1 Disse o Senhor a Moisés: 2 Vinga os filhos de Israel dos midianitas; depois, serás recolhido ao teu povo. 3 Falou, pois, Moisés ao povo, dizendo: Armai alguns de vós para a guerra, e que saiam contra os midianitas, para fazerem a vingança do Senhor contra eles. 4 Mil homens de cada tribo entre todas as tribos de Israel enviareis à guerra. 5 Assim, dos milhares de Israel foram dados mil de cada tribo: doze mil ao todo, armados para a guerra. 6 Mandou-os Moisés à guerra, de cada tribo mil, a estes e a Fineias, filho do sacerdote Eleazar, o qual levava consigo os utensílios sagrados, a saber, as trombetas para o toque de rebate. 7 Pelejaram contra os midianitas, como o Senhor ordenara a Moisés, 8 e mataram todo homem feito. Mataram, além dos que já haviam sido mortos, os reis dos midianitas, Evi, Requém, Zur, Hur e Reba, cinco reis dos midianitas; também Balaão, filho de Beor, mataram à espada. 9 Porém os filhos de Israel levaram presas as mulheres dos midianitas e as suas crianças; também levaram todos os seus animais, e todo o seu gado, e todos os seus bens. 10 Queimaram-lhes todas as cidades em que habitavam e todos os seus acampamentos. 11 Tomaram todo o despojo e toda a presa, tanto de homens como de animais. 12 Trouxeram a Moisés, e ao sacerdote Eleazar, e à congregação dos filhos de Israel os cativos, e a presa, e o despojo, para o arraial, nas campinas de Moabe, junto do Jordão, na altura de Jericó.

13 Moisés, e Eleazar, o sacerdote, e todos os príncipes da congregação saíram a recebê-los fora do arraial. 14 Indignou-se Moisés contra os oficiais do exército, capitães dos milhares e capitães das centenas, que vinham do serviço da guerra. 15 Disse-lhes Moisés: Deixastes viver todas as mulheres? 16 Eis que estas, por conselho de Balaão, fizeram prevaricar os filhos de Israel contra o Senhor, no caso de Peor, pelo que houve a praga entre a congregação do Senhor. 17 Agora, pois, matai, dentre as crianças, todas as do sexo masculino; e matai toda mulher que coabitou com algum homem, deitando-se com ele. 18 Porém todas as meninas, e as jovens que não coabitaram com algum homem, deitando-se com ele, deixai-as viver para vós outros.

19 Acampai-vos sete dias fora do arraial; qualquer de vós que tiver matado alguma pessoa e qualquer que tiver tocado em algum morto, ao terceiro dia e ao sétimo dia, vos purificareis, tanto vós como os vossos cativos. 20 Também purificareis toda veste, e toda obra de peles, e toda obra de pelos de cabra, e todo artigo de madeira. 21 Então, disse o sacerdote Eleazar aos homens do exército que partiram à guerra: Este é o estatuto da lei que o Senhor ordenou a Moisés. 22 Contudo, o ouro, a prata, o bronze, o ferro, o estanho e o chumbo, 23 tudo o que pode suportar o fogo fareis passar pelo fogo, para que fique limpo; todavia, se purificará com a água purificadora; mas tudo o que não pode suportar o fogo fareis passar pela água. 24 Também lavareis as vossas vestes ao sétimo dia, para que fiqueis limpos; e, depois, entrareis no arraial.

25 Disse mais o Senhor a Moisés: 26 Faze a contagem da presa que foi tomada, tanto de homens como de animais, tu, e Eleazar, o sacerdote, e os cabeças das casas dos pais da congregação; 27 divide a presa em duas partes iguais, uma para os que, hábeis na peleja, saíram à guerra, e a outra para toda a congregação. 28 Então, para o Senhor tomarás tributo dos homens do exército que saíram a esta guerra, de cada quinhentas cabeças, uma, tanto dos homens como dos bois, dos jumentos e das ovelhas. 29 Da metade que lhes toca o tomareis e o dareis ao sacerdote Eleazar, para a oferta do Senhor. 30 Mas, da metade que toca aos filhos de Israel, tomarás, de cada cinquenta, um, tanto dos homens como dos bois, dos jumentos e das ovelhas, de todos os animais; e os darás aos levitas que têm a seu cargo o serviço do tabernáculo do Senhor. 31 Moisés e o sacerdote Eleazar fizeram como o Senhor ordenara a Moisés.

