1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

2 Avenge the children of Israel upon the Midianites; afterwards shalt thou be gathered unto thy peoples.

3 And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm from amongst you men for military service, that they go against Midian to execute Jehovah's vengeance upon Midian.

4 Of every tribe a thousand, of all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

5 And there were levied out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand by tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand by the tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, and the holy instruments, even the alarm-trumpets in his hand.

7 And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah had commanded Moses, and slew all the males.

8 And they slew the kings of Midian, besides the others slain, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian; and Balaam the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

9 And the children of Israel took the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took for a spoil all their cattle and all their flocks and all their goods;

10 and all their cities in their settlements and all their encampments they burned with fire.

11 And they took all the booty, and all the prey, of man and of cattle;

12 and they brought to Moses and Eleazar the priest, and to the assembly of the children of Israel, the captives and the prey and the booty, to the camp in the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan of Jericho.

13 And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the princes of the assembly went forth to meet them outside the camp.

14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the army, with the captains of thousands, and 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 Lo, these, through the counsel of Balaam, caused the children of Israel to commit sin against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague on the assembly of Jehovah.

17 And now slay every male among the little ones, and slay every woman that hath known man by lying with him,

18 but all the children among the women that have not known lying with a man, keep alive for yourselves.

19 And encamp outside the camp seven days; whoever hath killed a person, and whoever hath touched any slain; ye shall purify yourselves on the third day, and on the seventh day, you and your captives.

20 And every garment, and every vessel of skin, and all work of goat's hair, and every utensil of wood shall ye purify.

21 And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war that had gone to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

22 Only the gold, and the silver, the copper, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

23 everything that passeth through the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean; only it shall be purified with the water of separation; and everything that cannot pass through the fire ye shall make go through the water.

24 And ye shall wash your garments on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean; and afterwards ye may come into the camp.

25 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, of man and of cattle, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the assembly;

27 and divide the prey into halves, between them that conducted the war, who went out to the battle, and the whole assembly.

28 And thou shalt levy a tribute for Jehovah of the men of war who went out to the army, one soul of five hundred of the persons, and of the oxen, and of the asses, and of the small cattle.

29 Of their half shall ye take it, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for a heave-offering of Jehovah.

30 And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the asses, and of the small cattle, of every {kind of} beasts, and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, who keep the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.

31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

32 And the prey, the rest of the spoil, which the men of war had taken, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,

33 and seventy-two thousand oxen,

34 and sixty-one thousand asses,

35 and of human persons, of the women that had not known lying with a man, all the persons were thirty-two thousand.

36 And the half, the portion of them that had gone out to the war, was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,

37 and the tribute for Jehovah of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five;

38 and the oxen were thirty-six thousand, and the tribute thereof for Jehovah, seventy-two;

39 and the asses were thirty thousand five hundred, and the tribute thereof for Jehovah, sixty-one;

40 and the human persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the tribute for Jehovah was thirty-two persons.

41 And Moses gave the tribute of Jehovah's heave-offering to Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

42 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses had divided, {taking it} from the men that served in the war,

43 (now the half belonging to the assembly was of the sheep, three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred,

44 and thirty-six thousand oxen,

45 and thirty thousand five hundred asses,

46 and sixteen thousand human persons,)

47 ...of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, of man and of cattle, and gave them to the Levites who kept the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

48 And the officers who were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near to Moses,

49 and they said to Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war who were under our hand, and there is not one man of us lacking.

50 So we present the offering of Jehovah, that which each one hath found, jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for our souls before Jehovah.

51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, all manner of wrought jewels.

52 And all the gold of the heave-offering that they offered to Jehovah was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, from the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds.

53 (The men of war had taken spoil each one 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, as a memorial for the children of Israel before Jehovah.

1 耶和华对摩西说:

2 "你要在米甸人身上报以色列人的仇, 然后要归到你本族那里去。"

3 摩西对人民说: "要从你们中间使一些人武装起来去作战, 攻击米甸人, 好在米甸人身上为耶和华报仇。

4 你们要从以色列众支派中每支派打发一千人去打仗。"

5 于是从以色列千万人中, 每支派选出一千人, 共有一万二千人, 都武装起来去打仗。

6 摩西就打发每支派的一千人去打仗, 并且派遣以利亚撒祭司的儿子非尼哈与他们一同去, 非尼哈手里拿着圣所的器皿和吹大声的号筒。

7 他们就照着耶和华吩咐摩西的, 去与米甸人作战, 杀死了所有的男人。

8 在那些被杀的人以外, 还杀了米甸的五个王, 就是以未、利金、苏珥、户珥和利巴; 又用刀杀了比珥的儿子巴兰。

9 以色列人掳了米甸人的妇女、孩子; 又掳掠了他们所有的牲畜、羊群和财物;

