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1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Avenge
the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto
thy people. 3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of
yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the
LORD of Midian. 4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes
of Israel, shall ye send to the war. 5 So there were delivered out of
the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed
for war. 6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every
tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the
holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded
Moses; 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: Balaam also the son of Beor
they slew with the sword. 9 And the children of Israel 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 Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the
children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by
Jordan near Jericho.
13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the
congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. 14 And Moses
was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over
thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
15 And
Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? 16 Behold,
these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit
trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among
the congregation of the LORD. 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
priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the
ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses; 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 the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 26 Take the sum
of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar
the priest, 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 the LORD 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 priest, for an heave offering of the LORD. 30 And of the
children of Israels 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 Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle
of the LORD. 31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD
commanded Moses. 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 the LORDS tribute of the sheep was six hundred and
threescore and fifteen. 38 And the beeves were thirty and six
thousand; of which the LORDS tribute was threescore and twelve. 39 And
the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORDS
tribute was threescore and one. 40 And the persons were
sixteen thousand; of which the LORDS tribute was thirty and two
persons. 41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORDS
heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses. 42 And
of the children of Israels half, which Moses 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 Israels half, Moses took one
portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the
Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD
commanded Moses.
48 And the officers which were over thousands of the host,
the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses: 49 And
they said unto Moses, 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 the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of
jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an
atonement for our souls before the LORD. 51 And Moses and Eleazar the
priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. 52 And
all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD, 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 Moses and Eleazar the priest
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
Israel before the LORD.
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