32 Foi a presa, restante do despojo que tomaram os homens de guerra, seiscentas e setenta e cinco mil ovelhas, 33 setenta e dois mil bois, 34 sessenta e um mil jumentos 35 e trinta e duas mil pessoas, as mulheres que não coabitaram com homem algum, deitando-se com ele. 36 E a metade, parte que toca aos que saíram à guerra, foi em número de trezentas e trinta e sete mil e quinhentas ovelhas. 37 O tributo em ovelhas para o Senhor foram seiscentas e setenta e cinco. 38 E foram os bois trinta e seis mil; e o seu tributo para o Senhor, setenta e dois. 39 E foram os jumentos trinta mil e quinhentos; e o seu tributo para o Senhor, sessenta e um. 40 As pessoas foram dezesseis mil; e o seu tributo para o Senhor, trinta e duas. 41 Então, Moisés deu a Eleazar, o sacerdote, o tributo da oferta do Senhor, como este ordenara a Moisés. 42 E, da metade que toca aos filhos de Israel, que Moisés separara da dos homens que pelejaram 43 (a metade para a congregação foram, em ovelhas, trezentas e trinta e sete mil e quinhentas; 44 em bois, trinta e seis mil; 45 em jumentos, trinta mil e quinhentos; 46 e, em pessoas, dezesseis mil), 47 desta metade que toca aos filhos de Israel, Moisés tomou um de cada cinquenta, tanto de homens como de animais, e os deu aos levitas que tinham a seu cargo o serviço do tabernáculo do Senhor, como o Senhor ordenara a Moisés.

48 Então, se chegaram a Moisés os oficiais sobre os milhares do exército, capitães sobre mil e capitães sobre cem, 49 e lhe disseram: Teus servos fizeram a conta dos homens de guerra que estiveram sob as nossas ordens, e nenhum falta dentre eles e nós. 50 Pelo que trouxemos uma oferta ao Senhor, cada um o que achou: objetos de ouro, ornamentos para o braço, pulseiras, sinetes, arrecadas e colares, para fazer expiação por nós mesmos perante o Senhor. 51 Assim, Moisés e o sacerdote Eleazar receberam deles o ouro, sendo todos os objetos bem-trabalhados. 52 Foi todo o ouro da oferta que os capitães de mil e os capitães de cem trouxeram ao Senhor dezesseis mil setecentos e cinquenta siclos. 53 Pois cada um dos homens de guerra havia tomado despojo para si. 54 Moisés e o sacerdote Eleazar receberam o ouro dos capitães de mil e dos capitães de cem e o trouxeram à tenda da congregação, como memorial para os filhos de Israel perante o Senhor.

1 And Jehovah 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 ye men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Jehovah’s vengeance on 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, 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 Jehovah commanded Moses; and they slew every male. 8 And they slew the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. 9 And the children 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 wherein 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, unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at 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, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war. 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 Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of Jehovah. 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 man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. 19 And encamp ye without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath 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 unto the men of war that went to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses: 22 howbeit the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, 23 everything that may abide the 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 abideth not the 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 Jehovah 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 heads of the fathers’ houses of the congregation; 27 and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, that went out to battle, and all the congregation. 28 And levy a tribute unto Jehovah of the men of war that went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the oxen, and of the asses, and of the flocks: 29 take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for Jehovah’s heave-offering. 30 And of the children of Israel’s half, thou shalt take one 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 the Levites, that keep the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah. 31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Jehovah commanded Moses.

32 Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep, 33 and threescore and twelve thousand oxen, 34 and threescore and one thousand asses, 35 and thirty and two thousand persons in all, of the 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 thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep: 37 and Jehovah’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen. 38 And the oxen were thirty and six thousand; of which Jehovah’s tribute was threescore and twelve. 39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which Jehovah’s tribute was threescore and one. 40 And the persons were sixteen thousand; of whom Jehovah’s tribute was thirty and two persons. 41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was Jehovah’s heave-offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

42 And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred 43 (now the congregation’s half was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred sheep, 44 and thirty and six thousand oxen, 45 and thirty thousand and five hundred asses, 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 beast, and gave them unto the Levites, that kept the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

48 And the officers that were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses; 49 and they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war that are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us. 50 And we have brought Jehovah’s oblation, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, ankle-chains, and bracelets, signet-rings, ear-rings, and armlets, to make atonement for our souls before Jehovah. 51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. 52 And all the gold of the heave-offering that they offered up to Jehovah, 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 children of Israel before Jehovah.

1 The LORD said to Moses,

2 "Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people."

3 So Moses said to the people, "Arm some of your men to go to war against the Midianites so that they may carry out the LORD's vengeance on them.

4 Send into battle a thousand men from each of the tribes of Israel."

5 So twelve thousand men armed for battle, a thousand from each tribe, were supplied from the clans of Israel.

6 Moses sent them into battle, a thousand from each tribe, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, who took with him articles from the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.

7 They fought against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses, and killed every man.

8 Among their victims were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba —the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

9 The Israelites captured the Midianite women and children and took all the Midianite herds, flocks and goods as plunder.

10 They burned all the towns where the Midianites had settled, as well as all their camps.

11 They took all the plunder and spoils, including the people and animals,

12 and brought the captives, spoils and plunder to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the Israelite assembly at their camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.

13 Moses, Eleazar the priest and all the leaders of the community went to meet them outside the camp.

14 Moses was angry with the officers of the army —the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds —who returned from the battle.

15 "Have you allowed all the women to live?" he asked them.

16 "They were the ones who followed Balaam's advice and enticed the Israelites to be unfaithful to the LORD in the Peor incident, so that a plague struck the LORD's people.

17 Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man,

18 but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.

19 "Anyone who has killed someone or touched someone who was killed must stay outside the camp seven days. On the third and seventh days you must purify yourselves and your captives.

20 Purify every garment as well as everything made of leather, goat hair or wood."

21 Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, "This is what is required by the law that the LORD gave Moses:

22 Gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, lead

23 and anything else that can withstand fire must be put through the fire, and then it will be clean. But it must also be purified with the water of cleansing. And whatever cannot withstand fire must be put through that water.

24 On the seventh day wash your clothes and you will be clean. Then you may come into the camp."

25 The LORD said to Moses,

26 "You and Eleazar the priest and the family heads of the community are to count all the people and animals that were captured.

27 Divide the spoils equally between the soldiers who took part in the battle and the rest of the community.

28 From the soldiers who fought in the battle, set apart as tribute for the LORD one out of every five hundred, whether people, cattle, donkeys or sheep.

29 Take this tribute from their half share and give it to Eleazar the priest as the LORD's part.

30 From the Israelites' half, select one out of every fifty, whether people, cattle, donkeys, sheep or other animals. Give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the LORD's tabernacle."

31 So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.

32 The plunder remaining from the spoils that the soldiers took was 675,000 sheep,

33 72,000 cattle,

34 61,000 donkeys

35 and 32,000 women who had never slept with a man.

36 The half share of those who fought in the battle was: 337,500 sheep,

37 of which the tribute for the LORD was 675;

38 36,000 cattle, of which the tribute for the LORD was 72;

39 30,500 donkeys, of which the tribute for the LORD was 61;

40 16,000 people, of whom the tribute for the LORD was 32.

41 Moses gave the tribute to Eleazar the priest as the LORD's part, as the LORD commanded Moses.

42 The half belonging to the Israelites, which Moses set apart from that of the fighting men —

43 the community's half —was 337,500 sheep,

44 36,000 cattle,

45 30,500 donkeys

46 and 16,000 people.

47 From the Israelites' half, Moses selected one out of every fifty people and animals, as the LORD commanded him, and gave them to the Levites, who were responsible for the care of the LORD's tabernacle.

48 Then the officers who were over the units of the army —the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds —went to Moses

49 and said to him, "Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one is missing.

50 So we have brought as an offering to the LORD the gold articles each of us acquired —armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings and necklaces —to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD."

51 Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted from them the gold —all the crafted articles.

52 All the gold from the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds that Moses and Eleazar presented as a gift to the LORD weighed 16,750 shekels. [^1]

53 Each soldier had taken plunder for himself.

54 Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted the gold from the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds and brought it into the tent of meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD.