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Chapter 31

1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Avenge the people of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people.” 3So Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for war, that they may go against Midian to execute the LORD’s vengeance on Midian. 4You shall send a thousand from each of all the tribes of Israel to the war.” 5So there were provided out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. 6And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand from each tribe, together with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, with the holy vessels and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand. 7They warred against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses, and killed every male. 8They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. And they also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword. 9And the people of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones, and they plundered all their cattle, their flocks, and all their goods. 10All their cities in the places where they lived, and all their encampments, they burned with fire, 11and took all the spoil and all the plunder, both of man and of beast. 12Then 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 the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. 13Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the chiefs of the congregation went to meet them outside the camp. 14And Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, who had come from service in the war. 15Moses said to them, “Have you let all the women live? 16Behold, these, on Balaam’s advice, caused the people of Israel to act treacherously against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and so the plague came among the congregation of the LORD. 17Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him. 18But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him keep alive for yourselves. 19Encamp outside the camp seven days. Whoever of you has killed any person and whoever has touched any slain person, purify yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day. 20You shall purify every garment, every article of skin, all work of goats’ hair, and every article of wood.” 21Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to battle: “This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded Moses: 22Only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead— 23everything that can stand the fire—you shall pass through fire, and it shall be clean. Nevertheless, it must be purified with the water of purification. And whatever cannot stand the fire, you shall pass through water. 24You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you will be clean. And afterward you may come into the camp.” 25The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 26“Take the count of the plunder that was captured, both of man and of beast, you and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the congregation, 27and divide the plunder into two parts, between those who went out to battle, who carried the war, and all the congregation. 28And levy a tribute for the LORD from the men of war who went out to battle: one out of five hundred, of the people, of the oxen, of the donkeys, and of the flocks. 29Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as a contribution to the LORD. 30From the people of Israel’s half you shall take one out of every fifty, of the people, of the oxen, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all the animals, and give them to the Levites who keep guard over the tabernacle of the LORD.” 31And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses. 32Now the plunder remaining of the spoil that the army took was 675,000 sheep, 3372,000 oxen, 3461,000 donkeys, 35and 32,000 persons in all, women who had not known man by lying with him. 36The half, the portion of those who had gone out to war, was in number 337,500 sheep, 37and the LORD’s tribute of sheep was 675. 38The oxen were 36,000, and the LORD’s tribute from them was 72. 39The donkeys were 30,500, and the LORD’s tribute from them was 61. 40The persons were 16,000, and the LORD’s tribute from them was 32 persons. 41And Moses gave the tribute, which was the contribution for the LORD, to Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses. 42From the people of Israel’s half, which Moses separated from the men who had gone to war— 43now the congregation’s half was 337,500 sheep, 4436,000 oxen, 4530,500 donkeys, 46and 16,000 persons— 47from the people of Israel’s half Moses took one out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them to the Levites who kept guard over the tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses. 48Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, came near to Moses 49and said to Moses, “Your servants have taken a count of the men of war who are under our command, and there is not a man missing from us. 50And we have brought the LORD’s offering, what each man found, articles of gold, armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and beads, to make atonement for our souls before the LORD.” 51And Moses and Eleazar the priest received from them the gold, all crafted articles. 52And 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. 53(For the men of war had taken plunder, every man for himself.) 54And 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 people of Israel before the LORD.