from the commanders of the thousandsand commanders of the hundreds, brought it into the Tent of Meeting, to be a reminder of the Israelites beforeYahweh.	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.