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Numbers 31 (WEBP)
[1] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
[2] “Avenge the children of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people.”
[3] Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Yahweh’s vengeance on Midian.
[4] You shall send one thousand out of every tribe, throughout all the tribes of Israel, to the war.”
[5] So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
[6] Moses sent them, one thousand of every tribe, to the war with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.
[7] They fought against Midian, as Yahweh commanded Moses. They killed every male.
[8] They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.
[9] The children of Israel took the women of Midian captive with their little ones; and all their livestock, all their flocks, and all their goods, they took as plunder.
[10] All their cities in the places in which they lived, and all their encampments, they burned with fire.
[11] They took all the captives, and all the plunder, both of man and of animal.
[12] They brought the captives with the prey and the plunder, to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.
[13] Moses and Eleazar the priest, with all the princes of the congregation, went out to meet them outside of the camp.
[14] Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.
[15] Moses said to them, “Have you saved all the women alive?
[16] Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against Yahweh in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of Yahweh.
[17] Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.
[18] But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
[19] “Encamp outside of the camp for seven days. Whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, you and your captives.
[20] You shall purify every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood.”
[21] Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, “This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded Moses.
[22] However the gold, and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
[23] everything that may withstand the fire, you shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity. All that doesn’t withstand the fire you shall make to go through the water.
[24] You shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean. Afterward you shall come into the camp.”
[25] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
[26] “Count the plunder that was taken, both of man and of animal, you, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the congregation;
[27] and divide the plunder into two parts: between the men skilled in war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation.
[28] Levy a tribute to Yahweh of the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred; of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks.
[29] Take it from their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for Yahweh’s wave offering.
[30] Of the children of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all the livestock, and give them to the Levites, who perform the duty of Yahweh’s tabernacle.”
[31] Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Yahweh commanded Moses.
[32] Now the plunder, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,
[33] seventy-two thousand head of cattle,
[34] sixty-one thousand donkeys,
[35] and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of the women who had not known man by lying with him.
[36] The half, which was the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep;
[37] and Yahweh’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred seventy-five.
[38] The cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which Yahweh’s tribute was seventy-two.
[39] The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred, of which Yahweh’s tribute was sixty-one.
[40] The persons were sixteen thousand, of whom Yahweh’s tribute was thirty-two persons.
[41] Moses gave the tribute, which was Yahweh’s wave offering, to Eleazar the priest, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
[42] Of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided off from the men who fought
[43] (now the congregation’s half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,
[44] thirty-six thousand head of cattle,
[45] thirty thousand five hundred donkeys,
[46] and sixteen thousand persons),
[47] even of the children of Israel’s half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of animal, and gave them to the Levites, who performed the duty of Yahweh’s tabernacle, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
[48] The officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses.
[49] They said to Moses, “Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war who are under our command, and there lacks not one man of us.
[50] We have brought Yahweh’s offering, what every man found: gold ornaments, armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for our souls before Yahweh.”
[51] Moses and Eleazar the priest took their gold, even all worked jewels.
[52] All the gold of the wave offering that they offered up to Yahweh, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels.°
[53] The men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.
[54] Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the Tent of Meeting for a memorial for the children of Israel before Yahweh.
Numbers 31:52 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 16,750 shekels is about 167.5 kilograms or about 368.5 pounds.
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Numbers 31 (KJVS)
[1] And the LORD H3068 spake H1696 (8762) unto Moses H4872, saying H559 (8800),
[2] Avenge H5358 (8798) H5360 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 of the Midianites H4084: afterward H310 shalt thou be gathered H622 (8735) unto thy people H5971.
[3] And Moses H4872 spake H1696 (8762) unto the people H5971, saying H559 (8800), Arm H2502 (8734) some H582 of yourselves unto the war H6635, and let them go against the Midianites H4080, and avenge H5414 (8800) H5360 the LORD H3068 of Midian H4080.
[4] Of every tribe H4294 H4294 a thousand H505 H505, throughout all the tribes H4294 of Israel H3478, shall ye send H7971 (8799) to the war H6635.
