New Revised Standard NRS
King James Version KJV
1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 "Avenge the Israelites on the Midianites; afterward you shall be gathered to your people."
2
Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
3 So Moses said to the people, "Arm some of your number for the war, so that they may go against Midian, to execute the Lord's vengeance on Midian.
3
And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.
4 You shall send a thousand from each of the tribes of Israel to the war."
4
Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
5 So out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe were conscripted, twelve thousand armed for battle.
5
So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
6 Moses sent them to the war, a thousand from each tribe, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for sounding the alarm in his hand.
6
And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
7 They did battle against Midian, as the Lord had commanded Moses, and killed every male.
7
And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
8 They killed the kings of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian, in addition to others who were slain by them; and they also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
8
And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
9 The Israelites took the women of Midian and their little ones captive; and they took all their cattle, their flocks, and all their goods as booty.
9
And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
10 All their towns where they had settled, and all their encampments, they burned,
10
And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
11 but they took all the spoil and all the booty, both people and animals.
11
And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
12 Then they brought the captives and the booty and the spoil to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the Israelites, at the camp on the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
12
And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
13 Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation went to meet them outside the camp.
13
And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
14 Moses became angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, who had come from service in the war.
14
And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
15 Moses said to them, "Have you allowed all the women to live?
15
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
16 These women here, on Balaam's advice, made the Israelites act treacherously against the Lord in the affair of Peor, so that the plague came among the congregation of the Lord.
16
Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
17 Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man by sleeping with him.
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 young girls who have not known a man by sleeping with him, keep alive for yourselves.
18
But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
19 Camp outside the camp seven days; whoever of you has killed any person or touched a corpse, purify yourselves and your captives on the third and on the seventh day.
19
And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.
20 You shall purify every garment, every article of skin, everything made of goats' hair, and every article of wood."
20
And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.
21 Eleazar the priest said to the troops who had gone to battle: "This is the statute of the law that the Lord has commanded Moses:
21
And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;
22 gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead—
22
Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
23 everything that can withstand fire, shall be passed through fire, and it shall be clean. Nevertheless it shall also be purified with the water for purification; and whatever cannot withstand fire, shall be passed through the water.
23
Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.
24 You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean; afterward you may come into the camp."
24
And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
25 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
25
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
26 "You and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the ancestral houses of the congregation make an inventory of the booty captured, both human and animal.
26
Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:
27 Divide the booty into two parts, between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation.
27
And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
28 From the share of the warriors who went out to battle, set aside as tribute for the Lord, one item out of every five hundred, whether persons, oxen, donkeys, sheep, or goats.
28
And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:
29 Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the Lord.
29
Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD.
30 But from the Israelites' half you shall take one out of every fifty, whether persons, oxen, donkeys, sheep, or goats—all the animals—and give them to the Levites who have charge of the tabernacle of the Lord."
30
And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.
31 Then Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord had commanded Moses:
31
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
32 The booty remaining from the spoil that the troops had taken totaled six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,
32
And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
33 seventy-two thousand oxen,
33
And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
34 sixty-one thousand donkeys,
34
And threescore and one thousand asses,
35 and thirty-two thousand persons in all, women who had not known a man by sleeping with him.
35
And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.
36 The half-share, the portion of those who had gone out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep and goats,
36
And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:
37 and the Lord's tribute of sheep and goats was six hundred seventy-five.
37
And the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.
38 The oxen were thirty-six thousand, of which the Lord's tribute was seventy-two.
38
And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve.
39 The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred, of which the Lord's tribute was sixty-one.
39
And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and one.
40 The persons were sixteen thousand, of which the Lord's tribute was thirty-two persons.
40
And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons.
41 Moses gave the tribute, the offering for the Lord, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
41
And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD'S heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.
42 As for the Israelites' half, which Moses separated from that of the troops,
42
And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
43 the congregation's half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep and goats,
43
(Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
44 thirty-six thousand oxen,
44
And thirty and six thousand beeves,
45 thirty thousand five hundred donkeys,
45
And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,
46 and sixteen thousand persons.
46
And sixteen thousand persons;)
47 From the Israelites' half Moses took one of every fifty, both of persons and of animals, and gave them to the Levites who had charge of the tabernacle of the Lord; as the Lord had commanded Moses.
47
Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
48 Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, approached Moses,
48
And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:
49 and said to Moses, "Your servants have counted the warriors who are under our command, and not one of us is missing.
49
And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.
50 And we have brought the Lord's offering, what each of us found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and pendants, to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord."
50
We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.
51 Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from them, all in the form of crafted articles.
51
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.
52 And all the gold of the offering that they offered to the Lord, from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels.
52
And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.
53 (The troops had all taken plunder for themselves.)
53
(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
54 So 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 Israelites before the Lord.
54
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
The King James Version is in the public domain.