Dual Panel1The Lord <03068> spoke <01696> to <0413> Moses <04872>:
2“Exact vengeance <05360> <05358> for the Israelites <03478> <01121> on the Midianites <04084>– after <0310> that you will be gathered <0622> to <0413> your people <05971>.”
3So Moses <04872> spoke <01696> to <0413> the people <05971>: “Arm <02502> men <0376> from among you for the war <06635>, to attack <05921> <01961> the Midianites <04080> and to execute <05414> the Lord’s <03068> vengeance <05360> on Midian <04080>.
4You must send <07971> to the battle <06635> a thousand <0505> men <04294> from every tribe <04294> throughout all <03605> the tribes <04294> of Israel <03478>.”
5So a thousand <0505> from every tribe <04294>, twelve <06240> <08147> thousand <0505> armed <02502> for battle <06635> in all, were provided <04560> out of the thousands <0505> of Israel <03478>.
6So Moses <04872> sent <07971> them to the war <06635>, one thousand <0505> from every tribe <04294>, with Phinehas <06372> son <01121> of Eleazar <0499> the priest <03548>, who was in charge <06635> of the holy <06944> articles <03627> and the signal <08643> trumpets <02689>.
7They fought <06633> against <05921> the Midianites <04080>, as <0834> the Lord <03068> commanded <06680> Moses <04872>, and they killed <02026> every <03605> male <02145>.
8They killed <02026> the kings <04428> of Midian <04080> in addition to <05921> those slain <02491>– Evi <0189>, Rekem <07552>, Zur <06698>, Hur <02354>, and Reba <07254>– five <02568> Midianite <04080> kings <04428>. They also killed <02026> Balaam <01109> son <01121> of Beor <01160> with the sword <02719>.
9The Israelites <03478> <01121> took <07617> the women <0802> of Midian <04080> captives <07617> along with their little ones <02945>, and took <0962> all <03605> their herds <0929>, all <03605> their flocks <04735>, and all <03605> their goods <02428> as plunder <0962>.
10They burned <08313> all <03605> their towns <05892> where they lived <04186> and all <03605> their encampments <02918>.
11They took <03947> all <03605> the plunder <07998> and all <03605> the spoils <04455>, both people <0120> and animals <0929>.
12They brought <0935> the captives <07628> and the spoils <04455> and the plunder <07998> to <0413> Moses <04872>, to <0413> Eleazar <0499> the priest <03548>, and to <0413> the Israelite <03478> <01121> community <05712>, to <0413> the camp <04264> on <0413> the plains <06160> of Moab <04124>, along the Jordan <03383> River across <05921> from Jericho <03405>.
13Moses <04872>, Eleazar <0499> the priest <03548>, and all <03605> the leaders <05387> of the community <05712> went out <03318> to meet <07125> them outside <02351> the camp <04264>.
14But Moses <04872> was furious <07107> with <05921> the officers <06485> of the army <02428>, the commanders <08269> over thousands <0505> and commanders <08269> over hundreds <03967>, who had come <0935> from service <06635> in the war <04421>.
15Moses <04872> said <0559> to <0413> them, “Have you allowed all <03605> the women <05347> to live <02421>?
16Look <02005>, these people through the counsel <01697> of Balaam <01109> caused the Israelites <03478> <01121> to act <04560> treacherously <04604> against the Lord <03068> in <05921> the matter <01697> of Peor <06465>– which resulted <01961> in the plague <04046> among the community <05712> of the Lord <03068>!
17Now <06258> therefore kill <02026> every <03605> boy <02945> <02145>, and kill <02026> every <03605> woman <0802> who has had sexual intercourse <04904> <03045> with a man <02145> <0376>.
18But all <03605> the young <02945> women <0802> who <0834> have not <03808> had sexual intercourse <04904> <03045> with a man <02145> will be yours.
19“Any <03605> of you <0859> who <03605> has killed <02026> anyone <05315> or touched <05060> any of the dead <02491>, remain <02583> outside <02351> the camp <04264> for seven <07651> days <03117>; purify <02398> yourselves <0859> and your captives <07628> on the third <07992> day <03117>, and on the seventh <07637> day <03117>.
20You must purify <02398> each <03605> garment <0899> and everything <03605> that is made <03627> of skin <05785>, everything <03605> made <04639> of goat’s <05795> hair, and everything <03605> made <03627> of wood <06086>.”
21Then Eleazar <0499> the priest <03548> said <0559> to <0413> the men <0582> of war <06635> who had gone <0935> into the battle <04421>, “This <02063> is the ordinance <02708> of the law <08451> that <0834> the Lord <03069> commanded <06680> Moses <04872>:
22‘Only <0389> the gold <02091>, the silver <03701>, the bronze <05178>, the iron <01270>, the tin <0913>, and the lead <05777>,
23everything <03605> that <0834> may stand <0935> the fire <0784>, you are to pass through <05674> the fire <0784>, and it will be ceremonially clean <02891>, but <0389> it must still be purified <02398> with the water <04325> of purification <05079>. Anything <03605> that <0834> cannot <03808> withstand <0935> the fire <0784> you must pass through <05674> the water <04325>.
24You must wash <03526> your clothes <0899> on the seventh <07637> day <03117>, and you will be ceremonially clean <02891>, and afterward <0310> you may enter <0935> the camp <04264>.’”
25Then the Lord <03068> spoke <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872>:
26“You <0859> and Eleazar <0499> the priest <03548>, and all the family <01> leaders <07218> of the community <05712>, take <05375> the sum <07218> of the plunder <04455> that was captured <07628>, both people <0120> and animals <0929>.
