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Ang Pakikidigma Laban sa mga Midianita

31 Sinabi ni Yahweh kay Moises, 2 “Ipaghiganti mo muna ang sambayanang Israel sa mga Midianita. Pagkatapos, pamamahingahin na kita sa piling ng iyong mga yumaong ninuno.”

3 Kaya sinabi ni Moises sa mga Israelita, “Humanda kayo sa pakikipagdigma laban sa mga Midianita upang maigawad ang parusa ni Yahweh sa kanila. 4 Bawat lipi ng Israel ay magpadala ng sanlibong kawal.”

5 Nagpadala nga ng tig-iisanlibong kawal ang bawat lipi kaya't nakatipon sila ng 12,000 kalalakihang handang makipagdigma. 6 Pinapunta sila ni Moises sa labanan sa pamumuno ni Finehas na anak ng paring si Eleazar. Dala niya ang mga kagamitan sa santuwaryo at ang mga trumpeta para magbigay-hudyat. 7 Tulad ng utos ni Yahweh kay Moises, nilusob nila ang mga Midianita at pinatay ang lahat ng lalaki 8 kasama ang limang hari ng Midian na sina Evi, Requem, Zur, Hur at Reba, pati si Balaam na anak ni Beor.

9 Binihag nila ang mga babae at ang mga bata, at sinamsam ang kanilang mga baka, mga kawan at lahat ng ari-arian. 10 Sinunog nila ang mga lunsod at lahat ng mga toldang tinitirhan roon, 11 subalit sinamsam nila ang lahat ng maaaring samsamin, maging tao o hayop man. 12 Lahat ng kanilang nasamsam ay iniuwi nila sa kanilang kampo na nasa kapatagan ng Moab, sa tabi ng Jordan, at tapat ng Jerico. Dinala nila ang mga ito kay Moises, sa paring si Eleazar, at sa sambayanang Israel.

Ang Pagkamatay ng mga Bihag na Babae at Paglilinis ng mga Samsam

13 Ang mga kawal ay sinalubong ni Moises, ng paring si Eleazar, at ng mga pinuno ng Israel sa labas ng kampo. 14 Nagalit si Moises sa mga punong kawal, mula sa pinakamataas hanggang sa pinakamababa. 15 Sinabi niya, “Bakit hindi ninyo pinatay ang mga babae? 16 Nakalimutan(A) (B) na ba ninyo ang ginawa ng mga babaing ito? Sila ang humikayat sa mga Israelita na magtaksil kay Yahweh at sumamba kay Baal noong sila'y nasa Peor! Sila ang dahilan kaya nagkaroon ng salot sa sambayanan ni Yahweh. 17 Patayin ninyo ang mga batang lalaki at lahat ng babaing nasipingan na. 18 Itira ninyo ang mga dalaga, at iuwi ninyo. 19 Ngunit huwag muna kayong papasok ng kampo. Pitong araw muna kayo sa labas ng kampo. Lahat ng nakapatay at nakahawak ng patay, pati ang inyong mga bihag ay maglilinis sa ikatlo at ikapitong araw ayon sa Kautusan. 20 Linisin din ninyo ang inyong mga kasuotan, mga kagamitang yari sa balat, telang lana at kahoy.”

21 Sinabi ni Eleazar sa mga kawal na nanggaling sa labanan, “Ito ang mga patakarang ibinigay ni Yahweh kay Moises: 22-23 ang mga ginto, pilak, tanso, bakal, lata at lahat ng hindi masusunog ay pararaanin sa apoy para luminis. Pagkatapos, huhugasan ito ayon sa Kautusan. Lahat ng maaaring masunog ay lilinisin sa pamamagitan ng tubig ayon sa Kautusan. 24 Sa ikapitong araw, lalabhan ninyo ang inyong mga damit. Pagkatapos, magiging malinis na kayo ayon sa Kautusan at maaari nang pumasok sa kampo.”

Ang Paghahati sa mga Samsam

25 Sinabi ni Yahweh kay Moises, 26 “Tawagin mo ang paring si Eleazar at ang matatandang pinuno ng bayan at bilangin ninyo ang mga nasamsam. 27 Pagkatapos, hatiin ninyo; ang isang bahagi ay para sa mga kawal, at ang isa'y para sa taong-bayan. 28 Kunin mo ang isa sa bawat limandaang hayop o taong makakaparte ng mga kawal. 29 Ibigay mo ito sa paring si Eleazar bilang handog kay Yahweh. 30 Sa kaparte naman ng bayan, kunin mo ang isa sa bawat limampung tao o hayop, at ibigay mo naman sa mga Levita na nangangalaga sa tabernakulo.” 31 Ginawa nga nina Moises at Eleazar ang ipinag-utos ni Yahweh.

32-35 Ang nasamsam ng mga kawal na Israelita mula sa Midian ay 675,000 tupa, 72,000 baka, 61,000 asno, at 32,000 dalagang birhen. 36-40 Ang kalahati nito'y nauwi sa mga kawal: 337,500 tupa ang napunta sa kanila at ang handog nila kay Yahweh ay 675; ang mga baka naman ay 36,000 at 72 nito ang inihandog nila kay Yahweh; ang mga asno naman ay 30,500 at 61 ang inihandog nila kay Yahweh; ang mga babaing nakaparte nila ay 16,000 at ang 32 nito ay inihandog nila kay Yahweh. 41 At tulad ng sinabi ni Yahweh kay Moises, lahat ng handog kay Yahweh ay ibinigay niya kay Eleazar.

42-46 Ang kalahati ng samsam na kaparte ng taong-bayan ay 337,500 tupa, 36,000 baka, 30,500 asno, at 16,000 babae. 47 Mula sa kaparteng ito ng bayan, kinuha ni Moises ang isa sa bawat limampung hayop o tao at ibinigay sa mga Levita na siyang nangangalaga sa tabernakulo; ito'y ayon sa utos ni Yahweh kay Moises.

48 Pagkatapos, lumapit kay Moises ang mga pinunong kasama sa labanan. 49 Sinabi nila, “Binilang po namin ang aming mga kasamahan at isa man po'y walang namatay. 50 Dala po namin ang mga gintong alahas na aming nasamsam tulad ng pulseras, singsing, hikaw at kuwintas, upang ihandog kay Yahweh bilang kabayaran sa aming buhay.” 51 Tinanggap nina Moises at Eleazar ang lahat ng alahas na yari sa ginto. 52 Nang bilangin nila ang mga ito ay umabot sa 16,750 pirasong ginto. 53 (Hindi ibinigay ng mga pangkaraniwang kawal ang kanilang nasamsam.) 54 Ang mga gintong alahas na tinanggap nina Moises at Eleazar mula sa mga pinuno ay dinala nila sa Toldang Tipanan upang magpaalala sa Israel kung ano ang ginawa ni Yahweh.

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Numbers 31
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The Midianite War

31 [a] The Lord spoke to Moses: 2 “Exact vengeance[b] for the Israelites from the Midianites[c]—after that you will be gathered to your people.”[d]

3 So Moses spoke to the people: “Arm[e] men from among you for the war, to attack the Midianites and to execute[f] the Lord’s vengeance on Midian. 4 You must send to the battle 1,000 men from every tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel.”[g] 5 So 1,000 from every tribe, 12,000 armed for battle in all, were provided out of the thousands of Israel.

