1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying:2 Execute vengeance on the Midianites for the children of Israel. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people.3 And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves for war, and let them go against the Midianites to give vengeance from Jehovah upon Midian.4 A thousand from each tribe of all the tribes of Israel you shall send to the war.5 So there were assigned from the thousands of Israel one thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.6 And Moses sent them to the war, one thousand from each tribe; he sent them to the war with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, with the holy vessels and the signal trumpets in his hand.7 And they warred against the Midianites, just as Jehovah had commanded Moses, and they killed all the males.8 And they killed the kings of Midian with the rest of those who were killed; Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. Balaam the son of Beor they also killed with the sword.9 And the sons of Israel took the women of Midian captive, with their little ones, and took as spoils all their cattle, all their flocks, and all their wealth.10 They also burned with fire all the cities where they dwelt, and all their fortifications.11 And they took all the spoils and all the booty; of man and beast.12 And they brought the captives, the booty, and the spoils to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.13 And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation, went to meet them outside the camp.14 And Moses was angry with the officers of the army, with the commanders over thousands and commanders over hundreds, who had come from the battle.15 And Moses said to them: Have you kept alive all the women and let them live?16 Behold, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of Jehovah.17 Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man by lying with a male.18 But keep alive for yourselves all the female children who have not known a male by lying with him.19 And encamp outside the camp seven days; whoever has killed any soul, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day.20 And purify every garment, everything made of skins, everything woven of goats’ hair, and everything made of wood.21 And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which Jehovah has commanded Moses:22 Only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,23 everything that can pass through the fire, you shall put through the fire, and it shall be clean; and it shall be purified with the water of impurity. And all that cannot pass through the fire you shall put through water.24 And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day and be clean, and afterward you shall come into the camp.25 Now Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying:26 Take a head count of the prey of the captives, of man and beast; you and Eleazar the priest and the chief fathers of the congregation;27 and divide the booty between those who took part in the war who went out to battle, and all the congregation.28 And levy a tribute unto Jehovah upon the men of war who went out to battle: one of every five hundred of the persons, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep;29 take it from their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest as a heave offering unto Jehovah.30 And from the children of Israel’s half you shall take one of every fifty, of man, from the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep, from all the livestock; and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Jehovah had commanded Moses.32 The booty remaining from the plunder, which the men of war had taken, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,33 seventy-two thousand cattle,34 sixty-one thousand donkeys,35 and thirty-two thousand souls of mankind in all, of women who had not known a male by lying with him.36 And the half, the portion for those who had gone out to war, was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep;37 and the tribute unto Jehovah of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five.38 The cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which the tribute unto Jehovah was seventy-two.39 The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred, of which the tribute unto Jehovah was sixty-one.40 The souls of mankind were sixteen thousand, of which the tribute unto Jehovah was thirty-two souls.41 And Moses gave the tribute which was Jehovah’s heave offering to Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.42 And from the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided from the men who went to war:43 (Now the half belonging to the congregation was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,44 thirty-six thousand cattle,45 thirty thousand five hundred donkeys,46 and sixteen thousand souls of mankind.)47 From the children of Israel’s half Moses took one of every fifty, from man and beast, and gave them to the Levites, who kept charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.48 And the officers who were over thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, came near to Moses;49 and they said to Moses, Your servants have taken a head count of the men of war who are under our hand, and not a man of us is missing.50 Therefore we have brought an offering unto Jehovah, from what every man has found of articles of gold: armlets and bracelets and rings and earrings and ornaments, to make atonement for ourselves before Jehovah.51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from them, all the crafted articles.52 And all the gold of the offering which they offered unto Jehovah, from the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.53 (The men of war had taken spoils, every man for himself.)54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting as a memorial for the children of Israel before Jehovah.

