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Numbers 31
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Numbers 31
New American Standard Bible
The Slaughter of Midian
31 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “(A)Take vengeance on the Midianites for the sons of Israel; afterward you will be (B)gathered to your people.” 3 So Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for the war, so that they may [a]go against Midian to execute (C)the Lord’s vengeance on Midian. 4 You shall send a thousand from each tribe of all the tribes of Israel to the war.” 5 So there were selected from the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. 6 And Moses sent them, a thousand from each tribe, to the war, and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war with them, (D)and the holy implements and (E)the trumpets for the alarm in his hand. 7 So they made war against Midian, just as the Lord had commanded Moses, and (F)they killed every male. 8 They killed the kings of Midian along with the rest of those killed: (G)Evi, Rekem, (H)Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed (I)Balaam the son of Beor with the sword. 9 And the sons of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones; and they plundered all their cattle, all their flocks, and all their property. 10 Then they [b]burned all their cities where they lived and all their encampments. 11 And (J)they took all the plunder and all the spoils, both of people and of livestock. 12 They brought the captives and the spoils and the plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the sons of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab which are by the Jordan, opposite Jericho.
13 And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation went out to meet them outside the camp. 14 But Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, who had come from service in the war. 15 And Moses said to them, “Have you [c]spared (K)all the women? 16 (L)Behold, they caused the sons of Israel, through the [d]counsel of (M)Balaam, to be unfaithful to the Lord in the matter of Peor, so that the plague took place among the congregation of the Lord! 17 (N)Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man [e]intimately. 18 However, all the [f]girls who have not known a [g]man intimately, keep alive for yourselves. 19 (O)And as for you, camp outside the camp for seven days; whoever has killed a person and whoever has touched anyone killed, purify yourselves, you and your captives, on the third day and on the seventh day. 20 And you shall purify for yourselves every garment, every article of leather, every work of goats’ hair, and every article of wood.”
21 Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to battle, “This is the statute of the Law which the Lord has commanded Moses: 22 only the gold and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead, 23 everything that can [h]withstand the fire, you shall pass through the fire, and it will be clean, only it shall be purified with (P)water for impurity. But whatever cannot [i]withstand the fire you shall pass through the water. 24 And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day and you will be clean; and afterward you may enter the camp.”
Division of the Plunder
25 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 26 “You and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the fathers’ households of the congregation take a count of the spoils [j]that were captured, both of people and of livestock; 27 and (Q)divide the spoils between the warriors who went to battle and all the congregation. 28 Also, (R)collect a tribute tax for the Lord from the men of war who went to battle, one [k]in five hundred of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the sheep; 29 take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest, as an [l]offering to the Lord. 30 And from the sons of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn from every fifty of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the sheep, from all the animals; and give them to the Levites who (S)perform the duty of the tabernacle of the Lord.” 31 Moses and Eleazar the priest did just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
32 Now the spoils that remained from the plunder which the [m]men of war had plundered was 675,000 sheep, 33 seventy-two thousand cattle, 34 sixty-one thousand donkeys, 35 and of captive people, of the women who had not known a [n]man intimately, in all were thirty-two thousand people.
36 The half, the share of those who went to war, was as follows: the number of sheep was 337,500, 37 the Lord’s tribute tax of the sheep was 675; 38 the cattle were thirty-six thousand, from which the Lord’s tribute tax was seventy-two; 39 the donkeys were 30,500, from which the Lord’s tribute tax was sixty-one; 40 and the captive people were sixteen thousand, from whom the Lord’s tribute tax was thirty-two persons. 41 And Moses gave the tribute tax, which was the Lord’s offering, to Eleazar the priest, just (T)as the Lord had commanded Moses.