Campaign Against the Midianites

6 So Moses sent them to the war, 1,000 from every tribe, with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who was in charge[h] of the holy articles[i] and the signal trumpets. 7 They fought against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses, and they killed every male.[j] 8 They killed the kings of Midian in addition to those slain—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—five Midianite kings.[k] They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.[l]

9 The Israelites took the women of Midian captive along with their little ones, and took all their herds, all their flocks, and all their goods as plunder. 10 They burned[m] all their towns[n] where they lived and all their encampments. 11 They took all the plunder and all the spoils, both people and animals. 12 They brought the captives and the spoils and the plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the Israelite community, to the camp on the rift valley plains[o] of Moab, along the Jordan River[p] across from Jericho.[q] 13 Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the community went out to meet them outside the camp.

The Death of the Midianite Women

14 But Moses was furious with the officers of the army, the commanders over thousands and commanders over hundreds, who had come from service in the war. 15 Moses said to them, “Have you allowed all the women to live?[r] 16 Look, these people through the counsel of Balaam caused the Israelites to act treacherously against the Lord in the matter of Peor—which resulted in the plague among the community of the Lord! 17 Now therefore kill every boy,[s] and kill every woman who has been intimate with a man in bed.[t] 18 But all the young women[u] who have not experienced a man’s bed[v] will be yours.[w]

Purification After Battle

19 “Any of you who has killed anyone or touched any of the dead, remain outside the camp for seven days; purify yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day. 20 You must purify each garment and everything that is made of skin, everything made of goats’ hair, and everything made of wood.”[x]

21 Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone into the battle, “This is the ordinance of the law that the Lord commanded Moses: 22 ‘Only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead, 23 everything that may stand the fire, you are to pass through the fire,[y] and it will be ceremonially clean, but it must still be purified with the water of purification. Anything that cannot withstand the fire you must pass through the water. 24 You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you will be ceremonially clean, and afterward you may enter the camp.’”

The Distribution of Spoils

25 Then the Lord spoke to Moses: 26 “You and Eleazar the priest, and all the family leaders of the community, take the sum[z] of the plunder that was captured, both people and animals. 27 Divide the plunder into two parts, one for those who took part in the war—who went out to battle—and the other for all the community.

28 “You must exact[aa] a tribute for the Lord from the fighting men who went out to battle: one life out of 500, from the people, the cattle, and from the donkeys and the sheep. 29 You are to take it from their half share and give it to Eleazar the priest for a raised offering to the Lord. 30 From the Israelites’ half share you are to take one portion out of fifty of the people, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep—from every kind of animal—and you are to give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the Lord’s tabernacle.”

31 So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses. 32 The spoil that remained of the plunder that the fighting men[ab] had gathered[ac] was 675,000 sheep, 33 72,000 cattle, 34 61,000 donkeys, 35 and 32,000[ad] young women who had not experienced a man’s bed.[ae]

36 The half portion of those who went to war numbered 337,500 sheep; 37 the Lord’s tribute from the sheep was 675. 38 The cattle numbered[af] 36,000; the Lord’s tribute was 72. 39 The donkeys were 30,500, of which the Lord’s tribute was 61. 40 The people were 16,000, of which the Lord’s tribute was 32 people.[ag]

41 So Moses gave the tribute, which was the Lord’s raised offering, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses.

42 From the Israelites’ half share that Moses had separated from the fighting men,[ah] 43 there were 337,500 sheep from the portion belonging to the community, 44 36,000 cattle, 45 30,500 donkeys, 46 and 16,000 people.

47 From the Israelites’ share Moses took one of every fifty people and animals and gave them to the Levites who were responsible for the care of the Lord’s tabernacle, just as the Lord commanded Moses.