[5] So there were delivered H4560 (8735) out of the thousands H505 of Israel H3478, a thousand H505 of [every] tribe H4294, twelve H8147 H6240 thousand H505 armed H2502 (8803) for war H6635.
[6] And Moses H4872 sent H7971 (8799) them to the war H6635, a thousand H505 of [every] tribe H4294, them and Phinehas H6372 the son H1121 of Eleazar H499 the priest H3548, to the war H6635, with the holy H6944 instruments H3627, and the trumpets H2689 to blow H8643 in his hand H3027.
[7] And they warred H6633 (8799) against the Midianites H4080, as the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 (8765) Moses H4872; and they slew H2026 (8799) all the males H2145.
[8] And they slew H2026 (8804) the kings H4428 of Midian H4080, beside H5921 the rest of them that were slain H2491; [namely], Evi H189, and Rekem H7552, and Zur H6698, and Hur H2354, and Reba H7254, five H2568 kings H4428 of Midian H4080: Balaam H1109 also the son H1121 of Beor H1160 they slew H2026 (8804) with the sword H2719.
[9] And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 took [all] the women H802 of Midian H4080 captives H7617 (8799), and their little ones H2945, and took the spoil H962 (8804) of all their cattle H929, and all their flocks H4735, and all their goods H2428.
[10] And they burnt H8313 (8804) all their cities H5892 wherein they dwelt H4186, and all their goodly castles H2918, with fire H784.
[11] And they took H3947 (8799) all the spoil H7998, and all the prey H4455, [both] of men H120 and of beasts H929.
[12] And they brought H935 (8686) the captives H7628, and the prey H4455, and the spoil H7998, unto Moses H4872, and Eleazar H499 the priest H3548, and unto the congregation H5712 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478, unto the camp H4264 at the plains H6160 of Moab H4124, which [are] by Jordan H3383 [near] Jericho H3405.
[13] And Moses H4872, and Eleazar H499 the priest H3548, and all the princes H5387 of the congregation H5712, went forth H3318 (8799) to meet H7125 (8800) them without H2351 the camp H4264.
[14] And Moses H4872 was wroth H7107 (8799) with the officers H6485 (8803) of the host H2428, [with] the captains H8269 over thousands H505, and captains H8269 over hundreds H3967, which came H935 (8802) from H6635 the battle H4421.
[15] And Moses H4872 said H559 (8799) unto them, Have ye saved H2421 (8765) all the women H5347 alive H2421 (8765)?
[16] Behold, these H2007 caused H1961 (8804) the children H1121 of Israel H3478, through the counsel H1697 of Balaam H1109, to commit H4560 (8800) trespass H4604 against the LORD H3068 in the matter H1697 of Peor H6465, and there was a plague H4046 among the congregation H5712 of the LORD H3068.
[17] Now therefore kill H2026 (8798) every male H2145 among the little ones H2945, and kill H2026 (8798) every woman H802 that hath known H3045 (8802) man H376 by lying H4904 with him H2145.
[18] But all the women H802 children H2945, that have not known H3045 (8804) a man H2145 by lying H4904 with him, keep alive H2421 (8685) for yourselves.
[19] And do ye abide H2583 (8798) without H2351 the camp H4264 seven H7651 days H3117: whosoever hath killed H2026 (8802) any person H5315, and whosoever hath touched H5060 (8802) any slain H2491, purify H2398 (8691) [both] yourselves and your captives H7628 on the third H7992 day H3117, and on the seventh H7637 day H3117.
[20] And purify H2398 (8691) all [your] raiment H899, and all that is made H3627 of skins H5785, and all work H4639 of goats H5795’ [hair], and all things made H3627 of wood H6086.