27Divide <02673> the <0853> plunder <04455> into two parts <0996>, one for those who took <08610> part in the war <04421>– who went out <03318> to battle <06635>– and the other for all <03605> the community <05712>.
28“You must exact <07311> a tribute <04371> for the Lord <03068> from the fighting <04421> men <0376> who went out <03318> to battle <06635>: one <0259> life <05315> out of five <02568> hundred <03967>, from <04480> the people <0120>, the cattle <01241>, and from <04480> the donkeys <02543> and the sheep <06629>.
29You are to take <03947> it from their half-share <04276> and give <05414> it to Eleazar <0499> the priest <03548> for a raised offering <08641> to the Lord <03068>.
30From the Israelites <03478> <01121>’ half-share <04276> you are to take <03947> one <0259> portion <0270> out of <04480> fifty <02572> of the people <0120>, the cattle <01241>, the donkeys <02543>, and the sheep <06629>– from <04480> every <03605> kind of animal <0929>– and you are to give <05414> them to the Levites <03881>, who are responsible <04931> for the care <08104> of the Lord’s <03068> tabernacle <04908>.”
31So Moses <04872> and Eleazar <0499> the priest <03548> did <06213> as <0834> the Lord <03068> commanded <06680> Moses <04872>.
32The spoil <04455> that remained <03499> of the plunder <0957> which <0834> the fighting <06635> men <05971> had gathered <0962> was 675,000 <0505> <02568> <0505> <07657> <0505> <03967> <08337> sheep <06629>,
3372,000 <0505> <07657> <08147> cattle <01241>,
3461,000 <0505> <08346> <0259> donkeys <02543>,
35and 32,000 <0505> <07970> <08147> young women <0802> who <0834> had never <03808> had sexual intercourse <04904> <03045> with a man <02145>.
36The half-portion <02506> <04275> of those who went <03318> to war <06635> numbered <04557> 337,500 <03967> <02568> <0505> <07651> <0505> <07970> <0505> <03967> <07969> sheep <06629>;
37the Lord’s <03068> tribute <04371> from <04480> the sheep <06629> was <01961> 675 <07657> <02568> <03967> <08337>.
38The cattle <01241> numbered 36,000 <0505> <07970> <08337>; the Lord’s <03068> tribute <04371> was 72 <07657> <08147>.
39The donkeys <02543> were 30,500 <03967> <02568> <0505> <07970>, of which the Lord’s <03068> tribute <04371> was 61 <08346> <0259>.
40The people <0120> <05315> were 16,000 <0505> <06240> <08337>, of which the Lord’s <03068> tribute <04371> was 32 <07970> <08147> people <05315>.
41So Moses <04872> gave <05414> the tribute <04371>, which was the Lord’s <03068> raised offering <08641>, to Eleazar <0499> the priest <03548>, as <0834> the Lord <03068> commanded <06680> Moses <04872>.
42From the Israelites <03478> <01121>’ half-share <04276> that <0834> Moses <04872> had separated <02673> from <04480> the fighting <06633> men <0376>,
43there were <01961> 337,500 <03967> <02568> <0505> <07651> <0505> <07970> <0505> <03967> <07969> sheep <06629> from <04480> the portion <04275> belonging to the community <05712>,
4436,000 <0505> <07970> <08337> cattle <01241>,
4530,500 <03967> <02568> <0505> <07970> donkeys <02543>,
46and 16,000 <0505> <06240> <08337> people <0120> <05315>.
47From the Israelites <03478> <01121>’ share <04276> Moses <04872> took <03947> one <0259> of <04480> every fifty <02572> people <0120> and animals <0929> and gave <05414> them to the Levites <03881> who were responsible <04931> for the care <08104> of the Lord’s <03068> tabernacle <04908>, just as <0834> the Lord <03068> commanded <06680> Moses <04872>.
48Then the officers who were over <06485> the thousands <0505> of the army <06635>, the commanders <08269> over thousands <0505> and the commanders <08269> over hundreds <03967>, approached <0413> <07126> Moses <04872>
49and said <0559> to <0413> him <04872>, “Your servants <05650> have taken <05375> a count <07218> of the men <0376> who were in the battle <04421>, who <0834> were under our authority <03027>, and not one <03808> is missing <06485>.
50So we have brought <07126> as an offering <07133> for the Lord <03068> what <0834> each man <0376> found <04672>: gold <02091> ornaments <03627>, armlets <0685>, bracelets <06781>, signet rings <02885>, earrings <05694>, and necklaces <03558>, to make atonement <03722> for ourselves <05315> before <06440> the Lord <03068>.”
51Moses <04872> and Eleazar <0499> the priest <03548> took <03947> the gold <02091> from them, all <03605> of it in the form <04639> of ornaments <03627>.
52All <03605> the gold <02091> of the offering <08641> they offered up <07311> to the Lord <03068> from the commanders <08269> of thousands <0505> and the <0853> commanders <08269> of hundreds <03967> weighed 16,750 <02572> <03967> <07651> <0505> <06240> <08337> shekels <08255>.
53Each <0376> soldier <06635> had taken plunder <0962> for himself.
54So Moses <04872> and Eleazar <0499> the priest <03548> received <03947> the gold <02091> from the commanders <08269> of thousands <0505> and commanders of hundreds <03967> and brought <0935> it into <0413> the tent <0168> of meeting <04150> as a memorial <02146> for the Israelites <03478> <01121> before <06440> the Lord <03068>.