1 Disse Jeová a Moisés:

2 Vinga os filhos de Israel dos midianitas; depois serás recolhido ao teu povo.

3 Então disse Moisés ao povo: Armai homens dentre vós para a guerra, a fim de que saiam contra Midiã, para executarem a vingança de Jeová contra eles.

4 Enviareis à guerra mil homens de cada tribo entre todas as tribos de Israel.

5 Assim dos milhares de Israel foram entregues mil homens de cada tribo, doze mil armados para a guerra.

6 Moisés os enviou à guerra, mil de cada tribo, com Finéias, filho do sacerdote Eleazar, o qual tinha na mão os objetos sagrados e as trombetas para tocar alarme.

7 Pelejaram contra Midiã, como Jeová ordenou a Moisés; e mataram todos os homens.

8 Com os que foram mortos deles mataram também aos reis de Midiã: a saber, Evi, Requém, Zur, Hur e Reba, cinco reis de Midiã; mataram com a espada igualmente a Balaão, filho de Beor.

9 Os filhos de Israel levaram cativas as mulheres de Midiã com os seus pequeninos; e despojaram-nos de todos os seus gados, de todos os seus rebanhos e de todos os seus bens.

10 Queimaram-lhes a fogo todas as cidades, em que habitavam, e todos os acampamentos.

11 Levaram todo o despojo e toda a presa, tanto de homens como de animais.

12 Trouxeram os cativos e a presa e o despojo a Moisés e ao sacerdote Eleazar e à congregação dos filhos de Israel, ao arraial nas planícies de Moabe, que estão junto ao Jordão, na altura de Jericó.

13 Saíram a recebê-los fora do arraial Moisés, e o sacerdote Eleazar, e todos os príncipes da congregação.

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 que os filhos de Israel pecassem contra Jeová no negócio de Peor, e assim houve a praga entre a congregação de Jeová.

17 Agora matai a todos os machos entre os pequeninos, e matai as mulheres que conheceram homem, deitando-se com ele.

18 Porém as meninas que não conheceram homem, deitando-se com ele, deixai-as viver para vós.

19 Acampai-vos fora do arraial por sete dias; quem de vós tiver matado alguma pessoa, e quem tiver tocado em algum morto, ao terceiro dia e ao sétimo dia purificai-vos a vós e aos vossos cativos.

20 No tocante a todo o vestido, e a tudo o que se faz de peles, e a toda a obra de pêlos de cabras, e a tudo o que se faz de madeira, vos purificareis a vós mesmos.

21 Então Eleazar, o sacerdote, disse aos homens de guerra que foram à peleja: Este é o estatuto da lei que Jeová ordenou a Moisés:

22 o ouro, a prata, o cobre, o ferro, o estanho e o chumbo,

23 tudo o que pode resistir ao fogo, fá-lo-eis passar pelo fogo, e ficará limpo, todavia será purificado com a água de purificação; e tudo o que não pode resistir o fogo, fá-lo-eis passar pela água.

24 Lavareis os vossos vestidos ao sétimo dia, e estareis limpos, e depois entrareis no arraial.

25 Disse Jeová a Moisés:

26 Tira a soma da presa que foi tomada, tanto de homens como de animais, tu, e o sacerdote Eleazar, e os cabeças das casas dos pais da congregação.

27 Divide a presa em duas partes iguais, entre os homens versados na guerra, que saíram à peleja, e toda a congregação;

28 toma um tributo para Jeová dos homens de guerra, que saíram à peleja; um em quinhentos, assim dos homens, como dos bois, e dos jumentos e dos rebanhos.

29 Toma-o da sua metade, e dá-o ao sacerdote Eleazar para a oferta alçada a Jeová.

30 Da metade que pertence aos filhos de Israel, tomarás um de cada cinqüenta, dos homens, dos bois, dos jumentos, dos rebanhos, e de todo o gado, e dá-los-ás aos levitas, que cumprem o serviço que é devido ao tabernáculo de Jeová.

31 Fizeram Moisés e Eleazar, o sacerdote, como Jeová ordenou a Moisés.

32 Ora foi a presa que restava 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 ao todo, das mulheres que não tinham conhecido homem, deitando-se com ele.

36 A metade, que era a porção dos que saíram à guerra, foi em número de trezentas e trinta e sete mil e quinhentas ovelhas;

37 das ovelhas foi o tributo para Jeová seiscentas e setenta e cinco.

38 Os bois foram trinta e seis mil, dos quais foi o tributo para Jeová setenta e dois.

39 Os jumentos foram trinta mil e quinhentos, dos quais foi o tributo para Jeová sessenta e um.

40 As pessoas foram dezesseis mil, das quais foi o tributo para Jeová trinta e duas pessoas.

41 Então Moisés deu o tributo, que era a oferta alçada para Jeová, ao sacerdote Eleazar, como Jeová ordenou a Moisés.

42 Da metade que era dos filhos de Israel, separado por Moisés da dos homens que pelejaram

43 (ora foi a metade que era da congregação, trezentas e trinta e sete mil e quinhentas ovelhas,

44 trinta e seis mil bois,

45 trinta mil e quinhentos jumentos,

46 e dezesseis mil pessoas);

47 sim da metade que era dos filhos de Israel, tomou Moisés um de cada cinqüenta, tanto dos homens como dos animais, e deu-os aos levitas que cumprem o serviço que é devido ao tabernáculo de Jeová; como Jeová ordenou a Moisés.

48 Então chegaram-se a Moisés os oficiais que estavam sobre os milhares do exército, os capitães de mil, e os capitães de cem;

49 e disseram-lhe: Teus servos tiraram a soma dos homens de guerra que estiveram debaixo da nossa autoridade; e não falta nenhum de nós.

50 Pelo que trouxemos a oblação de Jeová, o que cada um achou, de objetos de ouro, ornamentos para o braço, braceletes, anéis, arrecadas e colares, para fazermos expiação por nós mesmos diante de Jeová.

51 Moisés e o sacerdote Eleazar receberam deles o ouro, a saber, os objetos feitos de ouro.

52 Foi todo o ouro da oferta alçada que os capitães de mil e os capitães de cem ofereceram a Jeová, dezesseis mil e setecentos e cinqüenta siclos.

53 (Pois os homens de guerra haviam tomado despojo, cada um para si).

54 Moisés e o sacerdote Eleazar receberam o ouro dos capitães de mil e dos capitães de cem, e meteram-no na tenda da revelação para memorial dos filhos de Israel diante de Jeová.

1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Avenge the children of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people."

3 Moses spoke to the people, saying, "Arm men from among you for war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Yahweh’s vengeance on Midian. 4 You shall send one thousand out of every tribe, throughout all the tribes of Israel, to the war." 5 So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. 6 Moses sent them, one thousand of every tribe, to the war with 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 They fought against Midian, as Yahweh commanded Moses. They killed every male. 8 They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword. 9 The children of Israel took the women of Midian captive with their little ones; and all their livestock, all their flocks, and all their goods, they took as plunder. 10 All their cities in the places in which they lived, and all their encampments, they burned with fire. 11 They took all the captives, and all the plunder, both of man and of animal. 12 They brought the captives with the prey and the plunder, to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho. 13 Moses and Eleazar the priest, with all the princes of the congregation, went out to meet them outside of the camp. 14 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 Moses said to them, "Have you saved all the women alive? 16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against Yahweh in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of Yahweh. 17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him. 18 But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

19 "Encamp outside of the camp for seven days. Whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, you and your captives. 20 You shall purify every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood."

21 Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, "This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded Moses. 22 However the gold, and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead, 23 everything that may withstand the fire, you shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity. All that doesn’t withstand the fire you shall make to go through the water. 24 You shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean. Afterward you shall come into the camp."

25 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 26 "Count the plunder that was taken, both of man and of animal, you, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the congregation; 27 and divide the plunder into two parts: between the men skilled in war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation. 28 Levy a tribute to Yahweh of the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred; of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks. 29 Take it from their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for Yahweh’s wave offering. 30 Of the children of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all the livestock, and give them to the Levites, who perform the duty of Yahweh’s tabernacle."

31 Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Yahweh commanded Moses.

32 Now the plunder, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep, 33 seventy-two thousand head of cattle, 34 sixty-one thousand donkeys, 35 and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of the women who had not known man by lying with him. 36 The half, which was the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep; 37 and Yahweh’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred seventy-five. 38 The cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which Yahweh’s tribute was seventy-two. 39 The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred, of which Yahweh’s tribute was sixty-one. 40 The persons were sixteen thousand, of whom Yahweh’s tribute was thirty-two persons. 41 Moses gave the tribute, which was Yahweh’s wave offering, to Eleazar the priest, as Yahweh commanded Moses. 42 Of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided off from the men who fought 43 (now the congregation’s half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep, 44 thirty-six thousand head of cattle, 45 thirty thousand five hundred donkeys, 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 animal, and gave them to the Levites, who performed the duty of Yahweh’s tabernacle, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

48 The officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses. 49 They said to Moses, "Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war who are under our command, and there lacks not one man of us. 50 We have brought Yahweh’s offering, what every man found: gold ornaments, armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for our souls before Yahweh."

51 Moses and Eleazar the priest took their gold, even all worked jewels. 52 All the gold of the wave offering that they offered up to Yahweh, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels. 53 The men of war had taken booty, every man for himself. 54 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 Yahweh.