10 并用火烧了他们所住地方的一切城市和营寨;

11 把一切夺来的和掳掠的, 连人带牲畜都带走;

12 他们把俘掳的人和掳来的, 以及夺来的东西, 都带到摩押平原, 约旦河边, 和耶利哥相对的营地那里, 交给摩西和以利亚撒祭司, 以及以色列的会众。

13 摩西和以利亚撒祭司, 以及会众所有的领袖, 都出到营外迎接他们。

14 摩西对作战回来的军官, 就是对千夫长和百夫长发怒。

15 摩西对他们说: "你们让这些妇女存活吗?

16 看哪, 这些妇女因巴兰的计谋, 使以色列人在毗珥的事上, 得罪耶和华, 以致瘟疫临到耶和华的会众身上。

17 现在你们要把所有的男孩都杀了, 也要杀死所有与男人发生过关系的妇人。

18 但女孩子中, 没有与男人发生过关系的, 你们都可以让她们活着。

19 你们要在营外驻扎七天, 杀过人的和摸过死尸的, 第三日和第七日都要洁净自己, 你们和你们掳来的人都要这样行。

20 你们也要洁净一切衣服、皮具、山羊毛织的物和木器。"

21 以利亚撒祭司对打仗回来的兵丁说: "这是耶和华吩咐摩西的律例:

22 金、银、铜、铁、锡、铅,

23 能够经火的东西, 你们都要使它经火, 就算是洁净了, 但还要用除污水洁净它; 不能经火的, 你们要使它经过水。

24 第七日, 你们要洗衣服, 就为洁净; 然后才可以进营。"

25 耶和华对摩西说:

26 "你和以利亚撒祭司, 以及会众的各族长, 要计算俘掳的人和掠得的牲畜的总数。

27 你要把掠夺得的分为两半, 一半给出去打仗的人, 一半给全体会众。

28 你又要从出去打仗的人所得的, 无论是人、牛、驴, 或羊群之中, 抽出五百分之一作贡物奉给耶和华;

29 你们要从他们那一半中抽出, 交给以利亚撒祭司, 作耶和华的举祭。

30 从以色列人那一半中, 无论是人、牛、驴、羊群, 或是各样牲畜, 都要抽出五十分之一, 交给负责看守耶和华帐幕的利未人。"

31 于是, 摩西和以利亚撒祭司照着耶和华吩咐摩西的行了。

32 掠得的东西, 就是打仗的人所掳掠剩下来的, 共有羊六十七万五千只,

33 牛七万二千头,

34 驴六万一千头,

35 没有与男人发生过关系的妇人三万二千人。

36 出去打仗的人的分, 就是他们所得的那一半, 羊共有三十三万七千五百只;

37 这些羊群中, 归耶和华作贡物的, 有六百七十五只。

38 牛三万六千头, 归耶和华为贡物的, 有七十二只。

39 驴三万零五百头, 归耶和华为贡物的有六十一匹。

40 人口一万六千, 归给耶和华作贡物的, 有三十二人。

41 摩西照着耶和华吩咐他的, 把贡物, 就是耶和华的举祭, 交给以利亚撒祭司。

42 以色列人所得的那一半, 就是摩西从打仗的人取来分给他们的

43 (属于会众的那一半, 有羊三十三万七千五百只,

44 牛三万六千头,

45 驴三万零五百头,

46 人口一万六千);

47 摩西照着耶和华吩咐他的, 从属于以色列人的那一半, 无论是人口或是牲畜, 都抽出五十分之一, 交给负责看守耶和华帐幕的利未人。

48 统领万军的军长、千夫长和百夫长, 都来见摩西,

49 对摩西说: "你仆人手下作战的士兵, 已经计算总数, 没有缺少一人。

50 现在我们把耶和华的供物, 都送来了, 就是我们各人所得的金器、脚链子、镯子、打印戒指、耳环、手钏, 好在耶和华面前, 为我们自己赎罪。"

51 摩西和以利亚撒祭司就收了他们的金子, 就是各样金子做成的器皿。

52 千夫长和百夫长献给耶和华为举祭的一切金子, 共有两百多公斤。

53 士兵都各自夺取了财物。

54 摩西和以利亚撒祭司就从千夫长和百夫长手中收了金子, 把它带进会幕里去, 在耶和华面前作以色列人的记念。