48 Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders over thousands and the commanders over hundreds, approached Moses 49 and said to him,[ai] “Your servants have taken a count[aj] of the men who were in the battle, who were under our authority,[ak] and not one is missing. 50 So we have brought as an offering for the Lord what each man found: gold ornaments, armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves[al] before the Lord.”[am] 51 Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all of it in the form of ornaments. 52 All the gold of the offering they offered up to the Lord from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds weighed 16,750 shekels.[an] 53 Each soldier had taken plunder for himself. 54 So Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and commanders[ao] of hundreds and brought it into the tent of meeting as a memorial[ap] for the Israelites before the Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 31:1 sn This lengthy chapter records the mobilization of the troops (vv. 1-5), the war itself (vv. 6-13), the death of the captive women (vv. 14-18), the purification of the nations (vv. 19-24), and the distribution of the spoils (vv. 25-54). For more detail, see G. W. Coats, “Moses in Midian,” JBL 92 (1973): 3-10; and W. J. Dumbrell, “Midian—a Land or a League?” VT 25 (1975): 323-37.
  2. Numbers 31:2 tn The imperative is followed by its cognate accusative to stress this vengeance. The Midianites had attempted to destroy Israel with their corrupt pagan practices, and now will be judged. The accounts indicate that the effort by Midian was calculated and evil.
  3. Numbers 31:2 sn The war was commanded by the Lord and was to be divine vengeance on the Midianites. So it was holy war. No Israelites then could take spoils in this—it was not a time for plunder and aggrandizement. It was part of the judgment of God upon those who would destroy or pervert his plan and his people.
  4. Numbers 31:2 sn This would be the last major enterprise that Moses would have to undertake. He would soon die and “be gathered to his people” as Aaron was.
  5. Numbers 31:3 tn The Niphal imperative, literally “arm yourselves,” is the call to mobilize the nation for war. It is followed by the jussive, “and they will be,” which would then be subordinated to say “that they may be.” The versions changed the verb to a Hiphil, but that is unnecessary: “arm some of yourselves.”
  6. Numbers 31:3 tn Heb “give.”
  7. Numbers 31:4 sn Some commentators argue that given the size of the nation (which they reject) the small number for the army is a sign of the unrealistic character of the story. The number is a round number, but it is also a holy war, and God would give them the victory. They are beginning to learn here, and at Jericho, and later against these Midianites under Gideon, that God does not want or need a large army in order to obtain victory.
  8. Numbers 31:6 tn The Hebrew text uses the idiom that these “were in his hand,” meaning that he had the responsibility over them.
  9. Numbers 31:6 sn It is not clear what articles from the sanctuary were included. Tg. Ps.-J. adds (interpretively) “the Urim and Thummim.”
  10. Numbers 31:7 sn Many modern biblical scholars assume that this passage is fictitious. The text says that they killed every male, but Judges accounts for the Midianites. The texts can be harmonized rather simply—they killed every Midianite who was in the battle. Midianite tribes and cities dotted the whole region, but that does not mean Israel went and killed every single one of them. There apparently was a core of Midianites whom Balaam had influenced to pervert Israel.
  11. Numbers 31:8 sn Here again we see that there was no unified empire, but Midianite tribal groups.
  12. Numbers 31:8 sn And what was Balaam doing among the Midianites? The implication is strong. This pagan diviner had to submit to the revealed will of God in the oracles, but he nonetheless could be hired. He had been a part of the attempt to destroy Israel that failed; he then apparently became part of the plan, if not the adviser, to destroy them with sexual immorality and pagan ritual.
  13. Numbers 31:10 tn Heb “burned with fire.”
  14. Numbers 31:10 tn The ban applied to the encampments and forts of this group of Midianite tribes living in the region of Moab.
  15. Numbers 31:12 sn This is the area of the rift valley basin to the north of the Dead Sea and east of the Jordan. See the note at Num 21:1.
  16. Numbers 31:12 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
  17. Numbers 31:12 tn Again this expression, “the Jordan of Jericho,” is used. It describes the intended location along the Jordan River, the Jordan next to or across from Jericho.