[21] And Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 said H559 (8799) unto the men H582 of war H6635 which went H935 (8802) to the battle H4421, This [is] the ordinance H2708 of the law H8451 which the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 (8765) Moses H4872;
[22] Only the gold H2091, and the silver H3701, the brass H5178, the iron H1270, the tin H913, and the lead H5777,
[23] Every thing H1697 that may abide H935 (8799) the fire H784, ye shall make [it] go through H5674 (8686) the fire H784, and it shall be clean H2891 (8804): nevertheless it shall be purified H2398 (8691) with the water H4325 of separation H5079: and all that abideth H935 (8799) not the fire H784 ye shall make go through H5674 (8686) the water H4325.
[24] And ye shall wash H3526 (8765) your clothes H899 on the seventh H7637 day H3117, and ye shall be clean H2891 (8804), and afterward H310 ye shall come H935 (8799) into the camp H4264.
[25] And the LORD H3068 spake H559 (8799) unto Moses H4872, saying H559 (8800),
[26] Take H5375 (8798) the sum H7218 of the prey H4455 that was taken H7628, [both] of man H120 and of beast H929, thou, and Eleazar H499 the priest H3548, and the chief H7218 fathers H1 of the congregation H5712:
[27] And divide H2673 the prey H4455 into two parts H2673 (8804); between them that took H8610 (8802) the war H4421 upon them, who went out H3318 (8802) to battle H6635, and between all the congregation H5712:
[28] And levy H7311 (8689) a tribute H4371 unto the LORD H3068 of the men H582 of war H4421 which went out H3318 (8802) to battle H6635: one H259 soul H5315 of five H2568 hundred H3967, [both] of the persons H120, and of the beeves H1241, and of the asses H2543, and of the sheep H6629:
[29] Take H3947 (8799) [it] of their half H4276, and give H5414 (8804) it unto Eleazar H499 the priest H3548, [for] an heave offering H8641 of the LORD H3068.
[30] And of the children H1121 of Israel’s H3478 half H4276, thou shalt take H3947 (8799) one H259 portion H270 (8803) of fifty H2572, of the persons H120, of the beeves H1241, of the asses H2543, and of the flocks H6629, of all manner of beasts H929, and give H5414 (8804) them unto the Levites H3881, which keep H8104 (8802) the charge H4931 of the tabernacle H4908 of the LORD H3068.
[31] And Moses H4872 and Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 did H6213 (8799) as the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 (8765) Moses H4872.
[32] And the booty H4455, [being] the rest H3499 of the prey H957 which the men of H5971 war H6635 had caught H962 (8804), was six H8337 hundred H3967 thousand H505 and seventy H7657 thousand H505 and five H2568 thousand H505 sheep H6629,
[33] And threescore and twelve H7657 H8147 thousand H505 beeves H1241,
[34] And threescore H8346 and one H259 thousand H505 asses H2543,
[35] And thirty H7970 and two H8147 thousand H505 persons H5315 H120 in all H3605, of women H802 that had not known H3045 (8804) man H2145 by lying H4904 with him.
[36] And the half H4275, [which was] the portion H2506 of them that went out H3318 (8802) to war H6635, was in number H4557 three H7969 hundred H3967 thousand H505 and seven H7651 and thirty H7970 thousand H505 and five H2568 hundred H3967 sheep H6629:
[37] And the LORD’S H3068 tribute H4371 of the sheep H6629 was six H8337 hundred H3967 and threescore and fifteen H7657 H2568.
[38] And the beeves H1241 [were] thirty H7970 and six H8337 thousand H505; of which the LORD’S H3068 tribute H4371 [was] threescore and twelve H7657 H8147.
[39] And the asses H2543 [were] thirty H7970 thousand H505 and five H2568 hundred H3967; of which the LORD’S H3068 tribute H4371 [was] threescore H8346 and one H259.
[40] And the persons H120 H5315 [were] sixteen H8337 H6240 thousand H505; of which the LORD’S H3068 tribute H4371 [was] thirty H7970 and two H8147 persons H5315.
[41] And Moses H4872 gave H5414 (8799) the tribute H4371, [which was] the LORD’S H3068 heave offering H8641, unto Eleazar H499 the priest H3548, as the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 (8765) Moses H4872.
