1 And LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2 Avenge the sons of Israel of the Midianites. Afterward thou shall be gathered to thy people.
3 And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm ye men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute LORD's vengeance on Midian.
4 From every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, ye shall 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, a thousand of every tribe, to the 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 his hand.
7 And they warred against Midian as LORD commanded Moses, and they killed every male.
8 And they killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.
9 And the sons of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones. And all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they took for a prey.
10 And all their cities in the places in which they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.
11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast.
12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the sons of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.
13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the rulers of the congregation, went forth to meet them outside the camp.
14 And 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 And Moses said to them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
16 Behold, these caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against LORD in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of LORD.
17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that has known man by lying with him.
18 But all the women-children, who have not known man by laying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
19 And encamp ye outside the camp seven days. Whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, ye and your captives.
20 And as to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' [hair], and all things made of wood, ye shall purify yourselves.
21 And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, This is the statute of the law which LORD has commanded Moses:
22 only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead--
23 everything which may go into fire--ye shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean. Nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity. And all that may not go into fire ye shall make to 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 LORD spoke to 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 heads of the fathers of the congregation,
27 and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war who went out to battle, and all the congregation.
28 And levy a tribute to LORD of the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, [both] of the persons, and of the oxen, and of the donkeys, and of the flocks.
29 Take it of their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for LORD's heave-offering.
30 And of the sons of Israel's half, thou shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, [even] of all the cattle, and give them to the Levites, who keep the charge of the tabe
31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as LORD commanded Moses.
32 Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,
33 and seventy-two thousand oxen,
34 and sixty-one thousand donkeys,
35 and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of the women who had not known man by laying with him.
36 And the half, which was the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand and five hundred sheep.
37 And LORD's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five.
38 And the oxen were thirty-six thousand, of which LORD's tribute was seventy-two.
39 And the donkeys were thirty thousand and five hundred, of which LORD's tribute was sixty-one.
40 And the persons were sixteen thousand, of whom LORD's tribute was thirty-two persons.
41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was LORD's heave-offering, to Eleazar the priest, as LORD commanded Moses.
42 And of the sons of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men who warred
43 (now the congregation's half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
44 and thirty-six thousand oxen,
45 and thirty thousand and five hundred donkeys,
46 and sixteen thousand persons),
47 even of the sons of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them to the Levites, who kept the charge of the tabernacle of LORD, as LORD commanded Moses.
48 And the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses.
49 And they said to Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war that are under our charge, and there lacks not one man of us.
50 And we have brought LORD's oblation, what every man has gotten, of jewels of gold, ankle-chains, and bracelets, signet-rings, earrings, and armlets, to make atonement for our souls before LORD.
51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, even all wrought jewels.
52 And all the gold of the heave-offering that they offered up to 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 booty, 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 tent of meeting, for a memorial for the sons of Israel before LORD.
1 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge:
2 auenge the childern of Israel of the Madianites and afterwarde be gathered vnto thy people.
3 And Moses spake vnto the folke sayenge: Harnesse some of you vnto warre and let them goo apon the Madianites and auenge the Lorde of the Madianitis.
4 Ye shall sende vnto the warre a thousande of euery trybe thorow out all the trybes of Israel.
5 And there were taken oute of the thousandes of Israel .xij. thousande prepared vnto warre of euery trybe a thousande.
6 And Moses sent them a thousande of euery trybe with Phineas the sonne of Eleazer the preaste to warre and the holye vessels and the trompettes to blowe with in his honde.
7 And they warred agenst the Madianites as the Lorde commaunded Moses ad slewe all the males.
8 And they slewe the kynges of Madian among other that were slayne: Eui Rekem Zur Hur and Reba: fyue kynges of Madian. And they slewe Bala the sonne of Beor with the swerde.
9 And the childern of Israel toke all the wemen of Madian presoners and their childern and spoyled all their catell their substance and their goodes.
10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt and all their castels with fyre.
11 And they toke all the spoyle and all they coude catche both of men and beestes.
12 And they broughte the captynes and that which they had taken and all the spoyle vnto Moses and Eleazer the preast ad vnto the companye of the childern of Israel: euen vnto the hoste in ye feldes of Moab by Iordanenye to Iericho.
13 And Moses and Eleazer the preast and all the lordes of the congregacion went out of the hoste agenst them.
14 And Moses was angrie with the officers of the hoste with ye captaynes ouer thousandes and ouer hundredes which came from warre and batayle
15 and sayde vnto them: Haue ye saued the wemen alyue?
