Numbers 31
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
War against Midian
31 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Avenge the Israelites on the Midianites; afterward you shall be gathered to your people.” 3 So Moses said to the people, “Arm some of your number for the war, so that they may go against Midian, to execute the Lord’s vengeance on Midian. 4 You shall send a thousand from each of the tribes of Israel to the war.” 5 So out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe were conscripted, twelve thousand armed for battle. 6 Moses sent them to the war, a thousand from each tribe, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest,[a] with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for sounding the alarm in his hand. 7 They did battle against Midian, as the Lord had commanded Moses, and killed every male. 8 They killed the kings of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian, in addition to others who were slain by them; and they also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword. 9 The Israelites took the women of Midian and their little ones captive; and they took all their cattle, their flocks, and all their goods as booty. 10 All their towns where they had settled, and all their encampments, they burned, 11 but they took all the spoil and all the booty, both people and animals. 12 Then they brought the captives and the booty and the spoil to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the Israelites, at the camp on the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
Return from the War
13 Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation went to meet them outside the camp. 14 Moses became 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 Moses said to them, “Have you allowed all the women to live? 16 These women here, on Balaam’s advice, made the Israelites act treacherously against the Lord in the affair of Peor, so that the plague came among the congregation of the Lord. 17 Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man by sleeping with him. 18 But all the young girls who have not known a man by sleeping with him, keep alive for yourselves. 19 Camp outside the camp seven days; whoever of you has killed any person or touched a corpse, purify yourselves and your captives on the third and on the seventh day. 20 You shall purify every garment, every article of skin, everything made of goats’ hair, and every article of wood.”
21 Eleazar the priest said to the troops who had gone to battle: “This is the statute of the law that the Lord has commanded Moses: 22 gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead— 23 everything that can withstand fire, shall be passed through fire, and it shall be clean. Nevertheless it shall also be purified with the water for purification; and whatever cannot withstand fire, shall be passed through the water. 24 You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean; afterward you may come into the camp.”
Disposition of Captives and Booty
25 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 26 “You and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the ancestral houses of the congregation make an inventory of the booty captured, both human and animal. 27 Divide the booty into two parts, between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation. 28 From the share of the warriors who went out to battle, set aside as tribute for the Lord, one item out of every five hundred, whether persons, oxen, donkeys, sheep, or goats. 29 Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the Lord. 30 But from the Israelites’ half you shall take one out of every fifty, whether persons, oxen, donkeys, sheep, or goats—all the animals—and give them to the Levites who have charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.”
31 Then Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord had commanded Moses:
32 The booty remaining from the spoil that the troops had taken totaled six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep, 33 seventy-two thousand oxen, 34 sixty-one thousand donkeys, 35 and thirty-two thousand persons in all, women who had not known a man by sleeping with him.
36 The half-share, the portion of those who had gone out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep and goats, 37 and the Lord’s tribute of sheep and goats was six hundred seventy-five. 38 The oxen 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 Moses gave the tribute, the offering for the Lord, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
42 As for the Israelites’ half, which Moses separated from that of the troops, 43 the congregation’s half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep and goats, 44 thirty-six thousand oxen, 45 thirty thousand five hundred donkeys, 46 and sixteen thousand persons. 47 From the Israelites’ half Moses took one of every fifty, both of persons and of animals, and gave them to the Levites who had charge of the tabernacle of the Lord; 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 said to Moses, “Your servants have counted the warriors who are under our command, and not one of us is missing. 50 And we have brought the Lord’s offering, what each of us found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and pendants, to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord.” 51 Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from them, all in the form of crafted articles. 52 And all the gold of the offering that they offered to the Lord, from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels. 53 (The troops had all taken plunder for themselves.) 54 So Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the Lord.
Footnotes
- Numbers 31:6 Gk: Heb adds to the war
Brojevi 31
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Rat protiv Midjanaca
31 BOG je rekao Mojsiju: 2 »Kazni Midjance zbog onoga što su učinili Izraelcima.[a] Nakon toga ćeš umrijeti[b].«
3 Tada je Mojsije rekao narodu: »Naoružajte ljude za rat pa neka napadnu Midjance i izvrše BOŽJU kaznu na njima. 4 Pošaljite u rat po tisuću ljudi iz svakoga Izraelovog plemena.«
5 Tako je iz Izraelovih plemena okupljeno dvanaest tisuća ljudi naoružanih za rat, po tisuću iz svakog plemena. 6 Potom ih je Mojsije poslao u rat, po tisuću iz svakog plemena, a s njima je išao i Pinhas, sin svećenika Eleazara, koji je ponio svete predmete i trube za signalizaciju.
7 Poveli su rat protiv Midjana, kao što je BOG zapovjedio Mojsiju, i poubijali sve muškarce. 8 Među onima koje su ubili bilo je i pet midjanskih kraljeva: Evi, Rekem, Sur, Hur i Reba, a mačem su pogubili i Bileama, Beorovog sina. 9 Zarobili su midjanske žene i djecu te kao plijen uzeli svu midjansku krupnu i sitnu stoku te dobra. 10 Spalili su sve gradove i naselja u kojima su živjeli Midjanci. 11 Uzeli su sa sobom sve što su zaplijenili, uključujući ljude i životinje. 12 Zatim su poveli zarobljenike i ponijeli plijen Mojsiju, svećeniku Eleazaru i cijeloj izraelskoj zajednici, koji su bili u taboru na Moapskim poljanama, pokraj rijeke Jordan, nasuprot Jerihona.