42 As for the sons of Israel’s half, which Moses [o]separated from the men who had gone to war— 43 now the congregation’s half was 337,500 sheep, 44 thirty-six thousand cattle, 45 30,500 donkeys, 46 and the captive people were sixteen thousand— 47 from the sons of Israel’s half Moses took one drawn from every fifty, both of people and of animals, and gave them to the Levites, who performed the duty of the tabernacle of the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
48 Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, approached Moses, 49 and they said to Moses, “Your servants have taken a census of the men of war who are [p]under our authority, and no man of us is missing. 50 So we have brought as an offering to the Lord what each man found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, (U)to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord.” 51 Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all kinds of crafted articles. 52 All the gold of the offering which they offered up to the Lord, from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, was 16,750 shekels. 53 (V)The men of war had taken plunder, every man for himself. 54 So Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it to the tent of meeting as (W)a memorial for the sons of Israel before the Lord.
Footnotes
- Numbers 31:3 Lit be
- Numbers 31:10 Lit burned with fire
- Numbers 31:15 Lit let...live
- Numbers 31:16 Lit word
- Numbers 31:17 Lit in bed with a man
- Numbers 31:18 Lit children among the women
- Numbers 31:18 Lit man’s bed
- Numbers 31:23 Lit come into
- Numbers 31:23 Lit come into
- Numbers 31:26 Lit of captives
- Numbers 31:28 Lit soul from
- Numbers 31:29 Or uplifted offering, and so throughout the ch
- Numbers 31:32 Lit people
- Numbers 31:35 Lit man’s bed
- Numbers 31:42 Lit divided
- Numbers 31:49 Lit in our hand
Números 31
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Números 31
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Guerra contra Madián
31 Entonces el Señor le dijo a Moisés: 2 «Toma venganza de los madianitas por haber inducido a Israel a la idolatría. Luego morirás».
3 Moisés le dijo al pueblo: «Algunos de ustedes deben tomar las armas para hacer caer sobre Madián la venganza del Señor. 4 Alisten mil hombres de cada tribu».
5 Así se hizo, y de Israel fueron enviados doce mil hombres a la batalla. 6 Finés (hijo de Eleazar el sacerdote) los condujo a la batalla acompañado por el cofre del pacto y con sonido de trompetas. 7 En la batalla murieron todos los hombres de Madián. 8 Entre los muertos estaban los cinco reyes madianitas: Evi, Requen, Zur, Jur y Reba. También murió en la batalla Balán hijo de Beor.
9-11 El ejército israelita tomó cautivos a las mujeres y a los niños, y se apoderó de las vacas, las ovejas y de un cuantioso botín. Y quemaron todas las ciudades, pueblos y aldeas de Madián. 12 Los cautivos y los despojos de la guerra fueron llevados ante Moisés, Eleazar el sacerdote y el resto del pueblo de Israel que estaba acampando en la llanura de Moab, junto al río Jordán, frente a Jericó. 13 Moisés, Eleazar el sacerdote y todos los jefes del pueblo salieron a encontrar al ejército victorioso, 14 pero Moisés se enojó con los oficiales del ejército y los comandantes de batallón.
15 «¿Por qué dejaron con vida a las mujeres? —les preguntó—. 16 Ellas fueron las que siguieron el consejo de Balán y causaron gran daño al pueblo de Israel, haciendo que adorara a Baal Peor, y son la causa de la plaga que nos destruyó. 17 Maten pues a los niños varones y a todas las mujeres que hayan tenido relación sexual. 18 Solamente las muchachas vírgenes podrán vivir. Con ellas pueden quedarse.
Purificación de combatientes y de prisioneros
19 »Y en cuanto a ustedes, quédense fuera del campamento por siete días todos los que hayan matado a alguien o hayan tocado un cuerpo muerto. Purifíquense ustedes y los cautivos en los días tercero y séptimo. 20 Acuérdense también de purificar la ropa que traen puesta y todo lo que esté hecho de piel, de pelo de cabrito o de madera».
