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Numbers 31:1-12

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1 The LORD spoke to Moses:
1 The LORD said to Moses,
2 Take just reparations for the Israelites from the Midianites. Afterward you will join your ancestors.
2 “Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”
3 Moses spoke to the people: "Equip some of your men for battle so that they may go against Midian and execute the LORD's just punishment against Midian.
3 So Moses said to the people, “Arm some of your men to go to war against the Midianites so that they may carry out the LORD’s vengeance on them.
4 You will send out for battle one thousand from each of the tribes of Israel."
4 Send into battle a thousand men from each of the tribes of Israel.”
5 From the thousands of Israel, one thousand from each tribe were selected. Twelve thousand were equipped for battle.
5 So twelve thousand men armed for battle, a thousand from each tribe, were supplied from the clans of Israel.
6 Moses sent them to battle, one thousand from each tribe, along with Phinehas, Eleazar the priest's son, who carried the sanctuary equipment and the trumpets for sounding the alarm in his hand.
6 Moses sent them into battle, a thousand from each tribe, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, who took with him articles from the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.
7 They battled against Midian as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.
7 They fought against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses, and killed every man.
8 They killed the kings of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian, along with others slain. They also killed Balaam, Beor's son, with the sword.
8 Among their victims were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
9 The Israelites took captive the Midianite women, their little ones, all their cattle, their herds, and their possessions.
9 The Israelites captured the Midianite women and children and took all the Midianite herds, flocks and goods as plunder.
10 They burned all the cities where they lived and their encampments.
10 They burned all the towns where the Midianites had settled, as well as all their camps.
11 They took all the spoils of war and the valuable property, both human and animal,
11 They took all the plunder and spoils, including the people and animals,
12 and they brought the captives, the valuable property, and the spoils of war to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the Israelite community, at the camp on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
12 and brought the captives, spoils and plunder to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the Israelite assembly at their camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.
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