1 And the Lord spak to Moyses, and seide,2 Venge thou firste the sones of Israel of Madianytis, and so thou schalt be gaderid to thi puple.3 And anoon Moises seide, Arme ye men of you to batel, that moun take of Madianytis the veniaunce of the Lord.4 Of ech lynage be chosun a thousynde men of Israel, that schulen be sent to batel.5 And of ech lynage thei yauen a thousynde, that is twelue thousynde of men, redi to batel;6 whiche Moises sente with Fynees, the sone of Eleazar, preest. And he bitook to hem hooli vesselis, and trumpis to make sown.7 And whanne thei hadden fouyt ayens Madianytis, and hadden ouercome, thei killiden alle the malis,8 and `the kyngis of hem, Euy, and Reem, and Sur, and Hur, and Rebe, fyue princes of `the folc of hem. Also thei killiden bi swerd Balaam, the sone of Beor.9 And thei token the wymmen of hem, and the litle children, and alle beestis, and al purtenaunce of howshold; what euer thei myyten haue, thei spuyleden;10 flawme brente as wel citees, as litle townes and castels.11 And they token pray, and alle thingis whiche thei hadden take, as wel of men as of beestis, and thei brouyten to Moyses,12 and to Eleazar, preest, and to al the multitude of the sones of Israel. Forsothe thei baren othere `thingis perteynynge to vss, to the castels in the feldi places of Moab bisidis Jordan, ayens Jericho.13 Moises and Eleazar, preest, and alle the princes of the synagoge, yeden out in to the comyng of hem, with out the castels, `that is, of the tabernacle.14 And Moises was wrooth to the princes of the oost, to tribunes, and centuriouns, that camen fro batel; and he seide, Whi reserueden ye wymmen?15 16 whether it be not these that disseyueden the sones of Israel, at the suggestioun of Balaam, and maden you to do trespas ayens the Lord, on the synne of Phegor, wherfor also the puple was slayn?17 And therfor sle ye alle men, what euer thing is of male kynde, and litle children; and strangle ye the wymmen that knew men fleischli;18 forsothe reserue ye to you damesels, and alle wymmen virgyns,19 and dwelle ye with out the castels in seuene daies. He that sleeth a man, ether touchith a slayn man, schal be clensid in the thridde and the seuenthe dai;20 and of al the pray, whether it is clooth, ether vessel, and ony thing maad redi in to thingis perteynynge to vss, of the skynnys and heeris of geet, and `of tre, it schal be clensid.21 And Eleazar, preest, spak thus to the men of the oost that fouyten, This is the comaundement of the lawe, which the Lord comaundide to Moises,22 The gold, and siluer, and bras, and yrun, and tiyn, and leed, and al thing that may passe by flawme, schal be purgid bi fier;23 sotheli what euer thing may not suffre fier, schal be halewid bi the watir of clensyng.24 And ye schulen waische youre clothis in the seuenthe dai, and ye schulen be clensid; and aftirward ye schulen entre in to the castels `of the tabernacle.25 And the Lord seide to Moises, Take ye the summe of tho thingis that ben takun, fro man `til to beeste,26 thou, and Eleazar, preest, and alle the princes of the comyn puple.27 And thou schalt departe euenli the prey bytwixe hem that fouyten and yeden out to batel, and bitwixe al the multitude.28 And thou schalt departe a part to the Lord, of hem that fouyten, and weren in batel, `o soule of fiue hundrid, as wel of men, as of oxun, and of assis, and of scheep.29 And thou schalt yyue `that part to Eleazar, preest, for tho ben the firste fruytis of the Lord.30 Also of the myddil part of the sones of Israel, thou schalt take the fiftithe heed of men, and of oxun, and of assis, and of scheep, and of alle lyuynge beestis; and thou schalt yyue tho to the dekenes, that waken in the kepyngis of the tabernacle of the Lord.31 And Moyses and Eleazar diden, as the Lord comaundide.32 Forsothe the prey which the oost hadde take, was sixe hundrid fyue and seuenti thousynde of scheep,33 of oxun two and seuenti thousynde, of assis sixti thousynde and a thousynde;34 35 the soules of persones of femal kynde, that knewen not fleischli men, two and thretti thousynde.36 And the myddil part was youun to hem that weren in the batel, of scheep thre hundrid seuene and thretti thousynde and fyue hundrid;37 of whiche sixe hundrid fyue and seuenti scheep weren noumbrid in to the part of the Lord;38 and of sixe and thretti thousynde oxun,39 two and seuenti oxun, and of thretti thousynde assis and fyue hundryd, oon and sixti assis;40 of sixtene thousynde persoones of men, twei and thretti persoones bifelden in to the `part of the Lord.41 And Moises bitook the noumbre of the firste fruytis of the Lord to Eleazar, preest, as it was comaundid to hym,42 of the myddil part of the sones of Israel, which he departide to hem that weren in batel.43 And of the myddil part that bifelde to the tother multitude, that is, of thre hundrid seuene and thretti thousynde scheep and fyue hundrid,44 and of sixe and thretti thousynde oxun,45 and of thretti thousynde assis and fyue hundrid, and of sixtene thousynde wymmen,46 Moyses took the fyftithe heed,47 and yaf to the dekenes, that wakiden in the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord comaundide.48 And whanne the princes of the oost, and the tribunes and centuriouns hadden neiyed to Moises,49 thei seiden, We thi seruauntis han teld the noumbre of fiyters, whiche we hadden vndur oure hoond, and sotheli not oon failide;50 for which cause we offren `in the fre yiftis of the Lord, alle bi vs silf, that that we myyten fynde of gold in the pray, girdelis for `the myddil of wymmen, and bies of the armes, and ryngis, and ournementis of the arm nyy the hond, and bies of the neckis of wymmen, that thou preye the Lord for vs.51 And Moises and Eleazar, preest, token al the gold in dyuerse spices,52 `ether kyndis, bi the weiyte of the seyntuarye, sixtene thousynde seuene hundrid and fifti siclis, of the tribunes, and centuriouns.53 For that that ech man rauyschide in the prey, was his owne;54 and thei baren the gold taken in to the tabernacle of witnessyng, in to the mynde of the sones of Israel, bifor the Lord.