21 Entonces el sacerdote Eleazar dijo a los hombres que habían estado en la batalla:
«Este es el mandamiento que el Señor le ha dado a Moisés: 22 Todo lo que resiste el calor: oro, plata, bronce, hierro, estaño o cuero, 23 será pasado por fuego a fin de que quede ceremonialmente limpio. Luego será purificado con agua. Lo que no resista el calor será purificado solamente con agua. 24 En el día séptimo deben lavar la ropa que traen puesta, y después de purificarse pueden regresar al campamento».
Reparto del botín
25 Y el Señor le dijo a Moisés: 26 «Tú, el sacerdote Eleazar y los caudillos de las tribus harán una lista del botín, incluyendo las personas y animales. 27 Luego lo dividirán en dos partes. La mitad será para los hombres que estuvieron en la batalla, y la otra mitad será distribuida entre el pueblo de Israel. 28 Pero antes que nada, darán al Señor su parte de todos los cautivos, bueyes, burros y ovejas que corresponden al ejército. Su parte será uno de cada quinientos. 29 Esta parte se la entregarán a Eleazar el sacerdote para que sea ofrecida al Señor meciéndola delante del altar. 30 Además, impondrán un tributo del dos por ciento de todos los cautivos, cabezas de ganado y las ovejas que se entregan al pueblo de Israel. Esto lo entregarán a los levitas que están a cargo del santuario, porque es la porción del Señor».
31 Entonces Moisés y Eleazar el sacerdote hicieron lo que el Señor había ordenado. 32-35 El total del botín (además de las joyas, vestidos etc., que los soldados guardaron para sí) fue de 675.000 ovejas; 72.000 vacas, 61.000 burros, y 32.000 muchachas vírgenes.
36-40 La parte entregada al ejército sumó:
337.500 ovejas, (675 fueron entregadas a el Señor),
36.000 bueyes (72 fueron entregados a el Señor);
30.500 burros (61 fueron entregados a el Señor);
16.000 muchachas (32 fueron entregadas al Señor).
41 Todo lo que correspondía a la porción del Señor fue entregado a Eleazar el sacerdote conforme a las instrucciones dadas a Moisés.
42-46 La mitad del botín que le correspondía al resto del pueblo fue de:
337.500 ovejas, 36.000 bueyes, 30.500 burros, y 16.000 muchachas.
47 En conformidad con las órdenes del Señor, Moisés dio el dos por ciento de todo a los levitas.
Las ofrendas de los capitanes
48 Entonces los oficiales y los comandantes de batallones se acercaron a Moisés y le dijeron:
49 «Hemos pasado lista a los hombres que salieron a la batalla, y ninguno de nosotros falta. 50 Por lo tanto hemos traído al Señor una ofrenda tomada de nuestro botín para que nos perdone todos nuestros pecados: oro, joyas, brazaletes, anillos, aros y collares».
51-52 Moisés y Eleazar el sacerdote recibieron esta ofrenda especial de los capitanes y comandantes de batallones y encontraron que el valor era de unos doscientos kilos de oro. 53 (Los soldados habían reservado el botín que a cada cual correspondía). 54 La ofrenda fue llevada al santuario y quedó delante del Señor como memoria del pueblo de Israel.
Numbers 31
New International Version
Numbers 31
New International Version
Vengeance on the Midianites
31 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Take vengeance on the Midianites(A) for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.(B)”
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(C) on them. 4 Send into battle a thousand men from each of the tribes of Israel.” 5 So twelve thousand men armed for battle,(D) a thousand from each tribe, were supplied from the clans of Israel. 6 Moses sent them into battle,(E) a thousand from each tribe, along with Phinehas(F) son of Eleazar, the priest, who took with him articles from the sanctuary(G) and the trumpets(H) for signaling.
