Números 31
Portuguese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
A batalha contra os midianitas
31 O SENHOR disse a Moisés:
2 —Antes que você morra e se reúna com os seus antepassados, quero que tome vingança de parte dos israelitas contra os midianitas.
3 Então Moisés disse ao povo:
—Que alguns de vocês fiquem prontos para lutar contra Midiã porque podemos fazer cair sobre eles a vingança do SENHOR. 4 Que cada tribo de Israel envie 1.000 homens para a batalha.
5 Então das divisões militares de cada tribo escolheram 1.000 homens, ao todo 12.000 homens armados para o combate. 6 Moisés os enviou para a batalha, e com eles foi Fineias, filho do sacerdote Eleazar, levando os objetos sagrados e as trombetas para dar a eles a ordem de ataque. 7 Atacaram a Midiã assim como o SENHOR ordenou a Moisés, e mataram a todos os homens midianitas. 8 Mataram também os cinco reis midianitas: Evi, Requém, Zur, Jur e Reba, e também Balaão, filho de Beor. 9 Os israelitas fizeram prisioneiras às mulheres de Midiã e aos seus filhos, e levaram todos os seus animais, gado e riquezas. 10 Também incendiaram todas as suas cidades e acampamentos. 11 Depois reuniram todo o despojo, incluindo pessoas e animais, 12 e o levaram a Moisés, ao sacerdote Eleazar e à comunidade israelita, ao acampamento nas planícies de Moabe, junto ao rio Jordão, que fica em frente de Jericó. 13 Então Moisés, o sacerdote Eleazar e os chefes da comunidade foram recebê-los fora do acampamento.
14 Moisés estava muito irritado com os oficiais do exército, os comandantes de 1.000 homens e os comandantes de 100 homens que voltavam da batalha. 15 Moisés disse a eles:
—Por que deixaram vivas todas as mulheres? 16 Elas foram exatamente as que seguiram o conselho de Balaão que fez com que os israelitas pecassem contra o SENHOR em Peor, e por isso caiu uma terrível praga sobre a comunidade do SENHOR. 17 Agora matem todos os meninos e todas as mulheres que não sejam virgens, 18 mas deixem viver todas as mulheres virgens e tomem-nas para vocês. 19 Todo aquele que tenha assassinado uma pessoa ou tenha tocado num cadáver fique fora do acampamento por sete dias. Vocês e os prisioneiros devem se purificar no terceiro e sétimo dia, 20 e devem purificar toda roupa e todo artigo de couro, pelo de cabra e madeira.
21 Depois, o sacerdote Eleazar disse aos soldados que foram para a batalha:
—Esta é uma lei que o SENHOR deu a Moisés: 22 os objetos de ouro, prata, bronze, ferro, estanho e chumbo, 23 e tudo o que resista ao fogo, deverá passar pelo fogo para ser purificado, e depois deverão lavá-los com a água da purificação. Com relação aos objetos que não resistam ao fogo, estes deverão ser purificados com a água da purificação. 24 No sétimo dia, deverão lavar a sua roupa para ficar puros. Depois disso poderão entrar no acampamento.
A divisão do despojo
25 O SENHOR disse a Moisés:
26 —Você, o sacerdote Eleazar e os chefes de família da comunidade, deverão fazer uma lista de tudo o que capturaram na batalha, tanto de seres humanos como de animais. 27 Divida em duas partes o que foi capturado na batalha, e entregue uma parte aos que foram ao combate e a outra, ao resto da comunidade. 28 Exija daqueles que foram ao combate uma parte do seu despojo para o SENHOR: daquilo que corresponde a eles, tanto de pessoas como dos burros, vacas e ovelhas, tome um de cada quinhentos. 29 Você tomará isso da parte que correspondeu a eles, aos que foram ao combate, e a entregará ao sacerdote Eleazar como contribuição para o SENHOR. 30 Agora bem, da parte que correspondeu ao resto dos israelitas, tanto das pessoas como dos burros, vacas e ovelhas, isto é, de todos os animais, você tomará um de cada cinquenta e entregará aos levitas, que estão encarregados do cuidado da Tenda Sagrada do SENHOR.
31 Moisés e o sacerdote Eleazar fizeram exatamente o que o SENHOR ordenou a Moisés. 32 Sem tomar em conta o que cada soldado recolheu pela sua parte, o despojo da batalha foi o seguinte: 675.000 ovelhas, 33 72.000 cabeças de gado, 34 61.000 jumentos, 35 e 32.000 pessoas, ou seja as mulheres virgens. 36 A metade que correspondeu aos soldados foi esta: 337.500 ovelhas, 37 das quais deram 675 como contribuição ao SENHOR; 38 36.000 cabeças de gado, das quais deram 72 como contribuição ao SENHOR; 39 30.500 jumentos, dos quais deram 61 como contribuição ao SENHOR; 40 16.000 pessoas, das quais deram 32 como contribuição ao SENHOR. 41 Moisés entregou a contribuição para o SENHOR ao sacerdote Eleazar, assim como o SENHOR ordenou a Moisés.
42 A metade que corresponde ao resto dos israelitas foi esta: 43 337.500 ovelhas, 44 36.000 cabeças de gado, 45 35.500 jumentos 46 e 16.000 pessoas. 47 Moisés pegou da metade que correspondeu ao resto dos israelitas, um de cada cinquenta, tanto de pessoas como de animais, e os deu aos levitas, que estavam encarregados do cuidado da Tenda Sagrada do SENHOR, assim como o SENHOR ordenou a Moisés.
