Numbers 31
King James Version
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.
4 Mosebok 31
Svenska Folkbibeln
Kriget mot Midjan
31 Herren talade till Mose. Han sade: 2 "Tag hämnd på midjaniterna för Israels barn. Därefter skall du samlas till ditt folk." 3 Och Mose sade till folket: "Låt några av era män beväpna sig till strid. De skall rycka ut mot Midjan och utföra Herrens hämnd på Midjan. 4 Ettusen man från var och en av Israels alla stammar skall ni sända ut i striden." 5 Då avskiljdes ur Israels ätter ettusen man av varje stam, tolvtusen man beväpnade till strid. 6 Dessa sände Mose ut i striden, ettusen man ur varje stam, tillsammans med Pinehas, prästen Eleasars son, som tog de heliga redskapen och larmtrumpeterna i sin hand.
7 De gick i krig mot Midjan, så som Herren hade befallt Mose, och de dödade alla av manligt kön. 8 Tillsammans med andra som blev slagna av dem dödades också de midjanitiska kungarna Evi, Rekem, Sur, Hur och Reba, fem midjanitiska kungar. Också Bileam, Beors son, dödade de med svärd. 9 Israels barn förde bort Midjans kvinnor och barn som fångar, och alla deras dragdjur, all deras boskap och allt deras gods tog de som byte. 10 Alla deras städer där de bodde och alla deras tältläger brände de upp i eld. 11 De tog med sig allt bytet och allt vad de hade rövat, både människor och boskap, 12 och förde fångarna och det rövade och bytet till Mose och prästen Eleasar och till Israels barns menighet i lägret på Moabs hedar, vid Jordan mitt emot Jeriko.
Hären återvänder
13 Mose och prästen Eleasar och menighetens alla furstar gick för att möta dem utanför lägret. 14 Men Mose blev upprörd över krigsbefälet, både överbefälen och underbefälen, när de kom tillbaka från kriget. 15 Mose sade till dem: "Har ni låtit alla kvinnor leva? 16 Ändå var det just de som på Bileams inrådan förledde Israels barn att begå otrohet mot Herren i saken med Peor, så att hemsökelsen kom över Herrens menighet. 17 Döda därför nu alla pojkar, och döda alla kvinnor som har legat med någon man. 18 Men alla flickor som inte har legat med någon man skall ni låta leva för er räkning. 19 Och ni skall vara utanför lägret i sju dagar. Var och en som har dödat någon människa, och var och en som har rört vid någon slagen skall rena sig på tredje dagen och på sjunde dagen. Det gäller er själva och era fångar. 20 Ni skall rena alla kläder, allt som är tillverkat av skinn, allt som är gjort av gethår och alla redskap av trä."
21 Prästen Eleasar sade till de stridsmän som hade deltagit i kriget: "Detta är den lagstadga som Herren har befallt Mose: 22 Guld och silver, koppar, järn, tenn och bly, 23 allt som tål eld skall ni låta gå genom eld, så blir det rent. Men det skall också renas med stänkelsevatten. Och allt som inte tål eld skall ni låta gå genom vatten. 24 På sjunde dagen skall ni tvätta era kläder och så vara rena. Därefter får ni gå in i lägret."
Fördelning av bytet
25 Herren sade till Mose: 26 "Tillsammans med prästen Eleasar och huvudmännen för menigheten skall du göra en beräkning över det tagna bytet av människor och boskap. 27 Sedan skall du dela bytet i två delar mellan de krigare som deltagit i striden och hela menigheten. 28 Som skatt åt Herren skall du ta från det krigsfolk som har varit med i striden: en av var femhundrade av människor, nötboskap, åsnor och får. 29 Tag detta av deras hälft och ge det åt prästen Eleasar som en offergåva åt Herren. 30 Och från Israels barns hälft skall du ta: en av var femtionde av människor, nötboskap, åsnor, får, ja, av all boskap, och ge detta åt leviterna, som skall ha vården om Herrens tabernakel."
31 Mose och prästen Eleasar gjorde som Herren hade befallt Mose. 32 Och rovet, återstoden av det byte som krigsfolket hade tagit, utgjorde: av får 675 000, 33 av nötboskap 72 000, 34 av åsnor 61 000 35 och av människor, sådana kvinnor som inte hade legat med någon man, tillsammans 32 000. 36 Hälften av bytet, den del som tillföll dem som deltagit i striden, utgjorde: av får 337 500, 37 varav skatten åt Herren utgjorde 675 får; 38 av nötboskap 36 000, varav skatten åt Herren utgjorde 72; 39 av åsnor 30 500, varav skatten åt Herren utgjorde 61; 40 av människor 16 000, varav skatten åt Herren utgjorde 32 personer. 41 Och skatten, den för Herren bestämda gåvan, gav Mose åt prästen Eleasar, så som Herren hade befallt Mose.
42 Den hälft som tillföll Israels barn och som Mose hade avskilt från krigsfolkets del, 43 den hälft som tillföll menigheten, utgjorde: av får 337 500, 44 av nötboskap 36 000, 45 av åsnor 30 500 46 och av människor 16 000. 47 Ur den hälft som tillföll israeliterna tog Mose ut var femtionde, både av människor och boskap, och gav detta åt leviterna, som skall ha vården om Herrens tabernakel, allt så som Herren hade befallt Mose.
48 Befälhavarna över härens avdelningar, både överbefälen och underbefälen, trädde fram till Mose 49 och sade till honom: "Dina tjänare har räknat antalet krigsmän som vi har haft under vårt befäl, och ingen man fattas bland oss. 50 Därför har nu var och en av oss som en offergåva åt Herren burit fram det som han har kommit över av guldsmycken: armband, ringar, örhängen och halssmycken, detta för att bringa försoning för oss inför Herrens ansikte." 51 Mose och prästen Eleasar tog emot guldet från dem, alla slags klenoder. 52 Guldet som gavs som gåva åt Herren, från överbefälen och underbefälen, utgjorde sammanlagt 16 750 siklar. 53 Krigsfolket hade tagit byte, var och en för sig. 54 Och Mose och prästen Eleasar tog emot guldet från överbefälen och underbefälen, och bar in det i uppenbarelsetältet, för att det skulle bringa Israels barn i åminnelse inför Herrens ansikte.
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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