1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 31:2 Avenge the children
3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves
4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel,
5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a
6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them
7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded
8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that
9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives,
10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all
11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and
12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto
13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the
14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the
15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel
17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill
18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying
19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath
20 And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and
21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to
24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall
25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 31:26 Take the sum of the
30 And of the children of Israel’s half, thou shalt take one
31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded
32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war
36 And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to
38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD’s
39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which
40 And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD’s
41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD’s heave offering,
42 And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided from
48 And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the
49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the
50 We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every
51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all
52 And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the
53 (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains