Numbers 31
1 And the
LORD spake unto
Moses, saying,
2 Avenge the
children of
Israel of the
Midianites: afterward shalt thou be
gathered unto thy
people. 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 Of 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, 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 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 And they
burnt all their
cities wherein they
dwelt, and all their goodly
castles, 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
Jordan near
Jericho. 13 And
Moses, and
Eleazar the
priest, and all the
princes of the
congregation, went
forth to
meet them
without the
camp. 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 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 that hath
known man by
lying with
him. 18 But all the
women children, that have not
known a
man by
lying with him, keep
alive for yourselves.
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 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 which
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 spake 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 them that
took the
war upon them, who went
out to
battle, and between all the
congregation: 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 of their
half, and
give it unto
Eleazar the
priest, for an 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, which
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 that had not
known man by
lying with him.
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 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 that
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, which
kept the
charge of the
tabernacle of the
LORD; as the
LORD commanded 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 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 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 of them, even all
wrought jewels. 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 (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.