Parallel Bible results for "numbers 31"

Numbers 31

Third Millennium Bible TMB

1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

2 "Avenge the children of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people."

3 And Moses spoke unto the people, saying, "Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites and avenge the LORD on Midian.

4 From every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war."

5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

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 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.

8 And they slew the kings of Midian besides the rest of those who 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 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captive, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle and all their flocks and all their goods.

10 And they burned all their cities wherein they dwelt and all their goodly strongholds with fire.

11 And they took all the spoil and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.

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 the Jordan near Jericho.

13 And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the princes of the congregation went forth to meet them outside the camp.

14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands and captains over hundreds, who came from the battle.

15 And Moses said unto them, "Have ye saved all the women alive?

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 hath known a man by lying with him.

18 But all the women children, who have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

19 And abide ye outside 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 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 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war who went to the battle, "This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses:

22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

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 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp."

25 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

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 and divide the prey into two parts, between those who took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation.

28 And levy a tribute unto the LORD on the men of war who 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 unto Eleazar the priest for a heave offering 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, who keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD."

31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.

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 and threescore and twelve thousand beeves,

34 and threescore and one thousand asses,

35 and thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women who had not known a man by lying with him.

36 And the half, which was the portion of those who 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 the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand, of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve.

39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred, of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and one.

40 And the persons were sixteen thousand, of which the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons.

41 And Moses gave the tribute which was the LORD'S heave offering unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.

42 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men who warred

43 (now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,

44 and thirty and six thousand beeves,

45 and thirty thousand asses and five hundred,

46 and sixteen thousand persons),

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, who kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.

48 And the officers who were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, came near Moses;

49 and they said unto Moses, "Thy servants have taken the count of the men of war who are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.

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 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, even all wrought jewels.

52 And all the gold from 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 (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)

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.

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 The LORD said to Moses,

2 "Get even with the Midianites for what they did to the Israelites. After that you will join your ancestors [in death]."

3 Moses said to the people, "Some of your men must get ready to go to war against the Midianites. The LORD will use them to get even with Midian.

4 Send 1,000 men from each of the tribes of Israel."

5 So 1,000 men from each tribe were supplied from the divisions of Israel--12,000 men ready for war.

6 Then Moses sent them off to war, 1,000 men from each tribe along with Phinehas, son of the priest Eleazar. Phinehas took with him the holy articles and the trumpets for the fanfare.

7 They went to war against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses, and killed every man.

8 Among those killed were the five kings of Midian--Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba. They also killed Balaam, son of Beor, in battle.

9 The Israelites took the Midianite women and children as prisoners of war. They also took all their animals, their livestock, and their valuables as loot.

10 They burned all the cities where the Midianites lived and all their settlements.

11 Then they took everything as loot, including all the people and animals,

12 and brought the prisoners of war, the loot, and everything to Moses, the priest Eleazar, and the community of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab near the Jordan River across from Jericho.

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

14 Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of the companies and battalions, who were returning from battle.

15 "Why did you let all the women live?" he asked them.

16 "Remember, they were the ones who followed Balaam's advice and caused the Israelites to be unfaithful to the LORD in the incident that took place at Peor. The LORD's community experienced a plague at that time.

17 So kill all the Midianite boys and every Midianite woman who has gone to bed with a man.

18 But save for yourselves every girl who has never gone to bed with a man.

19 "Everyone who killed a person or touched a dead body must stay outside the camp seven days. You and your prisoners of war must use the ritual water on the third and seventh days in order to take away your sin.

20 Do the same for all the clothes and everything made of leather, goats' hair, or wood."

21 Then the priest Eleazar said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, "This is what the LORD's teachings told Moses to do:

22 Any gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, or lead--

23 anything that won't burn--must be put through fire in order to make it clean. Then it must also be put through the ritual water in order to take away its sin. Whatever might burn must [only] be put through the ritual water.

24 On the seventh day wash your clothes, and you will be clean. Then you may come into the camp."

25 The LORD said to Moses,

26 "You, the priest Eleazar, and the heads of the families of the community need to count all the loot, including the people and animals you captured.

27 Divide the loot between the soldiers who served in the war and the rest of the community.

28 Collect a tax for the LORD. From the soldiers who served in the war collect one out of every 500 things. This includes people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats.

29 Collect all these things from the soldiers' half of the loot, and give them to the priest Eleazar as a contribution to the LORD.

30 From the Israelites' half of the loot, collect one out of every 50 things. This includes people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, and every other kind of animal. Give them to the Levites who are in charge of the work done at the LORD's tent."

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

32 This is the loot that was left from everything that the troops took: 675,000 sheep and goats,

33 72,000 cattle,

34 61,000 donkeys, and

35 32,000 women who had never gone to bed with a man.

36 Half of it went to the soldiers who served in the war. Of the 337,500 sheep and goats they received,

37 675 went to the LORD as taxes.

38 Of the 36,000 cattle they received, 72 went to the LORD as taxes.

39 Of the 30,500 donkeys they received, 61 went to the LORD as taxes.

40 Of the 16,000 people they received, 32 went to the LORD as taxes.

41 Moses gave the LORD's taxes to the priest Eleazar, as the LORD had commanded him.

42 Moses took the Israelites' half of the loot from the soldiers.

43 The community received 337,500 sheep and goats,

44 36,000 cattle,

45 30,500 donkeys,

46 and 16,000 people.

47 From the Israelites' half Moses collected one out of every 50 things, including people and animals, as the LORD commanded him. Then he gave all this to the Levites who were in charge of the work done at the LORD's tent.

48 Then the officers from the military divisions, the commanders of the companies and battalions of men, came to Moses.

49 They said to him, "Sir, we have counted all the soldiers under our command, and not one of them is missing.

50 So we have brought as gifts to the LORD the gold jewelry that each of us found--arm bands, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and pendants. We offer them to make peace with the LORD."

51 Moses and the priest Eleazar took all the hand-crafted gold articles from them.

52 All the gold contributed to the LORD by the commanders weighed about 420 pounds.

53 Each soldier kept his own loot.

54 Moses and the priest Eleazar took the gold from the commanders and brought it into the LORD's presence at the tent of meeting as a reminder to the Israelites.