CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Numbers 31 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/numbers/31.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/numbers/31-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Numbers 31</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../numbers/30.htm" title="Numbers 30">◄</a> Numbers 31 <a href="../numbers/32.htm" title="Numbers 32">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/numbers/31.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Vengeance on Midian</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Avenge the people of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian to execute the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>’s vengeance on Midian. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>You shall send a thousand from each of the tribes of Israel to the war.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>So there were provided, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand from each tribe, together with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They warred against Midian, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded Moses, and killed every male. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. And they also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And the people of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones, and they took as plunder all their cattle, their flocks, and all their goods. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>All their cities in the places where they lived, and all their encampments, they burned with fire, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and took all the spoil and all the plunder, both of man and of beast. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then they brought the captives and the plunder and the spoil to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the people of Israel, at the camp on the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the chiefs of the congregation went to meet them outside the camp. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, who had come from service in the war. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Moses said to them, “Have you let all the women live? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Behold, these, on Balaam’s advice, caused the people of Israel to act treacherously against the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> in the incident of Peor, and so the plague came among the congregation of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him keep alive for yourselves. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Encamp outside the camp seven days. Whoever of you has killed any person and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>You shall purify every garment, every article of skin, all work of goats’ hair, and every article of wood.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then Eleazar the priest said to the men in the army who had gone to battle: “This is the statute of the law that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has commanded Moses: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>everything that can stand the fire, you shall pass through the fire, and it shall be clean. Nevertheless, it shall also be purified with the water for impurity. And whatever cannot stand the fire, you shall pass through the water. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean. And afterward you may come into the camp.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“Take the count of the plunder that was taken, both of man and of beast, you and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the congregation, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>and divide the plunder into two parts between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And levy for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> a tribute from the men of war who went out to battle, one out of five hundred, of the people and of the oxen and of the donkeys and of the flocks. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as a contribution to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And from the people of Israel’s half you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the people, of the oxen, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all the cattle, and give them to the Levites who keep guard over the tabernacle of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded Moses.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Now the plunder remaining of the spoil that the army took was 675,000 sheep, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>72,000 cattle, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>61,000 donkeys, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>and 32,000 persons in all, women who had not known man by lying with him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>And the half, the portion of those who had gone out in the army, numbered 337,500 sheep, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>and the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>’s tribute of sheep was 675. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>The cattle were 36,000, of which the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>’s tribute was 72. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>The donkeys were 30,500, of which the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>’s tribute was 61. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>The persons were 16,000, of which the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>’s tribute was 32 persons. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>And Moses gave the tribute, which was the contribution for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, to Eleazar the priest, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded Moses.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>From the people of Israel’s half, which Moses separated from that of the men who had served in the army— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>now the congregation’s half was 337,500 sheep, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>36,000 cattle, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>and 30,500 donkeys, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>and 16,000 persons— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>from the people of Israel’s half Moses took one of every 50, both of persons and of beasts, and gave them to the Levites who kept guard over the tabernacle of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded Moses.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, came near to Moses <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>and said to Moses, “Your servants have counted the men of war who are under our command, and there is not a man missing from us. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>And we have brought the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>’s offering, what each man found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and beads, to make atonement for ourselves before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>And Moses and Eleazar the priest received from them the gold, all crafted articles. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>And all the gold of the contribution that they presented to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, was 16,750 shekels.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams">a</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span>(The men in the army had each taken plunder for himself.) <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/31-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span>And Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, as a memorial for the people of Israel before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">52</span> A <i class="catch-word-plural">shekel</i> was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams<br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. All rights reserved.<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) is adapted from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. All rights reserved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../numbers/30.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 30"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 30" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../numbers/32.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 32"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 32" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/numbers/31-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>