And the LORD spake
unto Moses
, saying
,
Avenge the children
of Israel
of the Midianites
: afterward
shalt thou be gathered
unto thy 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
.
Of every tribe a thousand
, throughout all the tribes
of Israel
, shall ye send
to the war
.
So there were delivered out of the thousands
of Israel
, a thousand
of every tribe
, 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 they warred against the Midianites
, as the LORD
commanded
Moses
; and they slew
all the males
.
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
.
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
.
And they burnt all their cities
wherein they dwelt
, and all their goodly castles
, with fire
.
And they took all the spoil
, and all the prey
, both of men
and of beasts
.
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
.
And Moses, and Eleazar
the priest
, and all the princes
of the congregation
, went forth
to meet
them without
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
.
And Moses said
unto them, Have ye saved
all the women
alive
?
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
.
Now therefore kill every male
among the little ones
, and kill
every woman
that hath known
man
by lying
with him
.
But all the women children
, that have not known
a man
by lying
with him, keep alive
for yourselves.
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
.
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 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
;
Only the gold, and the silver
, the brass
, the iron
, the tin
, and the 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
.
And ye shall wash your clothes
on the seventh
day
, and ye shall be clean
, and afterward
ye shall come
into the camp
.
And the LORD spake
unto Moses
, saying
,
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
:
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
:
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
:
Take it of their half
, and give
it unto Eleazar
the priest
, for an heave offering
of 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
.
And Moses and Eleazar
the priest
did
as the LORD
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 threescore and twelve thousand
beeves
,
And threescore and one
thousand
asses
,
And thirty and two
thousand
persons
in all
, of women
that had not known
man
by lying
with him.
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
:
And the LORD'S tribute
of the sheep
was six
hundred
and threescore and fifteen
.
And the beeves were thirty
and six
thousand
; of which the LORD'S
tribute
was threescore and twelve
.
And the asses were thirty
thousand
and five
hundred
; of which the LORD'S
tribute
was threescore
and one
.
And the persons were sixteen
thousand
; of which the LORD'S
tribute
was thirty
and two
persons
.
And Moses gave
the tribute
, which was the LORD'S
heave offering
, unto Eleazar
the priest
, as the LORD
commanded
Moses
.
And of the children of Israel's
half
, which Moses
divided
from the men
that warred
,
(Now the half that pertained unto the congregation
was three
hundred
thousand
and thirty
thousand
and seven
thousand
and five
hundred
sheep
,
And thirty and six
thousand
beeves
,
And thirty thousand
asses
and five
hundred
,
And sixteen thousand
persons
;)
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
.
And the officers which were over thousands
of the host
, the captains
of thousands
, and captains
of hundreds
, came near
unto 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.
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
.
And Moses and Eleazar
the priest
took
the gold
of them, even all wrought
jewels
.
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
.
( For the men of war
had taken spoil
, every man
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
.