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Mosessent them, a thousand from each tribe, to the war, and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war with them, and the holyvessels and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.
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They killed the kings of Midianalong with the rest of their slain: Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the fivekings of Midian; they also killedBalaam the son of Beor with the sword.
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They brought the captives and the prey and the spoil to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest and to the congregation of the sons of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan opposite Jericho.
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And Mosessaid to them, "Have you sparedall the women?
h'beq.n -l'K ~,tyiYix;h h,v{m ~,hyel]a r,ma{Y;w
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"Behold, thesecaused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to trespass* against the LORD in the matter of Peor, so the plague was among the congregation of the LORD.
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"And you, campoutside* the campsevendays; whoever has killed any person and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves, you and your captives, on the thirdday and on the seventhday.
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everything that can stand the fire, you shall passthrough the fire, and it shall be clean, but it shall be purified with water for impurity. But whatever*cannotstand the fire you shall passthrough the water.
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"You and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the fathers' households of the congregationtake a count of the booty that was captured, both of man and of animal;
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"Levy a tax for the LORD from the men of war who went out to battle, one in fivehundred of the persons and of the cattle and of the donkeys and of the sheep;
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"From the sons of Israel'shalf, you shall takeonedrawn out of every fifty of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys and of the sheep, from all the animals, and give them to the Levites who keepcharge of the tabernacle of the LORD."
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and from the sons of Israel'shalf, Mosestookonedrawn out of every fifty, both of man and of animals, and gave them to the Levites, who keptcharge of the tabernacle of the LORD, just as the LORD had commandedMoses.
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"So we have brought as an offering to the LORDwhateachmanfound, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signetrings, earrings and necklaces, to makeatonement for ourselvesbefore the LORD."
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The men of war had takenbooty, everyman for himself.
w{l vyia .Wz.z'B a'b'C;h yev.n;a
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So Moses and Eleazar the priesttook the gold from the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it to the tent of meeting as a memorial for the sons of Israelbefore the LORD.