1 E falou o SENHOR a Moisés, dizendo:
2 Vinga os filhos de Israel dos midianitas; depois recolhido serás ao teu povo.
3 Falou, pois, Moisés ao povo, dizendo: Armem-se alguns de vós para a guerra, e saiam contra os midianitas, para fazerem a vingança do Senhor contra eles.
4 Mil de cada tribo, entre todas as tribos de Israel, enviareis à guerra.
5 Assim foram dados, dos milhares de Israel, mil de cada tribo; doze mil armados para a peleja.
6 E Moisés os mandou à guerra, mil de cada tribo, e com eles Finéias, filho de Eleazar, o sacerdote, com os vasos do santuário, e com as trombetas do alarido na sua mão.
7 E pelejaram contra os midianitas, como o Senhor ordenara a Moisés; e mataram a todos os homens.
8 Mataram também, além dos que já haviam sido mortos, os reis dos midianitas: a Evi, e a Requém, e a Zur, e a Hur, e a Reba, cinco reis dos midianitas; também a Balaão, filho de Beor, mataram à espada.
9 Porém, os filhos de Israel levaram presas as mulheres dos midianitas e as suas crianças; também levaram todos os seus animais e todo o seu gado, e todos os seus bens.
10 E queimaram a fogo todas as suas cidades com todas as suas habitações e todos os seus acampamentos.
11 E tomaram todo o despojo e toda a presa de homens e de animais.
12 E trouxeram a Moisés e a Eleazar, o sacerdote, e à congregação dos filhos de Israel, os cativos, e a presa, e o despojo, para o arraial, nas campinas de Moabe, que estão junto ao Jordão, na altura de Jericó.
13 Porém Moisés e Eleazar, o sacerdote, e todos os príncipes da congregação, saíram a recebê-los fora do arraial.
14 E indignou-se Moisés grandemente contra os oficiais do exército, capitães dos milhares e capitães das centenas, que vinham do serviço da guerra.
15 E Moisés disse-lhes: Deixastes viver todas as mulheres?
16 Eis que estas foram as que, por conselho de Balaão, deram ocasião aos filhos de Israel de transgredir contra o Senhor no caso de Peor; por isso houve aquela praga entre a congregação do Senhor.
17 Agora, pois, matai todo o homem entre as crianças, e matai toda a mulher que conheceu algum homem, deitando-se com ele.
18 Porém, todas as meninas que não conheceram algum homem, deitando-se com ele, deixai-as viver para vós.
19 E alojai-vos sete dias fora do arraial; qualquer que tiver matado alguma pessoa, e qualquer que tiver tocado algum morto, ao terceiro dia, e ao sétimo dia vos purificareis, a vós e a vossos cativos.
20 Também purificareis toda a roupa, e toda a obra de peles, e toda a obra de pêlos de cabras, e todo o utensílio de madeira.
21 E disse Eleazar, o sacerdote, aos homens da guerra, que foram à peleja: Este é o estatuto da lei que o Senhor ordenou a Moisés.
22 Contudo o ouro, e a prata, o cobre, o ferro, o estanho, e o chumbo,
23 Toda a coisa que pode resistir ao fogo, fareis passar pelo fogo, para que fique limpa, todavia se purificará com a água da purificação; mas tudo que não pode resistir ao fogo, fareis passar pela água.
24 Também lavareis as vossas roupas ao sétimo dia, para que fiqueis limpos; e depois entrareis no arraial.
25 Falou mais o Senhor a Moisés, dizendo:
26 Faze a soma da presa que foi tomada, de homens e de animais, tu e Eleazar, o sacerdote, e os cabeças das casas dos pais da congregação,
27 E divide a presa em duas metades, entre os que se armaram para a peleja, e saíram à guerra, e toda a congregação.
28 Então para o Senhor tomarás o tributo dos homens de guerra, que saíram a esta peleja, de cada quinhentos uma alma, dos homens, e dos bois, e dos jumentos e das ovelhas.
29 Da sua metade o tomareis, e o dareis ao sacerdote Eleazar, para a oferta alçada do Senhor.
30 Mas, da metade dos filhos de Israel, tomarás um de cada cinqüenta, um dos homens, dos bois, dos jumentos, e das ovelhas, e de todos os animais; e os darás aos levitas que têm cuidado da guarda do tabernáculo do Senhor.
31 E fizeram Moisés e Eleazar, o sacerdote, como o Senhor ordenara a Moisés.
32 Foi a presa, restante do despojo que tomaram os homens de guerra, seiscentas e setenta e cinco mil ovelhas;
33 E setenta e dois mil bois;
34 E sessenta e um mil jumentos;
35 E, das mulheres que não conheceram homem algum, deitando-se com ele, todas as almas foram trinta e duas mil.
36 E a metade, que era a porção dos que saíram à guerra, foi em número de trezentas e trinta e sete mil e quinhentas ovelhas.
37 E das ovelhas, o tributo para o Senhor foi de seiscentas e setenta e cinco.
38 E foram os bois trinta e seis mil; e o seu tributo para o Senhor setenta e dois.
39 E foram os jumentos trinta mil e quinhentos; e o seu tributo para o Senhor sessenta e um.
40 E houve de pessoas dezesseis mil; e o seu tributo para o Senhor trinta e duas pessoas.
41 E deu Moisés a Eleazar, o sacerdote, o tributo da oferta alçada do Senhor, como o Senhor ordenara a Moisés.
42 E da metade dos filhos de Israel que Moisés separara da dos homens que pelejaram,
43 (A metade para a congregação foi, das ovelhas, trezentas e trinta e sete mil e quinhentas;
44 E dos bois trinta e seis mil;
45 E dos jumentos trinta mil e quinhentos;
46 E das pessoas, dezesseis mil).
47 Desta metade dos filhos de Israel, Moisés tomou um de cada cinqüenta, de homens e de animais, e os deu aos levitas, que tinham cuidado da guarda do tabernáculo do Senhor, como o Senhor ordenara a Moisés.
48 Então chegaram-se a Moisés os oficiais que estavam sobre os milhares do exército, os chefes de mil e os chefes de cem;
49 E disseram a Moisés: Teus servos tomaram a soma dos homens de guerra que estiveram sob as nossas ordens; e não falta nenhum de nós.
50 Por isso trouxemos uma oferta ao Senhor, cada um o que achou, objetos de ouro, cadeias, ou manilhas, anéis, arrecadas, e colares, para fazer expiação pelas nossas almas perante o Senhor.
51 Assim Moisés e Eleazar, o sacerdote, receberam deles o ouro, sendo todos os objetos bem trabalhados.
52 E foi todo o ouro da oferta alçada, que ofereceram ao Senhor, dezesseis mil e setecentos e cinqüenta siclos, dos chefes de mil e dos chefes de cem
53 (Pois cada um dos homens de guerra, tinha tomado presa para si).
54 Receberam, pois, Moisés e Eleazar, o sacerdote, o ouro dos chefes de mil e dos chefes de cem, e o levaram à tenda da congregação, por memorial para os filhos de Israel perante o Senhor.
1 And LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2 Avenge the sons of Israel of the Midianites. Afterward thou shall be gathered to thy people.
3 And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm ye men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute LORD's vengeance on Midian.
4 From every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, ye shall send to the war.
5 So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
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.
7 And they warred against Midian as LORD commanded Moses, and they killed every male.
8 And they killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.
9 And the sons 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.
10 And all their cities in the places in which they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.
11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast.
12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, to Moses, and 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 at Jericho.
13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the rulers of the congregation, went forth to meet them outside the camp.
14 And 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.
15 And Moses said to them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
16 Behold, these caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against LORD in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of LORD.
17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that has known man by lying with him.
18 But all the women-children, who have not known man by laying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
19 And encamp ye outside the camp seven days. Whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, ye and your captives.
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.
21 And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, This is the statute of the law which LORD has commanded Moses:
22 only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead--
23 everything which may go into 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 may not go into fire ye shall make to go through the water.
24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
25 And LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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 of the congregation,
27 and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war who went out to battle, and all the congregation.
28 And levy a tribute to LORD of the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, [both] of the persons, and of the oxen, and of the donkeys, and of the flocks.
29 Take it of their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for LORD's heave-offering.
30 And of the sons of Israel's half, thou shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, [even] of all the cattle, and give them to the Levites, who keep the charge of the tabe
31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as LORD commanded Moses.
32 Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,
33 and seventy-two thousand oxen,
34 and sixty-one thousand donkeys,
35 and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of the women who had not known man by laying with him.
36 And the half, which was the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand and five hundred sheep.
37 And LORD's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five.
38 And the oxen were thirty-six thousand, of which LORD's tribute was seventy-two.
39 And the donkeys were thirty thousand and five hundred, of which LORD's tribute was sixty-one.
40 And the persons were sixteen thousand, of whom LORD's tribute was thirty-two persons.
41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was LORD's heave-offering, to Eleazar the priest, as LORD commanded Moses.
42 And of the sons of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men who warred
43 (now the congregation's half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
44 and thirty-six thousand oxen,
45 and thirty thousand and five hundred donkeys,
46 and sixteen thousand persons),
47 even of the sons of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them to the Levites, who kept the charge of the tabernacle of LORD, as LORD commanded Moses.
48 And the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses.
49 And they said to Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war that are under our charge, and there lacks not one man of us.
50 And we have brought LORD's oblation, what every man has gotten, of jewels of gold, ankle-chains, and bracelets, signet-rings, earrings, and armlets, to make atonement for our souls before LORD.
51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, even all wrought jewels.
52 And all the gold of the heave-offering that they offered up to LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.
53 ([For] the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.)
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 sons of Israel before LORD.