Numbers 31 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ And יהוה  spoke to Mosheh, saying,

² “Take vengeance for the children of Yisra’ĕ

³ And Mosheh spoke to the people, saying, “Arm some of yourselves for the campaign, and let them go against the Miḏ

⁴ “Send a thousand from each tribe of all the tribes of Yisra’ĕ

⁵ So there were supplied from the tribes of Yisra’ĕ

⁶ And Mosheh sent them on the campaign, one thousand from each tribe, them and Pineḥ

⁷ And they fought against the Miḏ

⁸ And they slew the sovereigns of Miḏ

⁹ And the sons of Yisra’ĕ

¹⁰ And they burned with fire all the cities where they dwelt, and all their settlements.

¹¹ And they took all the spoil and all the booty, both of man and beast.

¹² And they brought the captives, and the booty, and the spoil to Mosheh, and to Elʽ

¹³ And Mosheh, and Elʽ

¹⁴ But Mosheh was wroth with the officers of the army, with the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, who had come from the campaign.

¹⁵ And Mosheh said to them, “Have you kept all the women alive?

¹⁶ “Look, they are the ones who caused the children of Yisra’ĕ

¹⁷ “And now, slay every male among the little ones. And every woman who has known a man by lying with a man you shall slay.

¹⁸ “But keep alive for yourselves all the female children who have not known a man by lying with a man.

¹⁹ “And you, camp outside the camp seven days. Whoever has slain any being, and whoever has touched any slain, cleanse yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day.

²⁰ “And cleanse every garment, and every object of leather and all the work of goats’ hair, and every object of wood.”

²¹ And Elʽ

²² “Only the gold, and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

²³ every object that passes through fire, you put through the fire, and it shall be clean; only, let it be cleansed with the water for uncleanness. And whatever does not pass through fire you pass through water.

²⁴ “And you shall wash your garments on the seventh day and be clean, and afterwards come into the camp.”

²⁵ And יהוה  spoke to Mosheh, saying,

²⁶ “Count up the plunder that was taken, of man and of beast, you and Elʽ

²⁷ “And you shall divide the plunder into two parts, between those who took part in the battle, who went out on the campaign, and all the congregation.

²⁸ “And set aside a levy for יהוה  on the men of battle who went out on the campaign: one out of every five hundred, of man, and of the cattle, and of the donkeys, and of the sheep.

²⁹ “Take it from their half, and give it to Elʽ

³⁰ “And from the children of Yisra’ĕ

³¹ And Mosheh and Elʽ

³² And the booty remaining from the plunder, which the people of the campaign had taken, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,

³³ and seventy-two thousand cattle,

³⁴ and sixty-one thousand donkeys,

³⁵ and thirty-two thousand human beings in all, of women who had not known a man by lying with a man.

³⁶ And the half, the portion for those who went out on the campaign, was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,

³⁷ and the levy unto יהוה  of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five.

³⁸ And the cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which the levy unto יהוה  was seventy-two.

³⁹ And the donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred, of which the levy unto יהוה  was sixty-one.

⁴⁰ And the human beings were sixteen thousand, of which the levy unto יהוה  was thirty-two beings.

⁴¹ So Mosheh gave the levy which was the contribution unto יהוה  to Elʽ

⁴² And from the children of Yisra’ĕ

⁴³ now the half belonging to the congregation was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,

⁴⁴ and thirty-six thousand cattle,

⁴⁵ and thirty thousand five hundred donkeys,

⁴⁶ and sixteen thousand human beings.

⁴⁷ Then Mosheh took from the children of Yisra’ĕ

⁴⁸ And the officers who were over thousands of the campaign, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, came near to Mosheh,

⁴⁹ and they said to Mosheh, “Your servants have taken a count of the fighting men under our command, and not a man of us is missing.

⁵⁰ “So we have brought an offering for יהוה, what every man found of ornaments of gold: armlets and bracelets and signet rings and earrings and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves before יהוה.”

⁵¹ And Mosheh and Elʽ

⁵² And all the gold of the offering that they presented to יהוה, from the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty sheqels.

⁵³ The men of the campaign had taken spoil, every man for himself.

⁵⁴ And Mosheh and Elʽ