Povratak vojske
13 Mojsije, svećenik Eleazar i svi glavari zajednice izašli su im ususret izvan tabora. 14 No Mojsije se razljutio na zapovjednike vojske, tisućnike i stotnike koji su se vratili iz bitke. 15 »Zašto ste na životu ostavili žene?« rekao je. 16 »A baš su one po Bileamovom savjetu navele Izraelce na nevjernost BOGU, u događaju kod Peora, pa je pomor došao na BOŽJU zajednicu. 17 Stoga, sad ubijte sve dječake i svaku ženu koja nije djevica, 18 a svaku djevojku koja je djevica ostavite za sebe. 19 Tko god je nekoga ubio ili dotaknuo ubijenoga, sedam dana neka ostane izvan tabora. Trećeg i sedmog dana očistite i sebe i svoje zarobljenike. 20 Očistite svu odjeću i sve što je načinjeno od kože, kozje dlake ili drva.«
21 Tada je svećenik Eleazar rekao vojnicima koji su bili u bitci: »Ovo je odredba zakona koju je BOG dao Mojsiju: 22 Zlato, srebro, bronca, željezo, kositar, olovo, 23 i sve što može podnijeti vatru, neka se kroz nju provuče pa će biti čisto. No neka se očisti i vodom očišćenja. Sve što ne može podnijeti vatru, neka se opere vodom očišćenja. 24 Sedmog dana operite svoju odjeću i bit ćete čisti. Tada možete ući u tabor.«
Podjela plijena
25 BOG je rekao Mojsiju: 26 »Ti i svećenik Eleazar, i sve glave obitelji u zajednici, prebrojite sav plijen, uključujući ljude i životinje. 27 Podijelite plijen između vojnika, koji su išli u rat, i ostatka zajednice. 28 Od plijena što pripada vojnicima, koji su se borili u ratu, odvoji danak za BOGA. Odvoji po jedno od svakih pet stotina—od ljudi, goveda, magaraca i sitne stoke. 29 Kad uzmeš danak od vojničke polovice plijena, daj ga svećeniku Eleazaru kao prilog BOGU. 30 Od polovice koja pripada Izraelcima uzmi po jedno od svakih pedeset—od ljudi, goveda, magaraca, sitne stoke i drugih životinja. Daj to Levitima koji su odgovorni za BOŽJI Sveti šator.«
31 Mojsije i svećenik Eleazar učinili su kako je BOG zapovjedio Mojsiju. 32 Ovo je plijen koji je preostao od svega što su zaplijenili vojnici:
675.000 grla sitne stoke,
33 72.000 goveda,
34 61.000 magaraca
35 i 32.000 djevica.
36 Polovica što je pripala onima koji su se borili u ratu iznosila je:
337.500 grla sitne stoke, 37 od kojih je danak BOGU bio 675;
38 36.000 goveda, od kojih je danak BOGU bio 72;
39 30.500 magaraca, od kojih je danak BOGU bio 61;
40 i 16.000 ljudi, od kojih je danak BOGU bio 32.
41 Mojsije je dao danak svećeniku Eleazaru, što je bio prilog BOGU, kao što mu je zapovjedio BOG. 42 Odvojio je polovicu koja je pripala Izraelcima od one koja je pripala ratnicima. 43 Tako je polovica, koja je pripala zajednici, iznosila 337.500 grla sitne stoke, 44 36.000 goveda, 45 30.500 magaraca 46 i 16.000 žena. 47 Od polovice, koja je pripala Izraelcima, Mojsije je uzeo po jedno od svakih pedeset ljudi i životinja te dao Levitima, koji su bili odgovorni za BOŽJI Sveti šator. Učinio je sve kako je zapovjedio BOG.
48 Tada su vojskovođe, tisućnici i stotnici došli k Mojsiju 49 i rekli mu: »Mi, tvoji sluge, izvršili smo popis ratnika pod svojim zapovjedništvom, i svi su na broju. 50 Zato smo, kao prilog BOGU, donijeli zlatne predmete koje smo imali—lančiće, narukvice, prstene, naušnice i ogrlice—da za sebe izvršimo obred očišćenja pred BOGOM.«
51 Mojsije i svećenik Eleazar primili su od njih sve predmete napravljene od zlata. 52 Sve zlato, koje su tisućnici i stotnici donijeli kao prilog BOGU, težilo je 170 kilograma[c], 53 a svaki je vojnik ostatak svog plijena zadržao za sebe. 54 Mojsije i svećenik Eleazar primili su zlato od tisućnika i stotnika. Zatim su ga unijeli u Šator sastanka kao spomen na Izraelce pred BOGOM.
Footnotes
- 31,2 Vidi Br 25,1-18.
- 31,2 umrijeti Doslovno: »pridružit ćeš se svojima«.
- 31,52 170 kilograma Mjera je zaokružena. Doslovno: »16.750 šekela«. Šekel je približno 10 grama.
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