7 They fought against Midian, as the Lord commanded Moses,(I) and killed every man.(J) 8 Among their victims were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba(K)—the five kings of Midian.(L) They also killed Balaam son of Beor(M) with the sword.(N) 9 The Israelites captured the Midianite women(O) and children and took all the Midianite herds, flocks and goods as plunder.(P) 10 They burned(Q) all the towns where the Midianites had settled, as well as all their camps.(R) 11 They took all the plunder and spoils, including the people and animals,(S) 12 and brought the captives, spoils(T) and plunder to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the Israelite assembly(U) at their camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.(V)
13 Moses, Eleazar the priest and all the leaders of the community went to meet them outside the camp. 14 Moses was angry with the officers of the army(W)—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who returned from the battle.
15 “Have you allowed all the women to live?” he asked them. 16 “They were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice(X) and enticed the Israelites to be unfaithful to the Lord in the Peor incident,(Y) so that a plague(Z) struck the Lord’s people. 17 Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man,(AA) 18 but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.
19 “Anyone who has killed someone or touched someone who was killed(AB) must stay outside the camp seven days.(AC) On the third and seventh days you must purify yourselves(AD) and your captives. 20 Purify every garment(AE) as well as everything made of leather, goat hair or wood.(AF)”
21 Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle,(AG) “This is what is required by the law that the Lord gave Moses: 22 Gold, silver, bronze, iron,(AH) tin, lead 23 and anything else that can withstand fire must be put through the fire,(AI) and then it will be clean. But it must also be purified with the water of cleansing.(AJ) And whatever cannot withstand fire must be put through that water. 24 On the seventh day wash your clothes and you will be clean.(AK) Then you may come into the camp.(AL)”
Dividing the Spoils
25 The Lord said to Moses, 26 “You and Eleazar the priest and the family heads(AM) of the community are to count all the people(AN) and animals that were captured.(AO) 27 Divide(AP) the spoils equally between the soldiers who took part in the battle and the rest of the community. 28 From the soldiers who fought in the battle, set apart as tribute for the Lord(AQ) one out of every five hundred, whether people, cattle, donkeys or sheep. 29 Take this tribute from their half share and give it to Eleazar the priest as the Lord’s part. 30 From the Israelites’ half, select one out of every fifty, whether people, cattle, donkeys, sheep or other animals. Give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the Lord’s tabernacle.(AR)” 31 So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.
32 The plunder remaining from the spoils(AS) that the soldiers took was 675,000 sheep, 33 72,000 cattle, 34 61,000 donkeys 35 and 32,000 women who had never slept with a man.
36 The half share of those who fought in the battle was:
337,500 sheep, 37 of which the tribute for the Lord(AT) was 675;
38 36,000 cattle, of which the tribute for the Lord was 72;
39 30,500 donkeys, of which the tribute for the Lord was 61;
40 16,000 people, of whom the tribute for the Lord was 32.
41 Moses gave the tribute to Eleazar the priest as the Lord’s part,(AU) as the Lord commanded Moses.(AV)
42 The half belonging to the Israelites, which Moses set apart from that of the fighting men— 43 the community’s half—was 337,500 sheep, 44 36,000 cattle, 45 30,500 donkeys 46 and 16,000 people. 47 From the Israelites’ half, Moses selected one out of every fifty people and animals, as the Lord commanded him, and gave them to the Levites, who were responsible for the care of the Lord’s tabernacle.
48 Then the officers(AW) who were over the units of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—went to Moses 49 and said to him, “Your servants have counted(AX) the soldiers under our command, and not one is missing.(AY) 50 So we have brought as an offering to the Lord the gold articles each of us acquired—armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves(AZ) before the Lord.”
51 Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted from them the gold—all the crafted articles. 52 All the gold from the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds that Moses and Eleazar presented as a gift to the Lord weighed 16,750 shekels.[a] 53 Each soldier had taken plunder(BA) for himself. 54 Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted the gold from the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds and brought it into the tent of meeting(BB) as a memorial(BC) for the Israelites before the Lord.
Footnotes
- Numbers 31:52 That is, about 420 pounds or about 190 kilograms
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