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Numbers 31 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:1 - And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:2 - 'Execute the vengeance of the sons of Israel against the Midianites -- afterwards thou art gathered unto thy people.'
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:3 - 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:4 - a thousand for a tribe -- a thousand for a tribe, to all the tribes of Israel -- ye do send to the host.'
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:5 - And there are given out of the thousands of Israel a thousand for a tribe, twelve thousand armed ones of the host;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:6 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:7 - And they war against Midian, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses, and slay every male;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:8 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:9 - 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:10 - and all their cities, with their habitations, and all their towers, they have burnt with fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:11 - And they take all the spoil, and all the prey, among man and among beast;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:12 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:13 - And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the company, go out to meet them, unto the outside of the camp,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:14 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:15 - And Moses saith unto them, 'Have ye kept alive every female?
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:16 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:17 - 'And now, slay ye every male among the infants, yea, every woman known of man by the lying of a male ye have slain;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:18 - and all the infants among the women, who have not known the lying of a male, ye have kept alive for yourselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:19 - '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;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:20 - and every garment, and every skin vessel, and every work of goats' hair, and every wooden vessel, ye yourselves cleanse.'
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:21 - 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:
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:22 - only, the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:23 - 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:24 - and ye have washed your garments on the seventh day, and have been clean, and afterwards ye come in unto the camp.'

Division of the Booty

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:25 - And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:26 - '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;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:27 - and thou hast halved the prey between those handling the battle who go out to the host and all the company;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:28 - 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:29 - from their half ye do take, and thou hast given to Eleazar the priest -- the heave-offering of Jehovah.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:30 - '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.'
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:31 - And Moses doth -- Eleazar the priest also -- as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:32 - 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:33 - and of the herd two and seventy thousand;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:34 - and of asses one and sixty thousand;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:35 - and of human beings -- of the women who have not known the lying of a male -- all the persons are two and thirty thousand.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:36 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:37 - And the tribute to Jehovah of the sheep is six hundred five and seventy;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:38 - and the herd is six and thirty thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah is two and seventy;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:39 - and the asses are thirty thousand and five hundred, and their tribute to Jehovah is one and sixty;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:40 - and the human beings are sixteen thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah is two and thirty persons.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:41 - And Moses giveth the tribute -- Jehovah's heave-offering -- to Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:42 - And of the sons of Israel's half, which Moses halved from the men who war --
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:43 - and the company's half is, of the flock three hundred thousand, and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:44 - and of the herd six and thirty thousand;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:45 - and of asses thirty thousand and five hundred;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:46 - and of human beings sixteen thousand --
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:47 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:48 - And the inspectors whom the thousands of the host hath, (heads of the thousands and heads of the hundreds), draw near unto Moses,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:49 - 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:50 - 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.'
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:51 - And Moses receiveth -- Eleazar the priest also -- the gold from them, every made vessel,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52 - 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:53 - (the men of the host have spoiled each for himself);
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:54 - 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.
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The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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