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Numbers 31 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:1 - And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:2 - Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:3 - And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm ye men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Jehovah’s vengeance on Midian.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:4 - Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:5 - So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:6 - And Moses sent them, a thousand of every tribe, to the war, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:7 - And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah commanded Moses; and they slew every male.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:8 - And they slew the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:9 - And the children of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones; and all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they took for a prey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:10 - And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:11 - And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:12 - And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:13 - And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:14 - And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:15 - And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:16 - Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:17 - Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:18 - But all the women-children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:19 - And encamp ye without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, ye and your captives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:20 - And as to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood, ye shall purify yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:21 - And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war that went to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:22 - howbeit the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:23 - everything that may abide the fire, ye shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make to go through the water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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.

Division of the Booty

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:25 - And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:26 - Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the congregation;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:27 - and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, that went out to battle, and all the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:28 - And levy a tribute unto Jehovah of the men of war that went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the oxen, and of the asses, and of the flocks:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:29 - take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for Jehovah’s heave-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:30 - And of the children of Israel’s half, thou shalt take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the asses, and of the flocks, even of all the cattle, and give them unto the Levites, that keep the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:31 - And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Jehovah commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:32 - Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:33 - and threescore and twelve thousand oxen,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:34 - and threescore and one thousand asses,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:35 - and thirty and two thousand persons in all, of the women that had not known man by lying with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:36 - And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:37 - and Jehovah’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:38 - And the oxen were thirty and six thousand; of which Jehovah’s tribute was threescore and twelve.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:39 - And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which Jehovah’s tribute was threescore and one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:40 - And the persons were sixteen thousand; of whom Jehovah’s tribute was thirty and two persons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:41 - And Moses gave the tribute, which was Jehovah’s heave-offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:42

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:42 - And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:43 - (now the congregation’s half was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred sheep,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:44 - and thirty and six thousand oxen,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:45 - and thirty thousand and five hundred asses,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:46 - and sixteen thousand persons),

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:47 - even of the children of Israel’s half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, that kept the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:48 - And the officers that were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:49 - and they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war that are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:50 - And we have brought Jehovah’s oblation, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, ankle-chains, and bracelets, signet-rings, ear-rings, and armlets, to make atonement for our souls before Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:51 - And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52 - And all the gold of the heave-offering that they offered up to Jehovah, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:53 - (For the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:54 - And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, for a memorial for the children of Israel before Jehovah.
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