16 beholde these caused the childern of Israel thorow Balam to commytt trespace agest ye Lorde by ye reason of Peor and their folowed a plage amoge ye congregacion of the Lorde.
17 Nowe therfore slee all the men childern and the wemen that haue lyen with men fleshlye:
18 But all the wemen children that haue not lyen with men kepe alyue for youre selues.
19 And lodge without the hoste .vij. dayes all that haue killed any persone and all that haue twiched any dead body and purifye both youre selues and youre presoners the .iij. daye and the .vij.
20 And sprinkle all youre raymentes and all that is made of skynnes and all worke of gootes heer ad all thynges made of wodd.
21 And Eleazer the preast sayed vnto all ye me of warre which went out to batayle: this is the ordinaunce of the lawe which the Lorde commaunded Moses:
22 Gold syluer brasse yeron tyn and leed
23 and all that maye abyde ye fyre ye shall make it goo thorow the fyre ad then it is cleane. Neuerthelater it shalbe sprinkled with sprinklinge water. And all yt soffereth not the fyre ye shall make goo thorow the water.
24 And wash youre clothes the seuenth daye and then ye are cleane. And afterwarde come in to the hoste.
25 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge:
26 take the summe of the praye that was taken both of the weme and of catell thou and Eleazer the preast and the auncient heedes of ye congregacion.
27 And deuyde it in to two parties betwene them that toke the warre vppo the and went out to batayle and all the congregacion.
28 And take a porcion vnto the Lorde of the men of warre whiche went oute to batayle one of fyue hundred of the wemen and of the oxen and of the asses and of the shepe:
29 and ye shall take it of their halfe and geue it vnto Eleazer the preast an heueofferynge vnto the Lorde.
30 And of the halfe of ye childern of Israel take one of fyftye of ye wemen of the oxen of the asses and of the shepe and of all maner of beestes and geue them vnto the leuites which wayte apon ye habitacion of the Lorde.
31 And Moses and Eleazer the preast did as the Lorde commaunded Moses.
32 And ye botye and the praye which the men of warre had caught was .vi. hundred thousande and lxxv. thousande shepe:
33 ad .lxxij. thousande oxen:
34 and .lxi. thousande asses:
35 and .xxxij. thousande wemen that had lyen by no man.
36 And the halfe which was the parte of the that wet out to warre was .iij. hundred thousande and .xxxvij. thousande and fyue hundred shepe:
37 And the Lordes parte of the shepe was .vi. hundred and .lxxv.
38 And the oxen were .xxxvi. thousande of which the Lordes parte was .lxxij..
39 And the asses were .xxx. thousande and fyue hundred of whiche the Lordes parte was .lxi..
40 And the wemen were .xvi. thousande of which the Lordes parte was .xxxij. soules.
41 And Moses gaue that summe which was the Lordes heueofferynge vnto Eleazer the preast: as the Lorde comaunded Moses.
42 And the other halfe of the childern of Israel whiche Moses seperated from the men of warre
43 (that is to wete the halfe that pertayned vnto the congregacion) was .iij. hundred thousande and .xxxvij. thousande and fyue hundred shepe:
44 and .xxxvi. thousande oxen:
45 and .xxx. thousande asses and fyue hudred:
46 and .xvi. thousande wemen.
47 And Moses toke of this halfe that pertayned vnto the childern of Israel: one of euery fyftie both of the wemen and of the catell and gaue them vnto the leuites which wayted vppon the habitacion of the Lorde as the Lorde commaunded Moses.
48 And the officers of thousandes of the hoste the captaynes ouer the thousandes and the captaynes ouer the hundreds came forth and sayed vnto Moses:
49 Thy servauntes haue taken the summe of the men of warre which were vnder oure hande and there lacked not one man of them.
50 We haue therfore broughte a present vnto the Lorde what euery man founde of Iewels of golde cheyns bracelettes ringes earynges and spangels to make an attonement for oure soules before the Lorde.
51 And Moses and Eleazer toke the golde off them: Iewels of all maner facions.
52 And all the golde of the heueoffrynge of the Lord of the captaynes ouer thousandes and hundreds was .xvi. thousand .vij. hundred and .l. sycles
53 which ye me of warre had spoyled euery man for him selfe.
54 And Moses and Eleazer ye preast toke the golde of the captaynes ouer the thousandes and ouer the hundreds and brought it in to the tabernacle of witnesse: to be a memoriall vnto ye childern of Israel before ye Lorde.