31:1 The
LORD
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
31:2 "Avenge
the
people
of
Israel
on
the
Midianites.
Afterward
you
shall
be
gathered
to
your
people."
31:3 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.
31:4 You
shall
send
a
thousand
from
each
of
the
tribes
of
Israel
to
the
war."
31:5 So
there
were
provided,
out
of
the
thousands
of
Israel,
a
thousand
from
each
tribe,
twelve
thousand
armed
for
war.
31:6 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
the
trumpets
for
the
alarm
in
his
hand.
31:7 They
warred
against
Midian,
as
the
LORD
commanded
Moses,
and
killed
every
male.
31:8 They
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.
31:9 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.
31:10 All
their
cities
in
the
places
where
they
lived,
and
all
their
encampments,
they
burned
with
fire,
31:11 and
took
all
the
spoil
and
all
the
plunder,
both
of
man
and
of
beast.
31:12 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
the
plains
of
Moab
by
the
Jordan
at
Jericho.
31:13 Moses
and
Eleazar
the
priest
and
all
the
chiefs
of
the
congregation
went
to
meet
them
outside
the
camp.
31:14 And
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.
31:15 Moses
said
to
them,
"Have
you
let
all
the
women
live
31:16 Behold,
these,
on
Balaam's
advice,
caused
the
people
of
Israel
to
act
treacherously
against
the
LORD
in
the
incident
of
Peor,
and
so
the
plague
came
among
the
congregation
of
the
LORD.
31:17 Now
therefore,
kill
every
male
among
the
little
ones,
and
kill
every
woman
who
has
known
man
by
lying
with
him.
31:18 But
all
the
young
girls
who
have
not
known
man
by
lying
with
him
keep
alive
for
yourselves.
31:19 Encamp
outside
the
camp
seven
days.
Whoever
of
you
has
killed
any
person
and
whoever
has
touched
any
slain,
purify
yourselves
and
your
captives
on
the
third
day
and
on
the
seventh
day.
31:20 You
shall
purify
every
garment,
every
article
of
skin,
all
work
of
goats'
hair,
and
every
article
of
wood."
31:21 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:
31:22 only
the
gold,
the
silver,
the
bronze,
the
iron,
the
tin,
and
the
lead,
31:23 everything
that
can
stand
the
fire,
you
shall
pass
through
the
fire,
and
it
shall
be
clean.
Nevertheless,
it
shall
also
be
purified
with
the
water
for
impurity.
And
whatever
cannot
stand
the
fire,
you
shall
pass
through
the
water.
31:24 You
must
wash
your
clothes
on
the
seventh
day,
and
you
shall
be
clean.
And
afterward
you
may
come
into
the
camp."
31:25 The
LORD
said
to
Moses,
31:26 "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,
31:27 and
divide
the
plunder
into
two
parts
between
the
warriors
who
went
out
to
battle
and
all
the
congregation.
31:28 And
levy
for
the
LORD
a
tribute
from
the
men
of
war
who
went
out
to
battle,
one
out
of
five
hundred,
of
the
people
and
of
the
oxen
and
of
the
donkeys
and
of
the
flocks.
31:29 Take
it
from
their
half
and
give
it
to
Eleazar
the
priest
as
a
contribution
to
the
LORD.
31:30 And
from
the
people
of
Israel's
half
you
shall
take
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
who
keep
guard
over
the
tabernacle
of
the
LORD."
31:31 And
Moses
and
Eleazar
the
priest
did
as
the
LORD
commanded
Moses.
31:32 Now
the
plunder
remaining
of
the
spoil
that
the
army
took
was
675,000
sheep,
31:33 72,000
cattle,
31:34 61,000
donkeys,
31:35 and
32,000
persons
in
all,
women
who
had
not
known
man
by
lying
with
him.
31:36 And
the
half,
the
portion
of
those
who
had
gone
out
in
the
army,
numbered
337,500
sheep,
31:37 and
the
LORD's
tribute
of
sheep
was
675.
31:38 The
cattle
were
36,000,
of
which
the
LORD's
tribute
was
72.
31:39 The
donkeys
were
30,500,
of
which
the
LORD's
tribute
was
61.
31:40 The
persons
were
16,000,
of
which
the
LORD's
tribute
was
32
persons.
31:41 And
Moses
gave
the
tribute,
which
was
the
contribution
for
the
LORD,
to
Eleazar
the
priest,
as
the
LORD
commanded
Moses.
31:42 From
the
people
of
Israel's
half,
which
Moses
separated
from
that
of
the
men
who
had
served
in
the
army--
31:43 now
the
congregation's
half
was
337,500
sheep,
31:44 36,000
cattle,
31:45 and
30,500
donkeys,
31:46 and
16,000
persons--
31:47 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.
31:48 Then
the
officers
who
were
over
the
thousands
of
the
army,
the
commanders
of
thousands
and
the
commanders
of
hundreds,
came
near
to
Moses
31:49 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.
31:50 And
we
have
brought
the
LORD's
offering,
what
each
man
found,
articles
of
gold,
armlets
and
bracelets,
signet
rings,
earrings,
and
beads,
to
make
atonement
for
ourselves
before
the
LORD."
31:51 And
Moses
and
Eleazar
the
priest
received
from
them
the
gold,
all
crafted
articles.
31:52 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.
31:53 (The
men
in
the
army
had
each
taken
plunder
for
himself.)
31:54 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,
as
a
memorial
for
the
people
of
Israel
before
the
LORD.