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

The Slaughter of Midian

Num 31:1And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

Num 31:2'Execute the vengeance of the sons of Israel against the Midianites -- afterwards thou art gathered unto thy people.'

Num 31:3

Num 31:3And 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;

Num 31:4

Num 31:4a thousand for a tribe -- a thousand for a tribe, to all the tribes of Israel -- ye do send to the host.'

Num 31:5

Num 31:5And there are given out of the thousands of Israel a thousand for a tribe, twelve thousand armed ones of the host;

Num 31:6

Num 31:6and 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.

Num 31:7

Num 31:7And they war against Midian, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses, and slay every male;

Num 31:8

Num 31:8and 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.

Num 31:9

Num 31:9And 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;

Num 31:10

Num 31:10and all their cities, with their habitations, and all their towers, they have burnt with fire.

Num 31:11

Num 31:11And they take all the spoil, and all the prey, among man and among beast;

Num 31:12

Num 31:12and 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.

Num 31:13

Num 31:13And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the company, go out to meet them, unto the outside of the camp,

Num 31:14

Num 31:14and 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.

Num 31:15

Num 31:15And Moses saith unto them, 'Have ye kept alive every female?

Num 31:16

Num 31:16lo, 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.

Num 31:17

Num 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;

Num 31:18

Num 31:18and all the infants among the women, who have not known the lying of a male, ye have kept alive for yourselves.

Num 31:19

Num 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;

Num 31:20

Num 31:20and every garment, and every skin vessel, and every work of goats' hair, and every wooden vessel, ye yourselves cleanse.'

Num 31:21

Num 31:21And 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:

Num 31:22

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

Num 31:23

Num 31:23every 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;

Num 31:24

Num 31:24and 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

Num 31:25

Num 31:25And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

Num 31:26

Num 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;

Num 31:27

Num 31:27and thou hast halved the prey between those handling the battle who go out to the host and all the company;

Num 31:28

Num 31:28and 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;

Num 31:29

Num 31:29from their half ye do take, and thou hast given to Eleazar the priest -- the heave-offering of Jehovah.

Num 31:30

Num 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.'

Num 31:31

Num 31:31And Moses doth -- Eleazar the priest also -- as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

Num 31:32

Num 31:32And 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;

Num 31:33

Num 31:33and of the herd two and seventy thousand;

Num 31:34

Num 31:34and of asses one and sixty thousand;

Num 31:35

Num 31:35and of human beings -- of the women who have not known the lying of a male -- all the persons are two and thirty thousand.

Num 31:36

Num 31:36And 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.

Num 31:37

Num 31:37And the tribute to Jehovah of the sheep is six hundred five and seventy;

Num 31:38

Num 31:38and the herd is six and thirty thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah is two and seventy;

Num 31:39

Num 31:39and the asses are thirty thousand and five hundred, and their tribute to Jehovah is one and sixty;

Num 31:40

Num 31:40and the human beings are sixteen thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah is two and thirty persons.

Num 31:41

Num 31:41And Moses giveth the tribute -- Jehovah's heave-offering -- to Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

Num 31:42

Num 31:42And of the sons of Israel's half, which Moses halved from the men who war --

Num 31:43

Num 31:43and the company's half is, of the flock three hundred thousand, and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred;

Num 31:44

Num 31:44and of the herd six and thirty thousand;

Num 31:45

Num 31:45and of asses thirty thousand and five hundred;

Num 31:46

Num 31:46and of human beings sixteen thousand --

Num 31:47

Num 31:47Moses 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.

Num 31:48

Num 31:48And the inspectors whom the thousands of the host hath, (heads of the thousands and heads of the hundreds), draw near unto Moses,

Num 31:49

Num 31:49and 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;

Num 31:50

Num 31:50and 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.'

Num 31:51

Num 31:51And Moses receiveth -- Eleazar the priest also -- the gold from them, every made vessel,

Num 31:52

Num 31:52and 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;

Num 31:53

Num 31:53(the men of the host have spoiled each for himself);

Num 31:54

Num 31:54and 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.

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.

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

The Slaughter of Midian

Division of the Booty

Pericope