1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Avenge the children of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people."
3 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. 4 You shall send one thousand out of every tribe, throughout all the tribes of Israel, to the war." 5 So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. 6 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. 7 They fought against Midian, as Yahweh commanded Moses. They killed every male. 8 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. 9 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. 10 All their cities in the places in which they lived, and all their encampments, they burned with fire. 11 They took all the captives, and all the plunder, both of man and of animal. 12 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. 13 Moses and Eleazar the priest, with all the princes of the congregation, went out to meet them outside of the camp. 14 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 Moses said to them, "Have you saved all the women alive? 16 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. 17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him. 18 But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
19 "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. 20 You shall purify every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood."
21 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. 22 However the gold, and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead, 23 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. 24 You shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean. Afterward you shall come into the camp."
25 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 26 "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; 27 and divide the plunder into two parts: between the men skilled in war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation. 28 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. 29 Take it from their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for Yahweh’s wave offering. 30 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."
31 Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Yahweh commanded Moses.
32 Now the plunder, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep, 33 seventy-two thousand head of cattle, 34 sixty-one thousand donkeys, 35 and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of the women who had not known man by lying with him. 36 The half, which was the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep; 37 and Yahweh’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred seventy-five. 38 The cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which Yahweh’s tribute was seventy-two. 39 The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred, of which Yahweh’s tribute was sixty-one. 40 The persons were sixteen thousand, of whom Yahweh’s tribute was thirty-two persons. 41 Moses gave the tribute, which was Yahweh’s wave offering, to Eleazar the priest, as Yahweh commanded Moses. 42 Of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided off from the men who fought 43 (now the congregation’s half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep, 44 thirty-six thousand head of cattle, 45 thirty thousand five hundred donkeys, 46 and sixteen thousand persons), 47 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.
48 The officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses. 49 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. 50 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."
51 Moses and Eleazar the priest took their gold, even all worked jewels. 52 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. 53 The men of war had taken booty, every man for himself. 54 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.
1 耶和华对摩西说：
2 "你要在米甸人身上报以色列人的仇， 然后要归到你本族那里去。"
3 摩西对人民说： "要从你们中间使一些人武装起来去作战， 攻击米甸人， 好在米甸人身上为耶和华报仇。
4 你们要从以色列众支派中每支派打发一千人去打仗。"
5 于是从以色列千万人中， 每支派选出一千人， 共有一万二千人， 都武装起来去打仗。
6 摩西就打发每支派的一千人去打仗， 并且派遣以利亚撒祭司的儿子非尼哈与他们一同去， 非尼哈手里拿着圣所的器皿和吹大声的号筒。
7 他们就照着耶和华吩咐摩西的， 去与米甸人作战， 杀死了所有的男人。
8 在那些被杀的人以外， 还杀了米甸的五个王， 就是以未、利金、苏珥、户珥和利巴； 又用刀杀了比珥的儿子巴兰。
9 以色列人掳了米甸人的妇女、孩子； 又掳掠了他们所有的牲畜、羊群和财物；
10 并用火烧了他们所住地方的一切城市和营寨；
11 把一切夺来的和掳掠的， 连人带牲畜都带走；
12 他们把俘掳的人和掳来的， 以及夺来的东西， 都带到摩押平原， 约旦河边， 和耶利哥相对的营地那里， 交给摩西和以利亚撒祭司， 以及以色列的会众。
13 摩西和以利亚撒祭司， 以及会众所有的领袖， 都出到营外迎接他们。
14 摩西对作战回来的军官， 就是对千夫长和百夫长发怒。
15 摩西对他们说： "你们让这些妇女存活吗？
16 看哪， 这些妇女因巴兰的计谋， 使以色列人在毗珥的事上， 得罪耶和华， 以致瘟疫临到耶和华的会众身上。
17 现在你们要把所有的男孩都杀了， 也要杀死所有与男人发生过关系的妇人。
18 但女孩子中， 没有与男人发生过关系的， 你们都可以让她们活着。
19 你们要在营外驻扎七天， 杀过人的和摸过死尸的， 第三日和第七日都要洁净自己， 你们和你们掳来的人都要这样行。
20 你们也要洁净一切衣服、皮具、山羊毛织的物和木器。"
21 以利亚撒祭司对打仗回来的兵丁说： "这是耶和华吩咐摩西的律例：
22 金、银、铜、铁、锡、铅，
23 能够经火的东西， 你们都要使它经火， 就算是洁净了， 但还要用除污水洁净它； 不能经火的， 你们要使它经过水。
24 第七日， 你们要洗衣服， 就为洁净； 然后才可以进营。"
25 耶和华对摩西说：
26 "你和以利亚撒祭司， 以及会众的各族长， 要计算俘掳的人和掠得的牲畜的总数。
27 你要把掠夺得的分为两半， 一半给出去打仗的人， 一半给全体会众。
28 你又要从出去打仗的人所得的， 无论是人、牛、驴， 或羊群之中， 抽出五百分之一作贡物奉给耶和华；
29 你们要从他们那一半中抽出， 交给以利亚撒祭司， 作耶和华的举祭。
30 从以色列人那一半中， 无论是人、牛、驴、羊群， 或是各样牲畜， 都要抽出五十分之一， 交给负责看守耶和华帐幕的利未人。"
31 于是， 摩西和以利亚撒祭司照着耶和华吩咐摩西的行了。
32 掠得的东西， 就是打仗的人所掳掠剩下来的， 共有羊六十七万五千只，
33 牛七万二千头，
34 驴六万一千头，
35 没有与男人发生过关系的妇人三万二千人。
36 出去打仗的人的分， 就是他们所得的那一半， 羊共有三十三万七千五百只；
37 这些羊群中， 归耶和华作贡物的， 有六百七十五只。
38 牛三万六千头， 归耶和华为贡物的， 有七十二只。
39 驴三万零五百头， 归耶和华为贡物的有六十一匹。
40 人口一万六千， 归给耶和华作贡物的， 有三十二人。
41 摩西照着耶和华吩咐他的， 把贡物， 就是耶和华的举祭， 交给以利亚撒祭司。
42 以色列人所得的那一半， 就是摩西从打仗的人取来分给他们的
43 （属于会众的那一半， 有羊三十三万七千五百只，
44 牛三万六千头，
45 驴三万零五百头，
46 人口一万六千）；
47 摩西照着耶和华吩咐他的， 从属于以色列人的那一半， 无论是人口或是牲畜， 都抽出五十分之一， 交给负责看守耶和华帐幕的利未人。
48 统领万军的军长、千夫长和百夫长， 都来见摩西，
49 对摩西说： "你仆人手下作战的士兵， 已经计算总数， 没有缺少一人。
50 现在我们把耶和华的供物， 都送来了， 就是我们各人所得的金器、脚链子、镯子、打印戒指、耳环、手钏， 好在耶和华面前， 为我们自己赎罪。"
51 摩西和以利亚撒祭司就收了他们的金子， 就是各样金子做成的器皿。
52 千夫长和百夫长献给耶和华为举祭的一切金子， 共有两百多公斤。
53 士兵都各自夺取了财物。
54 摩西和以利亚撒祭司就从千夫长和百夫长手中收了金子， 把它带进会幕里去， 在耶和华面前作以色列人的记念。