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Numbers 31

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1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

2 "Avenge the Israelites on the Midianites; afterward you shall be gathered to your 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.

4 You shall send a thousand from each of the tribes of Israel to the war."

5 So out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe were conscripted, twelve thousand armed for battle.

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.

7 They did battle against Midian, as the Lord had commanded Moses, and killed every male.

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.

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.

10 All their towns where they had settled, and all their encampments, they burned,

11 but they took all the spoil and all the booty, both people and animals.

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.

13 Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation went to meet them outside 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.

15 Moses said to them, "Have you allowed all the women to live?

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.

17 Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man by sleeping with him.

18 But all the young girls who have not known a man by sleeping 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.

20 You shall purify every garment, every article of skin, everything made of goats' hair, and every article 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:

22 gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and 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.

24 You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean; afterward you may come into the camp."

25 The Lord spoke to 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.

27 Divide the booty into two parts, between the warriors who went out to battle and 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.

29 Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to 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."

31 Then Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord had commanded Moses:

32 The booty remaining from the spoil that the troops had taken totaled six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,

33 seventy-two thousand oxen,

34 sixty-one thousand donkeys,

35 and thirty-two thousand persons in all, women who had not known a man by sleeping 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,

37 and the Lord's tribute of sheep and goats was six hundred seventy-five.

38 The oxen were thirty-six thousand, of which the Lord's tribute was seventy-two.

39 The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred, of which the Lord's tribute was sixty-one.

40 The persons were sixteen thousand, of which the Lord's tribute was thirty-two persons.

41 Moses gave the tribute, the offering for the Lord, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

42 As for the Israelites' half, which Moses separated from that of the troops,

43 the congregation's half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep and goats,

44 thirty-six thousand oxen,

45 thirty thousand five hundred donkeys,

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.

48 Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, approached Moses,

49 and said to Moses, "Your servants have counted the warriors who are under our command, and not one of us is missing.

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."

51 Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from them, all in the form of crafted articles.

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.

53 (The troops had all taken plunder for themselves.)

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.

The Message Bible MSG

1 God spoke to Moses:

2 "Avenge the People of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you will go to be with your dead ancestors."

3 Moses addressed the people: "Recruit men for a campaign against Midian, to exact God's vengeance on Midian,

4 a thousand from each tribe of Israel to go to war."

5 A fighting force of a thousand from each tribe of Israel - twelve thousand in all - was recruited.

6 Moses sent them off to war, a thousand from each tribe, and also Phinehas son of Eleazar, who went as priest to the army, in charge of holy vessels and the signaling bugles.

7 They attacked Midian, just as God had commanded Moses, and killed every last man.

8 Among the fallen were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba - the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

9 The People of Israel took the Midianite women and children captive and took all their animals and herds and goods as plunder.

10 They burned to the ground all the towns in which Midianites lived and also their tent camps.

11 They looted and plundered everything and everyone - stuff and people and animals.

12 They took it all - captives and booty and plunder - back to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the company of Israel where they were camped on the Plains of Moab, at Jordan-Jericho.

13 Moses, Eleazar, and all the leaders of the congregation went to meet the returning army outside the camp.

14 Moses was furious with the army officers - the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds - as they came back from the battlefield:

15 "What's this! You've let these women live!

16 They're the ones who, under Balaam's direction, seduced the People of Israel away from God in that mess at Peor, causing the plague that hit God's people.

17 Finish your job: kill all the boys. Kill every woman who has slept with a man.

18 The younger women who are virgins you can keep alive for yourselves.

19 "Now here's what you are to do: Pitch tents outside the camp. All who have killed anyone or touched a corpse must stay outside the camp for seven days. Purify yourselves and your captives on the third and seventh days.

20 Purify every piece of clothing and every utensil - everything made of leather, goat hair, or wood."

21 Eleazar the priest then spoke to the soldiers who had fought in the battle: "This is the ruling from the Revelation that God gave Moses:

22 Gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead

23 - and anything else that can survive fire - must be passed through the fire; then it will be ritually purified. It must also be ritually washed in the Water-of-Cleansing. Further, whatever cannot survive fire must be put through that water.

24 On the seventh day scrub your clothes; you will be ritually clean. Then you can return to camp."

25 God said to Moses,

26 "I want you and Eleazar the priest and the family leaders in the community to count the captives, people and animals.

27 Split the plunder between the soldiers who fought the battle and the rest of the congregation.

28 "Then tax the booty that goes to the soldiers at the rate of one life out of five hundred, whether humans, cattle, donkeys, or sheep.

29 It's a God-tax taken from their half-share to be turned over to Eleazar the priest on behalf of God.

30 Tax the congregation's half-share at the rate of one life out of fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, or other animals. Give this to the Levites who are in charge of the care of God's Dwelling."

31 Moses and Eleazar followed through with what God had commanded Moses.

32 The rest of the plunder taken by the army: 675,000 sheep

33 72,000 cattle

34 61,000 donkeys

35 32,000 women who were virgins

36 The half-share for those who had fought in the war:

37 with a tax of 675 for God

38 36,000 cattle, with a tax of 72 for God

39 30,500 donkeys, with a tax of 61 for God

40 16,000 people, with a tax of 32 for God

41 Moses turned the tax over to Eleazar the priest as God's part, following God's instructions to Moses.

42 The other half-share for the Israelite community that Moses set apart from what was given to the men who fought the war was:

43 337,500 sheep

44 36,000 cattle

45 30,500 donkeys

46 16,000 people

47 From the half-share going to the People of Israel, Moses, just as God had instructed him, picked one out of every fifty persons and animals and gave them to the Levites, who were in charge of maintaining God's Dwelling.

48 The military officers - commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds - came to Moses

49 and said, "We have counted the soldiers under our command and not a man is missing.

50 We've brought offerings to God from the gold jewelry we got - armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, ornaments - to make atonement for our lives before God."

51 Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from them, all that fine-crafted jewelry.

52 In total, the gold from the commanders of thousands and hundreds that Moses and Eleazar offered as a gift to God weighed about six hundred pounds,

53 all donated by the soldiers who had taken the booty.

54 Moses and Eleazar took the gold from the commanders of thousands and hundreds and brought it to the Tent of Meeting, to serve as a reminder for the People of Israel before God.