Numbers 31

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 The LORD said to Moses,	1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 "Avenge the Israelites on the Midianites, and then you shall be taken to your people."	2 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
3 So Moses told the people, "Select men from your midst and arm them for war, to attack the Midianites and execute the LORD'S vengeance on them.	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 From each of the tribes of Israel you shall send a band of one thousand men to war."	4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
5 From the clans of Israel, therefore, a thousand men of each tribe were levied, so that there were twelve thousand men armed for war.	5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
6 Moses sent them out on the campaign, a thousand from each tribe, with Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest for the campaign, who had with him the sacred vessels and the trumpets for sounding the alarm.	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 waged war against the Midianites, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and killed every male among them.	7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
8 Besides those slain in battle, they killed the five Midianite kings: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba; and they also executed Balaam, son of Beor, with 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 But the Israelites kept the women of the Midianites with their little ones as captives, and all their herds and flocks and wealth as spoil,	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 while they set on fire all the towns where they had settled and all their encampments.	10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
11 Then they took all the booty, with the people and beasts they had captured, and brought the captives, together with the spoils and booty,	11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
12 to Moses and the priest Eleazar and to the Israelite community at their camp on the plains of Moab, along the Jericho stretch of the Jordan.	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 When Moses and the priest Eleazar, with all the princes of the community, went outside 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 became angry with the officers of the army, the clan and company commanders, who were returning from combat.	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 "So you have spared all the women!" he exclaimed.	15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
16 "Why, they are the very ones who on Balaam's advice prompted the unfaithfulness of the Israelites toward the LORD in the Peor affair, which began the slaughter of the LORD'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 Slay, therefore, every male child and every woman who has had intercourse 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 you may spare and keep for yourselves all girls who had no intercourse with a man.	18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
19 "Moreover, you shall stay outside the camp for seven days, and those of you who have slain anyone or touched anyone slain in battle shall purify yourselves on the third and on the seventh day. This applies both to you and to your captives.	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 You shall also purify every article of cloth, leather, goats' hair, or 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 Eleazar the priest told the soldiers who had returned from combat: "This is what the law, as prescribed by the LORD to Moses, ordains:	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 Whatever can stand fire, such as gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin and lead,	22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
23 you shall put into the fire, that it may become clean; however, it must also be purified with lustral water. But whatever cannot stand fire you shall put into the 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 On the seventh day you shall wash your clothes, and then you will again be clean. After that you may 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 The LORD said to Moses:	25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
26 "With the help of the priest Eleazar and of the heads of the ancestral houses, count up all the human captives and the beasts that have been taken;	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 then divide them evenly, giving half to those who took active part in the war by going out to combat, and half to the rest of 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 You shall levy a tax for the LORD on the warriors who went out to combat: one out of every five hundred persons, oxen, asses and sheep	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 in their half of the spoil you shall turn over to the priest Eleazar as a contribution to the LORD.	29 Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD.
30 From the Israelites' half you shall take one out of every fifty persons, and the same from the different beasts, oxen, asses and sheep, and give them to the Levites, who have charge of the LORD'S Dwelling."	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 So Moses and the priest Eleazar did this, as the LORD had commanded Moses.	31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
32 This booty, what was left of the loot which the soldiers had taken, amounted to six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,	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 oxen,	33 And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
34 sixty-one thousand asses,	34 And threescore and one thousand asses,
35 and thirty-two thousand girls who were still virgins.	35 And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of woman that had not known man by lying with him.
36 The half that fell to those who had gone out to combat was: three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,	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 six hundred and seventy-five fell as tax to the LORD;	37 And the LORD's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.
38 thirty-six thousand oxen, of which seventy-two fell as tax to the LORD;	38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD's tribute was threescore and twelve.
39 thirty thousand five hundred asses, of which sixty-one fell as tax to the LORD;	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 whom thirty-two fell as tax to the LORD.	40 And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD's tribute was thirty and two persons.
41 The taxes contributed to the LORD, Moses gave to the priest Eleazar, as the LORD had commanded him.	41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD's heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.
42 The half for the other Israelites, which fell to the community when Moses had taken it from the soldiers, was:	42 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
43 three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,	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 oxen,	44 And thirty and six thousand beeves,
45 thirty thousand five hundred asses,	45 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,
46 and sixteen thousand persons.	46 And sixteen thousand persons;)
47 From this, the Israelites' share, Moses, as the LORD had ordered, took one out of every fifty, both of persons and of beasts, and gave them to the Levites, who had charge of the LORD'S Dwelling.	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 Then the officers who had been clan and company commanders of the army came up 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 to him, "Your servants have counted up the soldiers under our command, and not one is missing.	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, to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD, each of us will bring as an offering to the LORD some gold article he has picked up, such as an anklet, a bracelet, a ring, an earring, or a necklace."	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, all of it in well-wrought articles.	51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.
52 The gold that they gave as a contribution to the LORD amounted in all to sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. This was from the clan and company commanders;	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 what the common soldiers had looted each one kept for himself.	53 (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
54 Moses, then, and the priest Eleazar accepted the gold from the clan and company commanders, and put it in the meeting tent as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD.	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.