[42] And of the children H1121 of Israel’s H3478 half H4276, which Moses H4872 divided H2673 (8804) from the men H582 that warred H6633 (8802),
[43] (Now the half H4275 [that pertained unto] the congregation H5712 was three H7969 hundred H3967 thousand H505 and thirty H7970 thousand H505 [and] seven H7651 thousand H505 and five H2568 hundred H3967 sheep H4480 H6629,
[44] And thirty H7970 and six H8337 thousand H505 beeves H1241,
[45] And thirty H7970 thousand H505 asses H2543 and five H2568 hundred H3967,
[46] And sixteen H8337 H6240 thousand H505 persons H5315 H120;)
[47] Even of the children H1121 of Israel’s H3478 half H4276, Moses H4872 took H3947 (8799) one H259 portion H270 (8803) of fifty H2572, [both] of man H120 and of beast H929, and gave H5414 (8799) them unto the Levites H3881, which kept H8104 (8802) the charge H4931 of the tabernacle H4908 of the LORD H3068; as the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 (8765) Moses H4872.
[48] And the officers H6485 (8803) which [were] over thousands H505 of the host H6635, the captains H8269 of thousands H505, and captains H8269 of hundreds H3967, came near H7126 (8799) unto Moses H4872:
[49] And they said H559 (8799) unto Moses H4872, Thy servants H5650 have taken H5375 (8804) the sum H7218 of the men H582 of war H4421 which [are] under our charge H3027, and there lacketh H6485 (8738) not one man H376 of us.
[50] We have therefore brought H7126 (8686) an oblation H7133 for the LORD H3068, what every man H376 hath gotten H4672 (8804), of jewels H3627 of gold H2091, chains H685, and bracelets H6781, rings H2885, earrings H5694, and tablets H3558, to make an atonement H3722 (8763) for our souls H5315 before H6440 the LORD H3068.
[51] And Moses H4872 and Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 took H3947 (8799) the gold H2091 of them, [even] all wrought H4639 jewels H3627.
[52] And all the gold H2091 of the offering H8641 that they offered up H7311 (8689) to the LORD H3068, of the captains H8269 of thousands H505, and of the captains H8269 of hundreds H3967, was sixteen H8337 H6240 thousand H505 seven H7651 hundred H3967 and fifty H2572 shekels H8255.
[53] ([For] the men H582 of war H6635 had taken spoil H962 (8804), every man H376 for himself.)
[54] And Moses H4872 and Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 took H3947 (8799) the gold H2091 of the captains H8269 of thousands H505 and of hundreds H3967, and brought H935 (8686) it into the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150, [for] a memorial H2146 for the children H1121 of Israel H3478 before H6440 the LORD H3068.
Young’s Literal Translation
Numbers 31 (YLT)
[1] And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
[2] ‘Execute the vengeance of the sons of Israel against the Midianites-afterwards thou art gathered unto thy people.’
[3] And Moses speaketh unto the people, saying, ‘Be ye armed some of you for the host, and they are against Midian, to put the vengeance of Jehovah on Midian;
[4] a thousand for a tribe-a thousand for a tribe, to all the tribes of Israel-ye do send to the host.’
[5] And there are given out of the thousands of Israel a thousand for a tribe, twelve thousand armed ones of the host;
[6] and Moses sendeth them, a thousand for a tribe, to the host, them and Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, to the host; and the holy vessels, and the trumpets of the shouting, in his hand.
[7] And they war against Midian, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses, and slay every male;
[8] and the kings of Midian they have slain, besides their pierced ones, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian; and Balaam son of Beor, they have slain with the sword.
[9] And the sons of Israel take captive the women of Midian, and their infants; and all their cattle, and all their substance, and all their wealth they have plundered;
[10] and all their cities, with their habitations, and all their towers, they have burnt with fire.
[11] And they take all the spoil, and all the prey, among man and among beast;
[12] and they bring in, unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the company of the sons of Israel, the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto the camp, unto the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan, near Jericho.
[13] And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the company, go out to meet them, unto the outside of the camp,
[14] and Moses is wroth against the inspectors of the force, chiefs of the thousands, and chiefs of the hundreds, who are coming in from the host of the battle.
