Numbers 31

Thomson^{(i) 1} Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² Avenge the cause of the children of Israel on the Madianites, and afterward thou shalt be gathered to thy people. ³ Whereupon Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm men from among you and array them before the Lord, against Madian, to pour vengeance from the Lord on Madian; ⁴ a thousand from every tribe. You shall send them out of all the tribes to be drawn up in array. ⁵ So out of the thousands of Israel they numbered a thousand from a tribe; twelve thousand. They were armed for close engagement. ⁶ And Moses sent these; a thousand from every tribe; and with the army composed of them, Phineas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, with the holy instruments; the trumpets for sounding a charge, in their hands. ⁷ And they drew up in array against Madian, as the Lord commanded Moses, and slew every male; ⁸ and in the slaughter they slew the kings of Madian, Evin, and Rokon, and Sur, and Ur, and Robok, the five kings of Madian. They slew also Balaam, son of Beor, with the sword among their slain. ⁹ And having taken for a prey the women of the Madianites, and their furniture, and their cattle, and all their goods, and spoiled their army, ¹⁰ and burned all their cities in which they dwelt, and all their sheepcots, with fire, ¹¹ and taken all the prey thereof, and all the spoils thereof, both of man and beast, ¹² they brought to Moses, and Eleazar, and to all the Israelites, the captives, and the spoils, and the prey, to the camp at Araboth-Moab, on the Jordan, over against Jericho. ¹³ And when Moses went out, accompanied with Eleazar the priest, and all the chiefs of the congregation, to meet them without the camp, ¹⁴ Moses was angry at the officers of the army; at the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, who came from the war. ¹⁵ And Moses said to them, Why have you saved all the women alive? ¹⁶ For they, by the direction of Balaam, were the cause of Israel's apostatizing, and transgressing the commands of the Lord, for the sake of Phogor: and there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord. ¹⁷ Now therefore kill every male among the captives. Kill also every woman, who hath lain with man. ¹⁸ But save alive, for yourselves, every captive among the women, who hath not known a man. ¹⁹ And abide without the camp seven days. Every one who hath slain, or who hath touched one slain, must be purified on the third day, and on the seventh day, including yourselves and your captives. ²⁰ And you must purify every covering, and every vessel made of skin, and every hair cloth, and every utensil of wood. ²¹ Then Eleazar the priest, said to the men of the army, who came from the war, This is the ordinance of the law, which the Lord gave in charge to Moses, ²² Besides the gold, and the silver, and the brass, and the iron, and the lead, and the tin, ²³ every thing which can pass through fire must be purified by fire; but the rest are to be purified by the water of purification only. Whatever cannot pass through fire must pass through water. ²⁴ And on the seventh day you must wash your clothes, and you shall be clean; and after that you may come into the camp. ²⁵ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁶ Take the sum of the captivated prey both of man and beast; thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chiefs of the patriarchal houses of the congregation. ²⁷ And you shall divide the prey between the warriors who went to battle, and the whole congregation. ²⁸ And you shall set apart as a tribute to the Lord, from the warriors who went out to battle, one in five hundred from the captives, and from the beasts, namely, the cattle, and the sheep, and the asses. ²⁹ These you shall take from their half, and give to Eleazar the priest, as a portion set apart for the Lord. ³⁰ And from the children of Israel's half thou shalt take one in fifty of the captives, and of the cattle, and the sheep, and the asses; of all these beasts. And these thou shalt give to the Levites, who keep the watch at the tabernacle of the Lord. ³¹ So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses. ³² And the whole amount of the booty which the warriors had taken, was, of sheep six hundred and seventy five thousand; ³³ of cattle seventy two thousand, ³⁴ and sixty one thousand asses; ³⁵ and of the human species, namely, of the women who had not known man, all the souls were thirty two thousand. ³⁶ So that the half which was the share of those who went to war, was, from the number of sheep, three hundred and thirty seven thousand five hundred; ³⁷ of which the tribute for the Lord was six hundred and seventy five; ³⁸ and of cattle, thirty six thousand, of which the tribute for the Lord was seventy two; ³⁹ and of asses, thirty thousand five hundred, of which the tribute for the Lord was sixty one; ⁴⁰ and the human beings were sixteen thousand, of whom the tribute for the Lord was thirty two. ⁴¹ And this tribute for the Lord, this dedication made to God by setting it apart, Moses gave to Eleazar the priest as the Lord commanded Moses. ⁴² And from the half belonging to the children of Israel, between whom and the warriors Moses had made the division; ⁴³ now the congregation's half was three hundred and thirty seven thousand five hundred sheep, ⁴⁴ thirty six thousand cattle, ⁴⁵ thirty thousand five hundred asses, ⁴⁶ and of human beings, sixteen thousand; ⁴⁷ from this half, belonging to the children of Israel, Moses took one in fifty, of man and beast, and gave them to the Levites, who kept the watch at the tabernacle of the testimony, as the Lord commanded Moses. ⁴⁸ Then all the officers over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, ⁴⁹ came to Moses, and said to him, Thy servants have taken an account of all the warriors who were with us, and there is not one of them missing. ⁵⁰ We have therefore brought, as every man chanced to find a jewel of gold, either a necklace, or a bracelet, or a ring, or an ornament for the right arm, or a chain, to make atonement for us before the Lord. ⁵¹ So Moses and Eleazar the priest, received from them the gold; all the wrought jewels; ⁵² and the whole amount of the gold, the dedication which they set apart for the Lord, was, sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. This they received from the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds. ⁵³ Of the spoil, which the warriors made every man for himself, ⁵⁴ Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the testimony, to be a memorial of the children of Israel before the Lord.