Numbers 31 - Israeli Authorized Version

¹ And YY spake unto Moshe, saying,

² Avenge the children of Yisrael of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.

³ And Moshe spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge YY of Midian.

⁴ Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Yisrael, shall ye send to the war.

⁵ So there were delivered out of the thousands of Yisrael, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

⁶ And Moshe sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Pinchas the son of Eleazar the kohen, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the shofars to blow in his hand.

⁷ And they warred against the Midianites, as YY Commanded Moshe; and they slew all the males.

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: Bilam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

⁹ And the children of Yisrael 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 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.

¹¹ And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.

¹² And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moshe, and Eleazar the kohen, and unto the congregation of the children of Yisrael, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Yarden near Yericho.

¹³ And Moshe, and Eleazar the kohen, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.

¹⁴ And Moshe was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.

¹⁵ And Moshe said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

¹⁶ Behold, these caused the children of Yisrael, through the counsel of Bilam, to commit trespass against YY in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of YY .

¹⁷ Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

¹⁸ But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

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 all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.

²¹ And Eleazar the kohen said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the Torah which YY Commanded Moshe;

²² Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

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 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.

²⁵ And YY spake unto Moshe, saying,

²⁶ Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the kohen, and the chief fathers of the congregation:

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 And levy a tribute unto YY 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 Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the kohen, for an heave offering of YY .

³⁰ And of the children of Yisrael'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 Lvim, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of YY .

³¹ And Moshe and Eleazar the kohen did as YY Commanded Moshe.

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 And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,

³⁴ And threescore and one thousand asses,

³⁵ And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.

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 And YY 'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

³⁸ And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which YY 'S tribute was threescore and twelve.

³⁹ And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which YY 'S tribute was threescore and one.

⁴⁰ And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which YY 'S tribute was thirty and two persons.

⁴¹ And Moshe gave the tribute, which was YY 'S heave offering, unto Eleazar the kohen, as YY Commanded Moshe.

⁴² And of the children of Yisrael's half, which Moshe divided from the men that warred,

⁴³ (Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,

⁴⁴ And thirty and six thousand beeves,

⁴⁵ And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,

⁴⁶ And sixteen thousand persons;)

⁴⁷ Even of the children of Yisrael's half, Moshe took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Lvim, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of YY ; as YY Commanded Moshe.

⁴⁸ And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moshe:

⁴⁹ And they said unto Moshe, 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 We have therefore brought an oblation for YY , what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before YY .

⁵¹ And Moshe and Eleazar the kohen took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.

⁵² And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to YY , of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.

⁵³ (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)

⁵⁴ And Moshe and Eleazar the kohen 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 Yisrael before YY .