Then the LORD spoke
to Moses
, saying
,
" aTake full
vengeance
for the sons
of Israel
on the Midianites
; afterward
you will be bgathered
to your people
."
Moses spoke
to the people
, saying
, "Arm
men
from among
you for the war
, that they may 1go
against
Midian
to execute
athe LORD'S
vengeance
on Midian
.
"A thousand from each tribe
of all
the tribes
of Israel
you shall send
to the war
."
So there were 1furnished from the thousands
of Israel
, a thousand
from each tribe
, twelve
thousand
armed
for war
.
Moses sent
them, a thousand
from each tribe
, to the war
, and Phinehas
the son
of Eleazar
the priest
, to the war
with them, aand the holy
vessels
and bthe trumpets
for the alarm
in his hand
.
So they made war
against
Midian
, just
as the LORD
had commanded
Moses
, and athey killed
every
male
.
They killed the kings
of Midian
along
with the rest of their slain
: aEvi
and Rekem
and bZur
and Hur
and Reba
, the five
kings
of Midian
; they also killed
cBalaam
the son
of Beor
with the sword
.
The sons of Israel
captured
the women
of Midian
and their little
ones
; and all
their cattle
and all
their flocks
and all
their goods
they plundered
.
Then they burned all
their cities
where
they lived
and all
their camps
with fire
.
aThey took all
the spoil
and all
the prey
, both of man
and of beast
.
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 by the Jordan
opposite Jericho
.
Moses and Eleazar
the priest
and all
the leaders
of the congregation
went
out to meet
them outside
the camp
.
Moses was angry
with the officers
of the army
, the captains
of thousands
and the captains
of hundreds
, who had come
from service
in the war
.
And Moses said
to them, "Have you 1spared
aall
the women
?
" aBehold, these
1caused
the sons
of Israel
, through the 2counsel
of bBalaam
, to 3trespass
against the LORD
in the matter
of Peor
, so the plague
was among the congregation
of the LORD
.
" aNow therefore, kill
every
male
among the little
ones
, and kill
every
woman
who has known
man
1intimately
.
"But all the 1girls
who
have not known
man
2intimately
, 3spare
for yourselves.
" aAnd you, camp outside
the camp
seven
days
; whoever
has killed
any person
and whoever
has touched
any slain
, purify
yourselves, you and your captives
, on the third
day
and on the seventh
day
.
"You shall purify for yourselves every
garment
and every
article
of 1leather
and all
the work
of goats'
hair, and all
articles
of wood
."
Then Eleazar the priest
said
to the men
of war
who had gone
to battle
, "This
is the statute
of the law
which
the LORD
has commanded
Moses
:
only the gold
and the silver
, the bronze
, the iron
, the tin
and the lead
,
everything that can stand
the fire
, you shall pass
through
the fire
, and it shall be clean
, but it shall be purified
with awater
for impurity
. But whatever
cannot
stand
the fire
you shall pass
through
the water
.
"And you shall wash your clothes
on the seventh
day
and be clean
, and afterward
you may enter
the camp
."
Then the LORD spoke
to Moses
, saying
,
"You and Eleazar the priest
and the heads
of the fathers'
households of the congregation
take
a count
of the booty
1that was captured
, both of man
and of animal
;
and adivide the booty
between
the warriors
who went
out to battle
and all
the congregation
.
" aLevy a tax
for the LORD
from the men
of war
who went
out to battle
, one
1in five
hundred
of the persons
and of the cattle
and of the donkeys
and of the sheep
;
take it from their half
and give
it to Eleazar
the priest
, as an 1offering
to the LORD
.
"From the sons of Israel's
half
, you shall take
one
drawn
out of every fifty
of the persons
, of the cattle
, of the donkeys
and of the sheep
, from all
the animals
, and give
them to the Levites
who akeep
charge
of the tabernacle
of the LORD
."
Moses and Eleazar
the priest
did
just
as the LORD
had commanded
Moses
.
Now the booty that remained
from the spoil
which
the 1men
of war
had plundered
was 675,000
sheep
,
and of human beings
, of the women
who
had not known
man
1intimately
, all
the persons
were 32,000
.
The half, the portion
of those who went
out to war
, was as follows: the number
of sheep
was 337,500
,
and the LORD'S levy
of the sheep
was 675
;
and the cattle were 36,000
, from which the LORD'S
levy
was 72
;
and the donkeys were 30,500
, from which the LORD'S
levy
was 61
;
and the human beings
were 16,000
, from whom the LORD'S
levy
was 32
persons
.
Moses gave
the levy
which was the LORD'S
offering
to Eleazar
the priest
, just
aas the LORD
had commanded
Moses
.
As for the sons of Israel's
half
, which
Moses
1separated
from the men
who had gone
to war
--
now the congregation's half
was 337,500
sheep
,
and the human beings
were 16,000
--
and from the sons of Israel's
half
, Moses
took
one
drawn
out of every fifty
, both
of man
and of animals
, and gave
them to the Levites
, who kept
charge
of the tabernacle
of the LORD
, just
as the LORD
had commanded
Moses
.
Then the officers who
were over the thousands
of the army
, the captains
of thousands
and the captains
of hundreds
, approached
Moses
,
and they said to Moses
, "Your servants
have taken
a census
of men
of war
who
are in our charge
, and no
man
of us is missing
.
"So we have brought as an offering
to the LORD
what
each
man
found
, articles
of gold
, armlets
and bracelets
, signet
rings
, earrings
and necklaces
, ato make
atonement
for ourselves
before
the LORD
."
Moses and Eleazar
the priest
took
the gold
from them, all
kinds of wrought
articles
.
All the gold
of the offering
which
they offered
up to the LORD
, from the captains
of thousands
and the captains
of hundreds
, was 16,750
shekels
.
aThe men of war
had taken
booty
, every
man
for himself.
So Moses and Eleazar
the priest
took
the gold
from the captains
of thousands
and of hundreds
, and brought
it to the tent
of meeting
as aa memorial
for the sons
of Israel
before
the LORD
.