~Numbers 31:1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
~Numbers 31:2 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites:afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
~Numbers 31:3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm yemen from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, toexecute Jehovah's vengeance on Midian.
~Numbers 31:4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes ofIsrael, shall ye send to the war.
~Numbers 31:5 So there were delivered, out of the thousands ofIsrael, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
~Numbers 31:6 And Moses sent them, a thousand of every tribe, tothe war, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war,with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in hishand.
~Numbers 31:7 And they warred against Midian, as Jehovahcommanded Moses; and they slew every male.
~Numbers 31:8 And they slew the kings of Midian with the rest oftheir slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the fivekings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with thesword.
~Numbers 31:9 And the children of Israel took captive the women ofMidian and their little ones; and all their cattle, and all their flocks,and all their goods, they took for a prey.
~Numbers 31:10 And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt,and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.
~Numbers 31:11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both ofman and of beast.
~Numbers 31:12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and thespoil, unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto thecongregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains ofMoab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.
~Numbers 31:13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all theprinces of the congregation, went forth to meet them without thecamp.
~Numbers 31:14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host,the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who camefrom the service of the war.
~Numbers 31:15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all thewomen alive?
~Numbers 31:16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, throughthe counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against Jehovah in thematter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation ofJehovah.
~Numbers 31:17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones,and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
~Numbers 31:18 But all the women-children, that have not knownman by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
~Numbers 31:19 And encamp ye without the camp seven days:whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched anyslain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, yeand your captives.
~Numbers 31:20 And as to every garment, and all that is made ofskin, and all work of goats' [hair], and all things made of wood, yeshall purify yourselves.
~Numbers 31:21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war thatwent to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hathcommanded Moses:
~Numbers 31:22 howbeit the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron,the tin, and the lead,
~Numbers 31:23 everything that may abide the fire, ye shall make togo through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall bepurified with the water for impurity: and all that abideth not the fireye shall make to go through the water.
~Numbers 31:24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day,and ye shall be clean; and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
~Numbers 31:25 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
~Numbers 31:26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both ofman and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of thefathers' [houses] of the congregation;
~Numbers 31:27 and divide the prey into two parts: between the menskilled in war, that went out to battle, and all the congregation.
~Numbers 31:28 And levy a tribute unto Jehovah of the men of warthat went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, [both] of thepersons, and of the oxen, and of the asses, and of the flocks:
~Numbers 31:29 take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar thepriest, for Jehovah's heave-offering.
~Numbers 31:30 And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt takeone drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the asses,and of the flocks, [even] of all the cattle, and give them unto theLevites, that keep the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.
~Numbers 31:31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Jehovahcommanded Moses.
~Numbers 31:32 Now the prey, over and above the booty which themen of war took, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand andfive thousand sheep,
~Numbers 31:33 and threescore and twelve thousand oxen,
~Numbers 31:34 and threescore and one thousand asses,
~Numbers 31:35 and thirty and two thousand persons in all, of thewomen that had not known man by lying with him.
~Numbers 31:36 And the half, which was the portion of them thatwent out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and thirtythousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep:
~Numbers 31:37 and Jehovah's tribute of the sheep was six hundredand threescore and fifteen.
~Numbers 31:38 And the oxen were thirty and six thousand; of whichJehovah's tribute was threescore and twelve.
~Numbers 31:39 And the asses were thirty thousand and fivehundred; of which Jehovah's tribute was threescore and one.
~Numbers 31:40 And the persons were sixteen thousand; of whomJehovah's tribute was thirty and two persons.
~Numbers 31:41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was Jehovah'sheave-offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah commandedMoses.
~Numbers 31:42 And of the children of Israel's half, which Mosesdivided off from the men that warred
~Numbers 31:43 (now the congregation's half was three hundredthousand and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundredsheep,
~Numbers 31:44 and thirty and six thousand oxen,
~Numbers 31:45 and thirty thousand and five hundred asses,
~Numbers 31:46 and sixteen thousand persons),
~Numbers 31:47 even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took onedrawn out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave themunto the Levites, that kept the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah; asJehovah commanded Moses.
~Numbers 31:48 And the officers that were over the thousands of thehost, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, camenear unto Moses;
~Numbers 31:49 and they said unto Moses, Thy servants have takenthe sum of the men of war that are under our charge, and therelacketh not one man of us.
~Numbers 31:50 And we have brought Jehovah's oblation, what everyman hath gotten, of jewels of gold, ankle-chains, and bracelets,signet-rings, ear-rings, and armlets, to make atonement for our soulsbefore Jehovah.
~Numbers 31:51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold ofthem, even all wrought jewels.
~Numbers 31:52 And all the gold of the heave-offering that theyoffered up to Jehovah, of the captains of thousands, and of thecaptains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fiftyshekels.
~Numbers 31:53 ([For] the men of war had taken booty, every manfor himself.)
~Numbers 31:54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold ofthe captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tentof meeting, for a memorial for the children of Israel before Jehovah
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