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5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of [every] tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
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So twelve thousand men armed for battle, a thousand from each tribe, were supplied from the clans of Israel.
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.
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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 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
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They fought against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses, and killed every man.
8 And they slew the kings of Midian, besides 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.
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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 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.
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The Israelites captured the Midianite women and children and took all the Midianite herds, flocks and goods as plunder.
10 And they burnt all their cities in which they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
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They burned all the towns where the Midianites had settled, as well as all their camps.
11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, [both] of men and of beasts.
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They took all the plunder and spoils, including the people and animals,
12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil to Moses and Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which [are] by Jordan [near] Jericho.
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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.
13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
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Moses, Eleazar the priest and all the leaders of the community went 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.
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Moses was angry with the officers of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who returned from the battle.
15 And Moses said to them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
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“Have you allowed all the women to live?” he asked them.
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.
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“They were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice and enticed the Israelites to be unfaithful to the LORD in the Peor incident, so that a plague struck the LORD’s people.
17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
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Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man,
18 But all the female children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
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but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.
19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whoever hath killed any person, and whoever hath touched any slain, purify [both] yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.
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“Anyone who has killed someone or touched someone who was killed must stay outside the camp seven days. On the third and seventh days you must purify yourselves and your captives.
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.
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Purify every garment as well as everything made of leather, goat hair or wood.”
21 And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, This [is] the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;
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Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, “This is what is required by the law that the LORD gave Moses:
22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
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Gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, 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.
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and anything else that can withstand fire must be put through the fire, and then it will be clean. But it must also be purified with the water of cleansing. And whatever cannot withstand fire must be put through that 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.
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On the seventh day wash your clothes and you will be clean. Then you may come into the camp.”
25 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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The LORD said to Moses,
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