48 Depois os chefes das divisões militares, os comandantes de 1.000 homens e os comandantes de 100 homens se apresentaram diante de Moisés 49 e disseram:
—Nós, os seus servos, contamos os soldados que tínhamos sob a nossa ordem e nenhum dos israelitas morreu na batalha. 50 Portanto, trouxemos como oferta ao SENHOR os objetos de ouro que cada um de nós encontrou: pulseiras, braceletes, anéis, brincos e colares. São para dar como resgate pelas nossas vidas ao SENHOR.
51 Moisés e Eleazar, o sacerdote, receberam deles todos esses objetos de ouro, bem elaborados. 52 Todo o ouro que os comandantes de 1.000 homens e os comandantes de 100 homens ofereceram como contribuição ao SENHOR pesava 190 quilos, 53 pois cada um dos soldados tinha saqueado para si mesmo. 54 Então Moisés e o sacerdote Eleazar pegaram o ouro dos comandantes de 1.000 homens e dos comandantes de 100 homens, e o levaram à Tenda do Encontro para servir como lembrança ao SENHOR em favor dos israelitas.
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.
Numbers 31
English Standard Version
Vengeance on Midian
31 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 (A)“Avenge the people of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall (B)be gathered to your people.” 3 So Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for the war, 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 there were provided, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand (C)armed for war. 6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand from each tribe, together with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, with the vessels of the sanctuary and (D)the trumpets for the alarm in his hand. 7 They warred against Midian, as the Lord commanded Moses, and (E)killed every male. 8 They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain, (F)Evi, Rekem, (G)Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. And they also killed (H)Balaam the son of Beor with the sword. 9 And the people of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones, and they took as plunder all their cattle, their flocks, and all their goods. 10 All their cities in the places where they lived, and all their (I)encampments, they burned with fire, 11 (J)and took all the spoil and all the plunder, both of man and of beast. 12 Then they brought the captives and the plunder and the spoil to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the people of Israel, at the camp on (K)the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
13 Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the chiefs of the congregation went to meet them outside the camp. 14 And Moses was angry with (L)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 (M)let all the women live? 16 Behold, (N)these, (O)on Balaam's advice, caused the people of Israel to act treacherously against the Lord in the incident of (P)Peor, and so (Q)the plague came among the congregation of the Lord. 17 Now therefore, (R)kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him. 18 But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him (S)keep alive for yourselves. 19 (T)Encamp outside the camp seven days. Whoever of you has killed any person and (U)whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day. 20 You shall purify every garment, every article of skin, all work of goats' hair, and every article of wood.”
21 Then Eleazar the priest said to the men in the army who had gone to battle: “This is the statute of the law that the Lord has commanded Moses: 22 only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead, 23 everything that can stand the fire, you shall pass through the fire, and it shall be clean. Nevertheless, it shall also be purified (V)with the water for impurity. And whatever cannot stand the fire, you shall pass through the water. 24 You must (W)wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean. And afterward you may come into the camp.”
25 The Lord said to Moses, 26 “Take the count of the plunder that was taken, both of man and of beast, you and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the fathers' houses of the congregation, 27 and (X)divide the plunder into two parts between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation. 28 And levy for the Lord a tribute from the men of war who went out to battle, (Y)one out of five hundred, of the people and of the oxen and of the donkeys and of the flocks. 29 Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as a contribution to the Lord. 30 And from the people of Israel's half you shall take (Z)one drawn out of every fifty, of the people, of the oxen, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all the cattle, and give them to the Levites (AA)who keep guard over the tabernacle of the Lord.” 31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.
32 Now the plunder remaining of the spoil that the army took was 675,000 sheep, 33 72,000 cattle, 34 61,000 donkeys, 35 and 32,000 persons in all, women who had not known man by lying with him. 36 And the half, the portion of those who had gone out in the army, numbered 337,500 sheep, 37 and (AB)the Lord's tribute of sheep was 675. 38 The cattle were 36,000, of which the Lord's tribute was 72. 39 The donkeys were 30,500, of which the Lord's tribute was 61. 40 The persons were 16,000, of which the Lord's tribute was 32 persons. 41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the contribution for the Lord, to Eleazar the priest, (AC)as the Lord commanded Moses.
42 From the people of Israel's half, which Moses separated from that of the men who had served in the army— 43 now the congregation's half was 337,500 sheep, 44 36,000 cattle, 45 and 30,500 donkeys, 46 and 16,000 persons— 47 (AD)from the people of Israel's half Moses took one of every 50, both of persons and of beasts, and gave them to the Levites who kept guard over the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
48 Then (AE)the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, came near to Moses 49 and said to Moses, “Your servants have counted the men of war who are under our command, and there is not a man missing from us. 50 And we have brought the Lord's offering, what each man found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and beads, (AF)to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord.” 51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest received from them the gold, all crafted articles. 52 And all the gold of the contribution that they presented to the Lord, from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, was 16,750 shekels.[a] 53 (AG)(The men in the army had each taken plunder for himself.) 54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, (AH)as a memorial for the people of Israel before the Lord.
Footnotes
- Numbers 31:52 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
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