  18. Numbers 31:15 tn The verb is the Piel perfect of the word חָיָה (khayah, “to live”). In the Piel stem it must here mean “preserve alive,” or “allow to live,” rather than make alive.
  19. Numbers 31:17 tn Heb “every male among the little ones.”sn The command in holy war to kill women and children seems in modern times a terrible thing to do (and it was), and something they ought not to have done. But this criticism fails to understand the situation in the ancient world. The entire life of the ancient world was tribal warfare. God’s judgment is poured out on whole groups of people who act with moral abandonment and in sinful pursuits. See E. J. Young, My Servants, the Prophets, 24; and J. W. Wenham, The Enigma of Evil.
  20. Numbers 31:17 tn Heb “every woman, who is a knower of a man by the bed of a male.”
  21. Numbers 31:18 tn Or “girls.” The Hebrew indicates they would be female children, making the selection easy.
  22. Numbers 31:18 tn Heb “who have not known a man’s bed.” The verb יָדָע (yadaʿ) “to know,” “be intimate with,” is used as a euphemism for sexual relations.
  23. Numbers 31:18 sn Many contemporary scholars see this story as fictitious, composed by the Jews during the captivity. According to this interpretation, the spoils of war here indicate the wealth of the Jews in captivity, which was to be given to the Levites and priests for the restoration of the sanctuary in Jerusalem. The conclusion drawn from this interpretation is that returning Jews had the same problem as the earlier ones: to gain a foothold in the land. Against this interpretation of the account is a lack of hard evidence, a lack which makes this interpretation appear contrived and subjective. If this was the intent of a later writer, he surely could have stated this more clearly than by making up such a story.
  24. Numbers 31:20 sn These verses are a reminder that taking a life, even if justified through holy war, still separates one from the holiness of God. It is part of the violation of the fallen world, and only through the ritual of purification can one be once again made fit for the presence of the Lord.
  25. Numbers 31:23 sn Purification by fire is unique to this event. Making these metallic objects “pass through the fire” was not only a way of purifying (burning off impurities), but it seems to be a dedicatory rite as well to the Lord and his people. The aspect of passing through the fire is one used by these pagans for child sacrifice.
  26. Numbers 31:26 tn The idiom here is “take up the head,” meaning take a census, or count the totals.
  27. Numbers 31:28 tn The verb is the Hiphil, “you shall cause to be taken up.” The perfect with vav (ו) continues the sequence of the instructions. This raised offering was to be a tax of one-fifth of one percent for the Lord.
  28. Numbers 31:32 tn Heb “people.”
  29. Numbers 31:32 tn Heb “had plundered.”
  30. Numbers 31:35 sn Here again we encounter one of the difficulties of the book, the use of the large numbers. Only 12,000 soldiers fought the Midianites, but they brought back this amount of plunder, including 32,000 girls. Until a solution for numbers in the book can be found, or the current translation confirmed, one must remain cautious in interpretation.
  31. Numbers 31:35 tn Heb “who have not known a man’s bed.” The verb יָדָע (yadaʿ) “to know,” “be intimate with,” is used as a euphemism for sexual relations.
  32. Numbers 31:38 tn The word “numbered” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
  33. Numbers 31:40 tn Heb “soul.”
  34. Numbers 31:42 tn Heb “the men who were fighting.”
  35. Numbers 31:49 tn Heb “to Moses”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  36. Numbers 31:49 tn Heb “lifted up the head.”
  37. Numbers 31:49 tn Heb “in our hand.”
  38. Numbers 31:50 tn Heb “our souls.”
  39. Numbers 31:50 sn The expression here may include the idea of finding protection from divine wrath, which is so common to Leviticus, but it may also be a thank offering for the fact that their lives had been spared.
  40. Numbers 31:52 sn Or about 420 imperial pounds.
  41. Numbers 31:54 tn The Hebrew text does not repeat the word “commanders” here, but it is implied.
  42. Numbers 31:54 tn The purpose of the offering was to remind the Lord to remember Israel. But it would also be an encouragement for Israel as they remembered the great victory.
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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

  1. Numbers 31:52 That is, about 420 pounds or about 190 kilograms
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31 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.

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