Números 31
Almeida Revista e Corrigida 2009
A vitória sobre os midianitas
31 E falou o Senhor a Moisés, dizendo: 2 Vinga os filhos de Israel dos midianitas; depois, recolhido serás ao teu povo. 3 Falou, pois, Moisés ao povo, dizendo: Armem-se alguns de vós para a guerra e saiam contra os midianitas, para fazerem a vingança do Senhor nos midianitas. 4 Mil de cada tribo entre todas as tribos de Israel enviareis à guerra. 5 Assim, foram dados dos milhares de Israel mil de cada tribo: doze mil armados para a peleja. 6 E Moisés os mandou à guerra, de cada tribo mil, a eles e a Fineias, filho de Eleazar, o sacerdote, à guerra com os utensílios santos e com as trombetas do alarido na mão. 7 E pelejaram contra os midianitas, como o Senhor ordenara a Moisés; e mataram todo varão. 8 Mataram mais, além dos que já foram mortos, os reis dos midianitas, a Evi, e a Requém, e a Zur, e a Hur, e a Reba, cinco reis dos midianitas; também a Balaão, filho de Beor, mataram à espada. 9 Porém os filhos de Israel levaram presas as mulheres dos midianitas e as suas crianças; também levaram todos os seus animais, e todo o seu gado, e toda a sua fazenda. 10 E queimaram a fogo todas as suas cidades com todas as suas habitações e todos os seus acampamentos. 11 E tomaram todo o despojo e toda presa de homens e de animais. 12 E trouxeram a Moisés e a Eleazar, o sacerdote, e à congregação dos filhos de Israel os cativos, e a presa, e o despojo, para o arraial, nas campinas de Moabe, que estão junto do Jordão, em Jericó.
A purificação dos soldados
13 Porém Moisés e Eleazar, o sacerdote, e todos os maiorais da congregação saíram a recebê-los fora do arraial. 14 E indignou-se Moisés grandemente contra os oficiais do exército, capitães dos milhares e capitães das centenas, que vinham do serviço daquela guerra. 15 E Moisés disse-lhes: Deixastes viver todas as mulheres? 16 Eis que estas foram as que, por conselho de Balaão, deram ocasião aos filhos de Israel de prevaricar contra o Senhor, no negócio de Peor, pelo que houve aquela praga entre a congregação do Senhor. 17 Agora, pois, matai todo varão entre as crianças; e matai toda mulher que conheceu algum homem, deitando-se com ele. 18 Porém todas as crianças fêmeas que não conheceram algum homem, deitando-se com ele, para vós deixai viver.
19 E, vós, alojai-vos sete dias fora do arraial; qualquer que tiver matado alguma pessoa e qualquer que tiver tocado algum morto, ao terceiro dia e ao sétimo dia, vos purificareis, a vós e a vossos cativos. 20 Também purificareis toda veste, e toda obra de peles, e toda obra de pelos de cabras, e todo objeto de madeira. 21 E disse Eleazar, o sacerdote, aos homens de guerra que partiram à peleja: Este é o estatuto da lei que o Senhor ordenou a Moisés. 22 Contudo, o ouro, a prata, o cobre, o ferro, o estanho e o chumbo, 23 toda coisa que pode suportar o fogo fareis passar pelo fogo, para que fique limpa; todavia, se expiará com a água da separação; mas tudo que não pode suportar o fogo, o fareis passar pela água. 24 Também lavareis as vossas vestes ao sétimo dia, para que fiqueis limpos; e, depois, entrareis no arraial.
