Bemiḏbar (Numbers) 31

Num 31:1 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Num 31:2 “Take vengeance for the children of Yisra’ĕl on the Miḏyanites.
After that you are to be gathered to your people.”
Num 31:3 And Mosheh spoke to the people, saying, “Arm some of
yourselves for the campaign, and let them go against the Miḏyanites to take
vengeance for יהוה on Miḏyan.
Num 31:4 “Send a thousand from each tribe of all the tribes of Yisra’ĕl for
the campaign.”
Num 31:5 So there were supplied from the tribes of Yisra’ĕl one thousand
from each tribe, twelve thousand armed ones for the campaign.
Num 31:6 And Mosheh sent them on the campaign, one thousand from each
tribe, them and Pineḥas son of El‛azar the priest on the campaign, with the
set-apart utensils and the trumpets for sounding in his hand.
Num 31:7 And they fought against the Miḏyanites, as יהוה commanded
Mosheh, and slew all the males.
Num 31:8 And they slew the sovereigns of Miḏyan with the rest of those
who were pierced: Ewi, and Reqem, and Tsur, and Ḥur, and Reḇa, the five
sovereigns of Miḏyan. And they slew Bil‛am son of Be‛or with the sword.
Num 31:9 And the sons of Yisra’ĕl took all the women of Miḏyan captive,
with their little ones, and took as spoil all their livestock, and all their
possessions.
Num 31:10 And they burned with fire all the cities where they dwelt, and all
their settlements.
Num 31:11 And they took all the spoil and all the booty, both of man and
beast.
Num 31:12 And they brought the captives, and the booty, and the spoil to
Mosheh, and to El‛azar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of
Yisra’ĕl, to the camp in the desert plains of Mo’aḇ by the Yardĕn of Yeriḥo.
Num 31:13 And Mosheh, and El‛azar the priest, and all the leaders of the
congregation, went to meet them outside the camp.
Num 31:14 But Mosheh was wroth with the officers of the army, with the
commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, who had come from
the campaign.
Num 31:15 And Mosheh said to them, “Have you kept all the women alive?
Num 31:16 “Look, they are the ones who caused the children of Yisra’ĕl,
through the word of Bil‛am, to trespass against יהוה in the matter of Pe‛or,
and there was a plague among the congregation of יהוה.
Num 31:17 “And now, slay every male among the little ones. And every
woman who has known a man by lying with a man you shall slay.
Num 31:18 “But keep alive for yourselves all the female children who have
not known a man by lying with a man.
Num 31:19 “And you, camp outside the camp seven days. Whoever has slain
any being, and whoever has touched any slain, cleanse yourselves and your
captives on the third day and on the seventh day.
Num 31:20 “And cleanse every garment, and every object of leather and all
the work of goats’ hair, and every object of wood.”
Num 31:21 And El‛azar the priest said to the men of the campaign who went
to the battle, “This is the law of the Torah which יהוה commanded Mosheh:
Num 31:22 “Only the gold, and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and
the lead,
Num 31:23 every object that passes through fire, you put through the fire,
and it shall be clean; only, let it be cleansed with the water for uncleanness.
And whatever does not pass through fire you pass through water.
Num 31:24 “And you shall wash your garments on the seventh day and be
clean, and afterwards come into the camp.”
Num 31:25 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Num 31:26 “Count up the plunder that was taken, of man and of beast, you
and El‛azar the priest and the heads of the fathers of the congregation.
Num 31:27 “And you shall divide the plunder into two parts, between those
who took part in the battle, who went out on the campaign, and all the
congregation.
Num 31:28 “And set aside a levy for יהוה on the men of battle who went out
on the campaign: one out of every five hundred, of man, and of the cattle, and
of the donkeys, and of the sheep.
Num 31:29 “Take it from their half, and give it to El‛azar the priest as a
contribution to יהוה.
Num 31:30 “And from the children of Yisra’ĕl’s half you shall take one of
every fifty, of man, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the sheep, of all the
livestock, and give them to the Lĕwites guarding the duty of the Dwelling
Place of יהוה.”
Num 31:31 And Mosheh and El‛azar the priest did as יהוה commanded
Mosheh.
Num 31:32 And the booty remaining from the plunder, which the people of
the campaign had taken, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,
Num 31:33 and seventy-two thousand cattle,
Num 31:34 and sixty-one thousand donkeys,
Num 31:35 and thirty-two thousand human beings in all, of women who had
not known a man by lying with a man.
Num 31:36 And the half, the portion for those who went out on the
campaign, was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five
hundred sheep,
Num 31:37 and the levy unto יהוה of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-
five.
Num 31:38 And the cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which the levy unto
יהוה was seventy-two.
Num 31:39 And the donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred, of which the
levy unto יהוה was sixty-one.
Num 31:40 And the human beings were sixteen thousand, of which the levy
unto יהוה was thirty-two beings.
Num 31:41 So Mosheh gave the levy which was the contribution unto יהוה to
El‛azar the priest, as יהוה commanded Mosheh.
Num 31:42 And from the children of Yisra’ĕl’s half, which Mosheh divided
from the men who campaigned:
Num 31:43 now the half belonging to the congregation was three hundred
and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,
Num 31:44 and thirty-six thousand cattle,
Num 31:45 and thirty thousand five hundred donkeys,
Num 31:46 and sixteen thousand human beings.
Num 31:47 Then Mosheh took from the children of Yisra’ĕl’s half: one out
of every fifty, drawn from man and beast, and gave them to the Lĕwites, who
guarded the duty of the Dwelling Place of יהוה, as יהוה commanded Mosheh.
Num 31:48 And the officers who were over thousands of the campaign, the
commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, came near to
Mosheh,
Num 31:49 and they said to Mosheh, “Your servants have taken a count of
the fighting men under our command, and not a man of us is missing.
Num 31:50 “So we have brought an offering for יהוה, what every man found
of ornaments of gold: armlets and bracelets and signet rings and earrings and
necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves before יהוה.”
Num 31:51 And Mosheh and El‛azar the priest received the gold from them,
all the fashioned ornaments.
Num 31:52 And all the gold of the offering that they presented to יהוה, from
the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, was sixteen
thousand seven hundred and fifty sheqels.
Num 31:53 The men of the campaign had taken spoil, every man for himself.
Num 31:54 And Mosheh and El‛azar the priest received the gold from the
commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the Tent of
Meeting as a remembrance for the children of Yisra’ĕl before יהוה.