Numbers 31 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

The Slaughter of Midian

Then the LORD^H3068 spoke^H1696 to Moses^H4872, saying^H559,

Num 31:2“Take vengeance on the Midianites for the sons of Israel; afterward you will be gathered to your people.”

Num 31:3So Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for the war, so that they may [fn]go against Midian to execute the LORD’S vengeance on Midian.

Num 31:4

Num 31:4“You shall send a thousand from each tribe of all the tribes of Israel to the war.”

Num 31:5

Num 31:5So there were selected from the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

Num 31:6

Num 31:6And Moses sent them, a thousand from each tribe, to the war, and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war with them, and the holy implements and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.

Num 31:7

Num 31:7So they made war against Midian, just as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

Num 31:8

Num 31:8They killed the kings of Midian along with the rest of those killed: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.

Num 31:9

Num 31:9And the sons of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones; and they plundered all their cattle, all their flocks, and all their property.

Num 31:10

Num 31:10Then they [fn]burned all their cities where they lived and all their encampments.

Num 31:11

Num 31:11And they took all the plunder and all the spoils, both of people and of livestock.

Num 31:12

Num 31:12They brought the captives and the spoils and the plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the sons of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab which are by the Jordan, opposite Jericho.

Num 31:13

And Moses^H4872, Eleazar^H499 the priest^H3548, and all^H3605 the leaders^H5387 of the congregation^H5712 went^H3318 out^H3318 to meet^H7122 them outside^H413^H4480^H2351 the camp^H4264.

Num 31:14

Num 31:14But 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.

Num 31:15

Num 31:15And Moses said to them, “Have you [fn]spared all the women?

Num 31:16

Num 31:16“Behold, they caused the sons of Israel, through the [fn]counsel of Balaam, to be unfaithful to the LORD in the matter of Peor, so that the plague took place among the congregation of the LORD!

Num 31:17

Num 31:17“Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man [fn]intimately.

Num 31:18

Num 31:18“However, all the [fn]girls who have not known a [fn]man intimately, keep alive for yourselves.

Num 31:19

Num 31:19“And as for you, camp outside the camp for seven days; whoever has killed a person and whoever has touched anyone killed, purify yourselves, you and your captives, on the third day and on the seventh day.

Num 31:20

Num 31:20“And you shall purify for yourselves every garment, every article of leather, every work of goats’ hair, and every article of wood.”

Num 31:21

Then Eleazar^H499 the priest^H3548 said^H559 to the men^H376 of war^H6635 who had gone^H935 to battle^H4421, “This^H2088 is the statute^H2708 of the Law^H8451 which^H834 the LORD^H3068 has commanded^H6680 Moses^H4872:

Num 31:22

Num 31:22only the gold and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

Num 31:23

Num 31:23everything that can [fn]withstand the fire, you shall pass through the fire, and it will be clean, only it shall be purified with water for impurity. But whatever cannot [fn]withstand the fire you shall pass through the water.

Num 31:24

Num 31:24“And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day and you will be clean; and afterward you may enter the camp.”

Division of the Plunder

Num 31:25

Then the LORD^H3068 spoke^H559 to Moses^H4872, saying^H559,

Num 31:26

Num 31:26“You and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the fathers’ households of the congregation take a count of the spoils [fn]that were captured, both of people and of livestock;

Num 31:27

Num 31:27and divide the spoils between the warriors who went to battle and all the congregation.

Num 31:28

Num 31:28“Also, collect a tribute tax for the LORD from the men of war who went to battle, one [fn]in five hundred of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the sheep;

Num 31:29

Num 31:29take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest, as an [fn]offering to the LORD.

Num 31:30

Num 31:30“And from the sons of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn from every fifty of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the sheep, from all the animals; and give them to the Levites who perform the duty of the tabernacle of the LORD.”

Num 31:31

Num 31:31Moses and Eleazar the priest did just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Num 31:32

Now the spoils^H4455 that remained^H1961^H3499 from the plunder^H957 which^H834 the [fn]men^H5971 of war^H6635 had plundered^H962 was 675,000^H8337^H3967^H505^H7657^H2568 sheep^H6629,

Num 31:33

Num 31:33seventy-two thousand cattle,

Num 31:34

Num 31:34sixty-one thousand donkeys,

Num 31:35

Num 31:35and of captive people, of the women who had not known a [fn]man intimately, in all were thirty-two thousand people.

Num 31:36

The half^H4275, the share^H2506 of those who went^H3318 to war^H6635, was as follows: the number^H4557 of sheep^H6629 was 337,500^H7969^H3967^H505^H7970^H7651^H2568,

Num 31:37

Num 31:37the LORD’S tribute tax of the sheep was 675;

Num 31:38

Num 31:38the cattle were thirty-six thousand, from which the LORD’S tribute tax was seventy-two;

Num 31:39

Num 31:39the donkeys were 30,500, from which the LORD’S tribute tax was sixty-one;

Num 31:40

Num 31:40and the captive people were sixteen thousand, from whom the LORD’S tribute tax was thirty-two persons.

Num 31:41

Num 31:41And Moses gave the tribute tax, which was the LORD’S offering, to Eleazar the priest, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Num 31:42

As for the sons^H1121 of Israel’s^H3478 half^H4276, which^H834 Moses^H4872 [fn]separated^H2673 from the men^H376 who had gone^H6633 to^H6633 war^H6633—

Num 31:43

Num 31:43now the congregation’s half was 337,500 sheep,

Num 31:44

Num 31:44thirty-six thousand cattle,

Num 31:45

Num 31:4530,500 donkeys,

Num 31:46

Num 31:46and the captive people were sixteen thousand—

Num 31:47

Num 31:47from the sons of Israel’s half Moses took one drawn from every fifty, both of people and of animals, and gave them to the Levites, who performed the duty of the tabernacle of the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Num 31:48

Then the officers^H6485 who^H834 were over the thousands^H505 of the army^H6635, the commanders^H8269 of thousands^H505 and the commanders^H8269 of hundreds^H3967, approached^H7126 Moses^H4872,

Num 31:49

Num 31:49and they said to Moses, “Your servants have taken a census of the men of war who are [fn]under our authority, and no man of us is missing.

Num 31:50

Num 31:50“So we have brought as an offering to the LORD what each man found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”

Num 31:51

Num 31:51Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all kinds of crafted articles.

Num 31:52

Num 31:52All the gold of the offering which they offered up to the LORD, from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, was 16,750 shekels.

Num 31:53

Num 31:53The men of war had taken plunder, every man for himself.

Num 31:54

Num 31:54So Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it to the tent of meeting as a memorial for the sons of Israel before the LORD.

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NASB20 Footnotes

(31:3)

Lit be

(31:10)

Lit burned with fire

(31:15)

Lit let...live

(31:16)

Lit word

(31:17)

Lit in bed with a man

(31:18)

Lit children among the women

Lit man’s bed

Lit come into

Lit come into

Lit of captives

Lit soul from

Or uplifted offering, and so throughout the ch

Lit people

Lit man’s bed

Lit divided

Lit in our hand

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