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And Jehovah spoke to▵ Moses , saying,
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Avenging, avenge the sons of Israel of the Midianites; after this shalt thou be gathered to▵ thy people.
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And Moses spoke to▵ the people, saying, Arm◦ from among yourselves the men◦ for an army , and let them be against Midian , and put ◦ the vengeance of Jehovah on◦ Midian .
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A thousand for a tribe , a thousand for a tribe , for all the tribes of Israel you shall send to the army .
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And there were committed◦ from the thousands of Israel , a thousand for every tribe , twelve thousand armed◦ for the army .
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And Moses sent them, a thousand for every tribe , for an army , them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, for an army , and the holy vessels , and the trumpets to blast in his hand .
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And they were··an··army against Midian , as◦ Jehovah commanded Moses ; and they killed all the males.
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And they killed the kings of Midian , over their slain : Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, five kings of Midian ; and Balaam , the son of Beor, they killed with the sword .
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And the sons of Israel took··captive the women of Midian , and their infants, and plundered all their beasts , and all their livestock , and all their belongings.
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And all their cities , with their dwellingplaces, and all their castles , they burnt··up with fire .
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And they took all the spoil , and all the booty , among◦ man and among◦ beast .
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And they brought the captives , and the booty , and the spoil , to▵ Moses , and to▵ Eleazar the priest, and to▵ the congregation of the sons of Israel , into▵ the camp toward▵ the desert of Moab , which was by◦ Jordan near Jericho .
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And Moses , and Eleazar the priest, and all the chiefs of the congregation , went··forth to meet them to▵ outside the camp .
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And Moses was··enraged on··account··of the overseers of the forces , the princes of the thousands , and princes of the hundreds , who came from the army of war .
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And Moses said to▵ them, Have you kept··alive all the females?
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Behold, these◦ women were the cause for the sons of Israel , by the word* of Balaam , to commit◦ the trespass against◦ Jehovah on··account··of the matter of Peor; and there was a striking among◦ the congregation of Jehovah .
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And now kill every male among◦ the infants, and kill every woman who has known a man ◦ by lying with a male .
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But every infant among◦ the women , who have· not ·known a male by lying with him, keep··alive for yourselves.
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And encamp you◦ outside the camp seven days ; whoever has killed a soul , and whoever has touched any slain , purge yourselves◦ and your captives on◦ the third day , and on◦ the seventh day .
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And purge every garment , and every vessel of skins , and all works ◦ of the hair of goats , and all vessels of wood .
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And Eleazar the priest said to▵ the men◦ of the army who came to the battle , This is the statute of the law which Jehovah commanded Moses :
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surely the gold , and the silver , the bronze , the iron , the tin , and the lead,
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every thing that may come into the fire , you shall make it pass ··through the fire , and it shall be··clean; surely it shall be purged with the water of isolation; and all that comes not into the fire you shall make pass ··through the water .
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And you shall wash your garments on◦ the seventh day , and you shall be··clean, and afterwards you shall come to▵ the camp .
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And Jehovah said to▵ Moses , saying,
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Bear ··up the sum of the booty of the captivity, among◦ man and among◦ beast , thou◦, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers of the congregation ;
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and halve the booty, between those who were occupied in the battle , going··out with the army , and all the congregation ;
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and lift··up◦ a share to Jehovah from the men◦ of the battle going··out with the army : one soul from five hundred , from man, and from the herd , and from the donkeys , and from the flock ;
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take it from their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for an uplifting◦ of Jehovah .
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And from the half of the sons of Israel , thou shalt take one possession◦ of fifty , of man, of the herd , of the donkeys , and of the flock , of every beast , and give them to the Levites, keeping the charge of the Habitation of Jehovah .
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And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as◦ Jehovah commanded Moses .
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And the booty , the remainder of the plunder which the people of the army plundered, was a flock of six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand ,
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and two and seventy thousand cattle,
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and one and sixty thousand donkeys ,
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and the soul of man, of the women who knew not a male by lying with him, all the souls , two and thirty thousand .
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And the half, the part for those who went··out into the army , from the number of the flock was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred ;
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and the share for Jehovah from the flock was six hundred five and seventy.
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And the cattle were six and thirty thousand ; and the share for Jehovah was two and seventy.
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And the donkeys were thirty thousand and five hundred ; and the share for Jehovah was one and sixty .
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And the souls of man were sixteen thousand ; and the share of Jehovah was two and thirty souls .
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And Moses gave the share, the uplifting◦ of Jehovah , to Eleazar the priest, as◦ Jehovah commanded Moses .
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And from the half of the sons of Israel , which Moses halved from the men◦ of the army ,
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and the half which was for the congregation from the flock was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred ,
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and six and thirty thousand cattle,
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and thirty thousand and five hundred donkeys ,
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and the soul of man sixteen thousand ;
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and Moses took from the half of the sons of Israel one possession◦ of fifty , from man and from beast , and gave them to the Levites, who kept the charge of the Habitation of Jehovah , as◦ Jehovah commanded Moses .
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And the overseers who were over thousands of the army , the princes of thousands , and princes of hundreds , came··near to▵ Moses ,
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and they said to▵ Moses , Thy servants have taken··up the sum of the men ◦ of war which are in our hand , and not one man ◦ of us is··missing.
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And we have offered an offering to Jehovah , each··man ◦ what he found , of vessels of gold , an armband, and a bracelet , a ring , an earring◦, and a band◦, to make··atonement for▵ our souls before Jehovah .
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And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all the vessels made.
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And all the gold of the uplifting◦, that they lifted··up◦ to Jehovah , was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels , from the princes of the thousands , and from the princes of the hundreds .
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For the men ◦ of the army had plundered, each man ◦ for himself.
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And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the princes of the thousands and of the hundreds , and brought it into▵ the Tabernacle of the congregation ◦, for a memorial for the sons of Israel before Jehovah .