[15] And Moses saith unto them, ‘Have ye kept alive every female?
[16] lo, they-they have been to the sons of Israel, through the word of Balaam, to cause a trespass against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and the plague is in the company of Jehovah.
[17] ‘And now, slay ye every male among the infants, yea, every woman known of man by the lying of a male ye have slain;
[18] and all the infants among the women, who have not known the lying of a male, ye have kept alive for yourselves.
[19] ‘And ye, encamp ye at the outside of the camp seven days-any who hath slain a person, and any who hath come against a pierced one, ye cleanse yourselves on the third day, and on the seventh day-ye and your captives;
[20] and every garment, and every skin vessel, and every work of goats’ hair, and every wooden vessel, ye yourselves cleanse.’
[21] And Eleazar the priest saith unto the men of the host who go in to battle, ‘This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses:
[22] only, the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
[23] every thing which may go into fire, ye cause to pass over through fire, and it hath been clean; only, with the water of separation it is cleansed, and all that may not go into fire, ye cause to pass over through water;
[24] and ye have washed your garments on the seventh day, and have been clean, and afterwards ye come in unto the camp.’
[25] And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
[26] ‘Take up the sum of the prey of the captives, among man and among beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers of the company;
[27] and thou hast halved the prey between those handling the battle who go out to the host and all the company;
[28] and thou hast raised a tribute to Jehovah from the men of war, who go out to the host, one body out of five hundred, of man, and of the herd, and of the asses, and of the flock;
[29] from their half ye do take, and thou hast given to Eleazar the priest-the heave-offering of Jehovah.
[30] ‘And from the sons of Israel’s half thou dost take one possession out of fifty, of man, of the herd, of the asses, and of the flock, of all the cattle, and thou hast given them to the Levites keeping the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.’
[31] And Moses doth-Eleazar the priest also-as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
[32] And the prey, the residue of the spoil which the people of the host have spoiled, is of the flock six hundred thousand, and seventy thousand, and five thousand;
[33] and of the herd two and seventy thousand;
[34] and of asses one and sixty thousand;
[35] and of human beings-of the women who have not known the lying of a male-all the persons are two and thirty thousand.
[36] And the half-the portion of those who go out into the host-the number of the flock is three hundred thousand, and thirty thousand, and seven thousand and five hundred.
[37] And the tribute to Jehovah of the sheep is six hundred five and seventy;
[38] and the herd is six and thirty thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah is two and seventy;
[39] and the asses are thirty thousand and five hundred, and their tribute to Jehovah is one and sixty;
[40] and the human beings are sixteen thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah is two and thirty persons.
[41] And Moses giveth the tribute-Jehovah’s heave-offering-to Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
[42] And of the sons of Israel’s half, which Moses halved from the men who war-
[43] and the company’s half is, of the flock three hundred thousand, and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred;
[44] and of the herd six and thirty thousand;
[45] and of asses thirty thousand and five hundred;
[46] and of human beings sixteen thousand-
[47] Moses taketh from the sons of Israel’s half the one possession from the fifty, of man and of beast, and giveth them to the Levites keeping the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
[48] And the inspectors whom the thousands of the host hath, (heads of the thousands and heads of the hundreds), draw near unto Moses,
[49] and they say unto Moses, ‘Thy servants have taken up the sum of the men of war who are with us, and not a man of us hath been missed;
[50] and we bring near Jehovah’s offering, each that which he hath found, vessels of gold-chain, and bracelet, seal-ring, ear-ring, and bead-to make atonement for ourselves before Jehovah.’
[51] And Moses receiveth-Eleazar the priest also-the gold from them, every made vessel,
[52] and all the gold of the heave-offering which they have lifted up to Jehovah is sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, from heads of the thousands, and from heads of the hundreds;
[53] (the men of the host have spoiled each for himself);
[54] and Moses taketh-Eleazar the priest also-the gold from the heads of the thousands and of the hundreds, and they bring it in unto the tent of meeting-a memorial for the sons of Israel before Jehovah.