A divisão da presa
25 Falou mais o Senhor a Moisés, dizendo: 26 Toma a soma da presa dos prisioneiros, de homens e de animais, tu e Eleazar, o sacerdote, e os cabeças das casas dos pais da congregação; 27 e divide a presa em duas metades, entre os que, hábeis na peleja, saíram à guerra, e toda a congregação. 28 Então, para o Senhor tomarás o tributo dos homens de guerra que saíram a esta guerra; de cada quinhentos, uma alma, tanto dos homens como dos bois, dos jumentos e das ovelhas. 29 Da sua metade o tomareis e o dareis ao sacerdote Eleazar, para a oferta alçada do Senhor. 30 Mas, da metade dos filhos de Israel, tomarás de cada cinquenta, um, tanto dos homens como dos bois, dos jumentos e das ovelhas, de todos os animais; e os darás aos levitas que têm cuidado da guarda do tabernáculo do Senhor. 31 E fizeram Moisés e Eleazar, o sacerdote, como o Senhor ordenara a Moisés.
32 Foi, pois, a presa, o restante do despojo, que tomaram os homens de guerra, seiscentas e setenta e cinco mil ovelhas; 33 e setenta e dois mil bois; 34 e sessenta e um mil jumentos; 35 e das mulheres que não conheceram homem algum deitando-se com ele, todas as almas foram trinta e duas mil. 36 E a metade, a parte dos que saíram à guerra, foi em número de trezentas e trinta e sete mil e quinhentas ovelhas. 37 E das ovelhas foi o tributo para o Senhor seiscentas e setenta e cinco. 38 E foram os bois trinta e seis mil; e o seu tributo para o Senhor, setenta e dois. 39 E foram os jumentos trinta mil e quinhentos; e o seu tributo para o Senhor, sessenta e um. 40 E houve de almas humanas dezesseis mil; e o seu tributo para o Senhor, trinta e duas almas. 41 E deu Moisés a Eleazar, o sacerdote, o tributo da oferta alçada do Senhor, como o Senhor ordenara a Moisés. 42 E da metade dos filhos de Israel, que Moisés separara da dos homens que pelejaram 43 (A metade para a congregação foi, das ovelhas, trezentas e trinta e sete mil e quinhentas; 44 e dos bois, trinta e seis mil; 45 e dos jumentos, trinta mil e quinhentos; 46 e das almas humanas, dezesseis mil.), 47 desta metade dos filhos de Israel, Moisés tomou um de cada cinquenta, tanto de homens como de animais, e os deu aos levitas, que tinham cuidado da guarda do tabernáculo do Senhor, como o Senhor ordenara a Moisés.
A oferta voluntária dos capitães
48 Então, chegaram-se a Moisés os capitães que estavam sobre os milhares do exército, os tribunos e os centuriões, 49 e disseram a Moisés: Teus servos tomaram a soma dos homens de guerra que estiveram sob a nossa mão, e nenhum falta de nós. 50 Pelo que trouxemos uma oferta ao Senhor, cada um o que achou: vasos de ouro, cadeias, manilhas, anéis, arrecadas e colares, para fazer propiciação pela nossa alma perante o Senhor. 51 Assim, Moisés e Eleazar, o sacerdote, tomaram deles o ouro; sendo todos os vasos bem-trabalhados. 52 E foi todo o ouro da oferta alçada, que ofereceram ao Senhor, dezesseis mil e setecentos e cinquenta siclos, dos tribunos e dos centuriões 53 (pois os homens de guerra, cada um tinha tomado presa para si). 54 Tomaram, pois, Moisés e Eleazar, o sacerdote, o ouro dos tribunos e dos centuriões e o trouxeram à tenda da congregação por lembrança para os filhos de Israel perante o Senhor.
Numbers 31
New King James Version
Vengeance on the Midianites
31 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2 (A)“Take vengeance on the Midianites for the children of Israel. Afterward you shall (B)be gathered to your people.”
3 So Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm some of yourselves for war, and let them go against the Midianites to take vengeance for the Lord on (C)Midian. 4 A thousand from each tribe of all the tribes of Israel you shall send to the war.”
