Vengeance on the Midianites

31 The Lord said to Moses, “Take vengeance on the Midianites(A) for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.(B)

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. Send into battle a thousand men from each of the tribes of Israel.” So twelve thousand men armed for battle,(D) a thousand from each tribe, were supplied from the clans of Israel. 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.

They fought against Midian, as the Lord commanded Moses,(I) and killed every man.(J)

Read full chapter

31 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.

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.

Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

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.

And they warred against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.

Read full chapter

12 and brought the captives, spoils(A) and plunder to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the Israelite assembly(B) at their camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.(C)

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(D)—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who returned from the battle.

Read full chapter

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.

Read full chapter

20 Purify every garment(A) as well as everything made of leather, goat hair or wood.(B)

Read full chapter

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.

Read full chapter

Dividing the Spoils

25 The Lord said to Moses,

Read full chapter

25 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Read full chapter

31 So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.

Read full chapter

31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.

Read full chapter

41 Moses gave the tribute to Eleazar the priest as the Lord’s part,(A) as the Lord commanded Moses.(B)

42 The half belonging to the Israelites, which Moses set apart from that of the fighting men—

Read full chapter

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,

Read full chapter

48 Then the officers(A) who were over the units of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—went to Moses

Read full chapter

48 And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:

Read full chapter

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(A) 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(B) as a memorial(C) for the Israelites before the Lord.

Read full chapter

Notas al pie

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

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.

Read full chapter