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 the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:

2 'Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites; afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.'

3 And Moses spoke unto the people, saying: 'Arm ye men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute the LORD'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 holy vessels and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.

7 And they warred against Midian, as the LORD 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, unto 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 revolt so as to break faith with the LORD in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was 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 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.'

21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war that went to the battle: 'This is the statute of the law which the LORD hath commanded Moses:

22 Howbeit 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 to go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of sprinkling; 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 may come into the camp.'

25 And the LORD spoke 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 the LORD of the men of war that went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the flocks;

29 take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, as a portion set apart for the LORD.

30 And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, 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 the LORD.'

31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD 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 beeves,

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 the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand, of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve.

39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred, of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and one.

40 And the persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons.

41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was set apart for the LORD, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD 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 and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,

44 and thirty and six thousand beeves,

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 the LORD; as the LORD 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 the LORD'S offering, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, armlets, and bracelets, signet-rings, ear-rings, and girdles, to make 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 gift that they set apart for 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 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 the LORD.