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Numbers 31

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Numbers 31 Bible text

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Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

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“Avenge the children of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people.”

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Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.

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Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Yahweh’s vengeance on Midian.

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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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You shall send one thousand out of every tribe, throughout all the tribes of Israel, to the war.”

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Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

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So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

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So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

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Moses sent them, one thousand of every tribe, to the war with 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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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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They fought against Midian, as Yahweh commanded Moses. They killed every male.

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And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah commanded Moses; and they slew every male.

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They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.

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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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The children of Israel took the women of Midian captive with their little ones; and all their livestock, all their flocks, and all their goods, they took as plunder.

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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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All their cities in the places in which they lived, and all their encampments, they burned with fire.

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And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.

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They took all the captives, and all the plunder, both of man and of animal.

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And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast.

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They brought the captives with the prey and the plunder, to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.

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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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Moses and Eleazar the priest, with all the princes of the congregation, went out to meet them outside of the camp.

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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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Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.

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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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Moses said to them, “Have you saved all the women alive?

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And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

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Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against Yahweh in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of Yahweh.

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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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Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.

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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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But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

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But all the women-children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

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“Encamp outside of the camp for seven days. Whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, you and your captives.

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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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You shall purify every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood.”

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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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Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, “This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded Moses.

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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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However the gold, and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

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howbeit the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

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everything that may withstand the fire, you shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity. All that doesn’t withstand the fire you shall make to go through the water.

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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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You shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean. Afterward you shall come into the camp.”

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And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean; and afterward ye shall come into the camp.

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Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

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“Count the plunder that was taken, both of man and of animal, you, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the congregation;

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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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and divide the plunder into two parts: between the men skilled in war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation.

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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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Levy a tribute to Yahweh of the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred; of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks.

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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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Take it from their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for Yahweh’s wave offering.

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take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for Jehovah’s heave-offering.

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Of the children of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all the livestock, and give them to the Levites, who perform the duty of Yahweh’s tabernacle.”

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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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Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Yahweh commanded Moses.

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And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Jehovah commanded Moses.

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Now the plunder, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,

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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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seventy-two thousand head of cattle,

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and threescore and twelve thousand oxen,

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sixty-one thousand donkeys,

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and threescore and one thousand asses,

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and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of the women who had not known man by lying with him.

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and thirty and two thousand persons in all, of the women that had not known man by lying with him.

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The half, which was the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep;

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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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and Yahweh’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred seventy-five.

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and Jehovah’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

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The cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which Yahweh’s tribute was seventy-two.

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And the oxen were thirty and six thousand; of which Jehovah’s tribute was threescore and twelve.

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The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred, of which Yahweh’s tribute was sixty-one.

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And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which Jehovah’s tribute was threescore and one.

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The persons were sixteen thousand, of whom Yahweh’s tribute was thirty-two persons.

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And the persons were sixteen thousand; of whom Jehovah’s tribute was thirty and two persons.

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Moses gave the tribute, which was Yahweh’s wave offering, to Eleazar the priest, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

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And Moses gave the tribute, which was Jehovah’s heave-offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

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Of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided off from the men who fought

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And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred

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(now the congregation’s half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,

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(now the congregation’s half was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred sheep,

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thirty-six thousand head of cattle,

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and thirty and six thousand oxen,

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thirty thousand five hundred donkeys,

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and thirty thousand and five hundred asses,

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and sixteen thousand persons),

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and sixteen thousand persons),

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even of the children of Israel’s half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of animal, and gave them to the Levites, who performed the duty of Yahweh’s tabernacle, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

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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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The officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses.

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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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They said to Moses, “Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war who are under our command, and there lacks not one man of us.

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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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We have brought Yahweh’s offering, what every man found: gold ornaments, armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for our souls before Yahweh.”

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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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Moses and Eleazar the priest took their gold, even all worked jewels.

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And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.

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All the gold of the wave offering that they offered up to Yahweh, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels. or about

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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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The men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.

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(For the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.)

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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 Yahweh.

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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.