5 So there were recruited from the divisions of Israel one thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. 6 Then Moses sent them to the war, one thousand from each tribe; he sent them to the war with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, with the holy articles and (D)the signal trumpets in his hand. 7 And they warred against the Midianites, just as the Lord commanded Moses, and (E)they killed all the (F)males. 8 They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of those who were killed—(G)Evi, Rekem, (H)Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. (I)Balaam the son of Beor they also killed with the sword.
9 And the children of Israel took the women of Midian captive, with their little ones, and took as spoil all their cattle, all their flocks, and all their goods. 10 They also burned with fire all the cities where they dwelt, and all their forts. 11 And (J)they took all the spoil and all the booty—of man and beast.
Return from the War
12 Then they brought the captives, the booty, and the spoil to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho. 13 And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation, went to meet them outside the camp. 14 But Moses was angry with the officers of the army, with the captains over thousands and captains over hundreds, who had come from the battle.
15 And Moses said to them: “Have you kept (K)all the women alive? 16 Look, (L)these women caused the children of Israel, through the (M)counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the Lord in the incident of Peor, and (N)there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord. 17 Now therefore, (O)kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man intimately. 18 But keep alive (P)for yourselves all the young girls who have not known a man intimately. 19 And as for you, (Q)remain outside the camp seven days; whoever has killed any person, and (R)whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day. 20 Purify every garment, everything made of leather, everything woven of goats’ hair, and everything made of wood.”
21 Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to the battle, “This is the [a]ordinance of the law which the Lord commanded Moses: 22 Only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead, 23 everything that can endure fire, you shall put through the fire, and it shall be clean; and it shall be purified (S)with the water of purification. But all that cannot endure fire you shall put through water. 24 (T)And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day and be clean, and afterward you may come into the camp.”
Division of the Plunder
25 Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 26 “Count up the plunder that was [b]taken—of man and beast—you and Eleazar the priest and the chief fathers of the congregation; 27 and (U)divide the plunder into two parts, between those who took part in the war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation. 28 And levy a [c]tribute for the Lord on the men of war who went out to battle: (V)one of every five hundred of the persons, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep; 29 take it from their half, and (W)give it to Eleazar the priest as a heave offering to the Lord. 30 And from the children of Israel’s half you shall take (X)one of every fifty, drawn from the persons, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep, from all the livestock, and give them to the Levites (Y)who [d]keep charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.” 31 So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.
32 The booty remaining from the plunder, which the men of war had taken, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep, 33 seventy-two thousand cattle, 34 sixty-one thousand donkeys, 35 and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of women who had not known a man intimately. 36 And the half, the portion for those who had gone out to war, was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep; 37 and the Lord’s [e]tribute of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five. 38 The cattle 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 So Moses gave the tribute which was the Lord’s heave offering to Eleazar the priest, (Z)as the Lord commanded Moses.
42 And from the children of Israel’s half, which Moses separated from the men who fought— 43 now the half belonging to the congregation was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep, 44 thirty-six thousand cattle, 45 thirty thousand five hundred donkeys, 46 and sixteen thousand persons— 47 and (AA)from the children of Israel’s half Moses took one of every fifty, drawn from man and beast, and gave them to the Levites, who kept charge of the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
48 Then the officers who were over thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, came near to Moses; 49 and they said to Moses, “Your servants have taken a count of the men of war who are under our command, and not a man of us is missing. 50 Therefore we have brought an offering for the Lord, what every man found of ornaments of gold: armlets and bracelets and signet rings and earrings and necklaces, (AB)to make [f]atonement for ourselves before the Lord.” 51 So Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from them, all the fashioned ornaments. 52 And all the gold of the offering that they offered to the Lord, from the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. 53 (AC)(The men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.) 54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of meeting (AD)as a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord.
Footnotes
- Numbers 31:21 statute
- Numbers 31:26 captured
- Numbers 31:28 tax
- Numbers 31:30 perform the service
- Numbers 31:37 tax
- Numbers 31:50 Lit. covering
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