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Youngs Literal Translation
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| 31:1 |
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, |
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, |
| 31:2 |
Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people. |
`Execute the vengeance of the sons of Israel against the Midianites -- afterwards thou art gathered unto thy people.' |
| 31:3 |
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. |
And Moses speaketh unto the people, saying, `Be ye armed some of you for the host, and they are against Midian, to put the vengeance of Jehovah on Midian; |
| 31:4 |
Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war. |
a thousand for a tribe -- a thousand for a tribe, to all the tribes of Israel -- ye do send to the host.' |
| 31:5 |
So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. |
And there are given out of the thousands of Israel a thousand for a tribe, twelve thousand armed ones of the host; |
| 31:6 |
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. |
and Moses sendeth them, a thousand for a tribe, to the host, them and Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, to the host; and the holy vessels, and the trumpets of the shouting, in his hand. |
| 31:7 |
And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males. |
And they war against Midian, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses, and slay every male; |
| 31:8 |
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. |
and the kings of Midian they have slain, besides their pierced ones, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian; and Balaam son of Beor, they have slain with the sword. |
| 31:9 |
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. |
And the sons of Israel take captive the women of Midian, and their infants; and all their cattle, and all their substance, and all their wealth they have plundered; |
| 31:10 |
And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire. |
and all their cities, with their habitations, and all their towers, they have burnt with fire. |
| 31:11 |
And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts. |
And they take all the spoil, and all the prey, among man and among beast; |
| 31:12 |
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. |
and they bring in, unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the company of the sons of Israel, the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto the camp, unto the plains of Moab, which `are' by Jordan, `near' Jericho. |
| 31:13 |
And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. |
And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the company, go out to meet them, unto the outside of the camp, |
| 31:14 |
And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle. |
and Moses is wroth against the inspectors of the force, chiefs of the thousands, and chiefs of the hundreds, who are coming in from the host of the battle. |
| 31:15 |
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? |
And Moses saith unto them, `Have ye kept alive every female? |
| 31:16 |
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. |
lo, they -- they have been to the sons of Israel, through the word of Balaam, to cause a trespass against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and the plague is in the company of Jehovah. |
| 31:17 |
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. |
`And now, slay ye every male among the infants, yea, every woman known of man by the lying of a male ye have slain; |
| 31:18 |
But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. |
and all the infants among the women, who have not known the lying of a male, ye have kept alive for yourselves. |
| 31:19 |
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. |
`And ye, encamp ye at the outside of the camp seven days -- any who hath slain a person, and any who hath come against a pierced one, ye cleanse yourselves on the third day, and on the seventh day -- ye and your captives; |
| 31:20 |
And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood. |
and every garment, and every skin vessel, and every work of goats' `hair', and every wooden vessel, ye yourselves cleanse.' |
| 31:21 |
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; |
And Eleazar the priest saith unto the men of the host who go in to battle, `This `is' the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses: |
| 31:22 |
Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, |
only, the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, |
| 31:23 |
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. |
every thing which may go into fire, ye cause to pass over through fire, and it hath been clean; only, with the water of separation it is cleansed, and all that may not go into fire, ye cause to pass over through water; |
| 31:24 |
And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp. |
and ye have washed your garments on the seventh day, and have been clean, and afterwards ye come in unto the camp.' |
| 31:25 |
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, |
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, |
| 31:26 |
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: |
`Take up the sum of the prey of the captives, among man and among beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers of the company; |
| 31:27 |
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: |
and thou hast halved the prey between those handling the battle who go out to the host and all the company; |
| 31:28 |
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: |
and thou hast raised a tribute to Jehovah from the men of war, who go out to the host, one body out of five hundred, of man, and of the herd, and of the asses, and of the flock; |
| 31:29 |
Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD. |
from their half ye do take, and thou hast given to Eleazar the priest -- the heave-offering of Jehovah. |
| 31:30 |
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. |
`And from the sons of Israel's half thou dost take one possession out of fifty, of man, of the herd, of the asses, and of the flock, of all the cattle, and thou hast given them to the Levites keeping the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.' |
| 31:31 |
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses. |
And Moses doth -- Eleazar the priest also -- as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. |
| 31:32 |
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. |
And the prey, the residue of the spoil which the people of the host have spoiled, is of the flock six hundred thousand, and seventy thousand, and five thousand; |
| 31:33 |
And threescore and twelve thousand beeves, |
and of the herd two and seventy thousand; |
| 31:34 |
And threescore and one thousand asses, |
and of asses one and sixty thousand; |
| 31:35 |
And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him. |
and of human beings -- of the women who have not known the lying of a male -- all the persons `are' two and thirty thousand. |
| 31:36 |
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: |
And the half -- the portion of those who go out into the host -- the number of the flock is three hundred thousand, and thirty thousand, and seven thousand and five hundred. |
| 31:37 |
And the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen. |
And the tribute to Jehovah of the sheep is six hundred five and seventy; |
| 31:38 |
And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve. |
and the herd `is' six and thirty thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah `is' two and seventy; |
| 31:39 |
And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and one. |
and the asses `are' thirty thousand and five hundred, and their tribute to Jehovah `is' one and sixty; |
| 31:40 |
And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons. |
and the human beings `are' sixteen thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah `is' two and thirty persons. |
| 31:41 |
And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD'S heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses. |
And Moses giveth the tribute -- Jehovah's heave-offering -- to Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. |
| 31:42 |
And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred, |
And of the sons of Israel's half, which Moses halved from the men who war -- |
| 31:43 |
(Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep, |
and the company's half is, of the flock three hundred thousand, and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred; |
| 31:44 |
And thirty and six thousand beeves, |
and of the herd six and thirty thousand; |
| 31:45 |
And thirty thousand asses and five hundred, |
and of asses thirty thousand and five hundred; |
| 31:46 |
And sixteen thousand persons;) |
and of human beings sixteen thousand -- |
| 31:47 |
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. |
Moses taketh from the sons of Israel's half the one possession from the fifty, of man and of beast, and giveth them to the Levites keeping the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. |
| 31:48 |
And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses: |
And the inspectors whom the thousands of the host hath, (heads of the thousands and heads of the hundreds), draw near unto Moses, |
| 31:49 |
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. |
and they say unto Moses, `Thy servants have taken up the sum of the men of war who `are' with us, and not a man of us hath been missed; |
| 31:50 |
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. |
and we bring near Jehovah's offering, each that which he hath found, vessels of gold -- chain, and bracelet, seal-ring, `ear'-ring, and bead -- to make atonement for ourselves before Jehovah.' |
| 31:51 |
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. |
And Moses receiveth -- Eleazar the priest also -- the gold from them, every made vessel, |
| 31:52 |
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. |
and all the gold of the heave-offering which they have lifted up to Jehovah is sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, from heads of the thousands, and from heads of the hundreds; |
| 31:53 |
(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.) |
(the men of the host have spoiled each for himself); |
| 31:54 |
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. |
and Moses taketh -- Eleazar the priest also -- the gold from the heads of the thousands and of the hundreds, and they bring it in unto the tent of meeting -- a memorial for the sons of Israel before Jehovah. |
