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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The Holy War against Midian</h3><p class="par"><span class="v4_31_1"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.1" class="v4_31_1">1</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said to Moses, </span><span class="v4_31_2"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.2" class="v4_31_2">2</span>“Punish the Midianites for what they did to the people of Israel. After you have done that, you will die.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_31_3"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.3" class="v4_31_3">3</span>So Moses said to the people, “Get ready for war, so that you can attack Midian and punish them for what they did to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>. </span><span class="v4_31_4"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.4" class="v4_31_4">4</span>From each tribe of Israel send a thousand men to war.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_31_5"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.5" class="v4_31_5">5</span>So a thousand men were chosen from each tribe, a total of twelve thousand men ready for battle. </span><span class="v4_31_6"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.6" class="v4_31_6">6</span>Moses sent them to war under the command of Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took charge of the sacred objects and the trumpets for giving signals. </span><span class="v4_31_7"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.7" class="v4_31_7">7</span>They attacked Midian, as the <span class="nd">Lord</span> had commanded Moses, and killed all the men, </span><span class="v4_31_8"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.8" class="v4_31_8">8</span>including the five kings of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba. They also killed Balaam son of Beor.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_31_9"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.9" class="v4_31_9">9</span>The people of Israel captured the Midianite women and children, took their cattle and their flocks, plundered all their wealth, </span><span class="v4_31_10"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.10" class="v4_31_10">10</span>and burned all their cities and camps. </span><span class="v4_31_11"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.11" class="v4_31_11">11</span>They took all the loot that they had captured, including the prisoners and the animals, </span><span class="v4_31_12"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.12" class="v4_31_12">12</span>and brought them to Moses and Eleazar and to the community of the people of Israel, who were at the camp on the plains of Moab across the Jordan from Jericho.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Army Returns</h3><p class="par"><span class="v4_31_13"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.13" class="v4_31_13">13</span>Moses, Eleazar, and all the other leaders of the community went out of the camp to meet the army. </span><span class="v4_31_14"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.14" class="v4_31_14">14</span>Moses became angry with the officers, the commanders of battalions and companies, who had returned from the war. </span><span class="v4_31_15"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.15" class="v4_31_15">15</span>He asked them, “Why have you kept all the women alive? </span><span class="v4_31_16"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.16" class="v4_31_16">16</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Num.31.16!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Remember that it was the women who followed Balaam's instructions and at Peor led the people to be unfaithful to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>. That was what brought the epidemic on the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s people. </span><span class="v4_31_17"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.17" class="v4_31_17">17</span>So now kill every boy and kill every woman who has had sexual intercourse, </span><span class="v4_31_18"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.18" class="v4_31_18">18</span>but keep alive for yourselves all the girls and all the women who are virgins. </span><span class="v4_31_19"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.19" class="v4_31_19">19</span>Now all of you who have killed anyone or have touched a corpse must stay outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and on the seventh day purify yourselves and the women you have captured. </span><span class="v4_31_20"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.20" class="v4_31_20">20</span>You must also purify every piece of clothing and everything made of leather, goats' hair, or wood.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_31_21"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.21" class="v4_31_21">21</span>Eleazar the priest said to the men who had returned from battle, “These are the regulations that the <span class="nd">Lord</span> has given to Moses. </span><span class="v4_31_22"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.22-Num.31.23" class="v4_31_22">22-23</span>Everything that will not burn, such as gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, or lead, is to be purified by passing it through fire. Everything else is to be purified by the water for purification. </span><span class="v4_31_24"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.24" class="v4_31_24">24</span>On the seventh day you must wash your clothes; then you will be ritually clean and will be permitted to enter the camp.”</span></p><h3 class="s">Division of the Loot</h3><p class="par"><span class="v4_31_25"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.25" class="v4_31_25">25</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said to Moses, </span><span class="v4_31_26"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.26" class="v4_31_26">26</span>“You and Eleazar, together with the other leaders of the community, are to count everything that has been captured, including the prisoners and the animals. </span><span class="v4_31_27"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.27" class="v4_31_27">27</span>Divide what was taken into two equal parts, one part for the soldiers and the other part for the rest of the community. </span><span class="v4_31_28"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.28" class="v4_31_28">28</span>From the part that belongs to the soldiers, withhold as a tax for the <span class="nd">Lord</span> one out of every five hundred prisoners and the same proportion of the cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats. </span><span class="v4_31_29"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.29" class="v4_31_29">29</span>Give them to Eleazar the priest as a special contribution to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>. </span><span class="v4_31_30"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.30" class="v4_31_30">30</span>From the part given to the rest of the people, take one out of every fifty prisoners and the same proportion of the cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats. Give them to the Levites who are in charge of the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s Tent.” </span><span class="v4_31_31"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.31" class="v4_31_31">31</span>Moses and Eleazar did what the <span class="nd">Lord</span> commanded.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_31_32"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.32-Num.31.35" class="v4_31_32">32-35</span>The following is a list of what was captured by the soldiers, in addition to what they kept for themselves: 675,000 sheep and goats, 72,000 cattle, 61,000 donkeys, and 32,000 virgins. </span><span class="v4_31_36"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.36-Num.31.40" class="v4_31_36">36-40</span>The half share of the soldiers was 337,500 sheep and goats, of which 675 were the tax for the <span class="nd">Lord</span>; 36,000 cattle for the soldiers, of which 72 were the tax for the <span class="nd">Lord</span>; 30,500 donkeys for the soldiers, of which 61 were the tax for the <span class="nd">Lord</span>; and 16,000 virgins for the soldiers, of which 32 were the tax for the <span class="nd">Lord</span>. </span><span class="v4_31_41"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.41" class="v4_31_41">41</span>So Moses gave Eleazar the tax as a special contribution to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, as the <span class="nd">Lord</span> had commanded.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_31_42"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.42-Num.31.46" class="v4_31_42">42-46</span>The share of the community was the same as that for the soldiers: 337,500 sheep and goats, 36,000 cattle, 30,500 donkeys, and 16,000 virgins. </span><span class="v4_31_47"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.47" class="v4_31_47">47</span>From this share Moses took one out of every fifty prisoners and animals, and as the <span class="nd">Lord</span> had commanded, gave them to the Levites who were in charge of the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s Tent.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_31_48"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.48" class="v4_31_48">48</span>Then the officers who had commanded the army went to Moses </span><span class="v4_31_49"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.49" class="v4_31_49">49</span>and reported, “Sir, we have counted the soldiers under our command and not one of them is missing. </span><span class="v4_31_50"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.50" class="v4_31_50">50</span>So we are bringing the gold ornaments, armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces that each of us has taken. We offer them to the <span class="nd">Lord</span> as a payment for our lives, so that he will protect us.” </span><span class="v4_31_51"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.51" class="v4_31_51">51</span>Moses and Eleazar received the gold, all of which was in the form of ornaments. </span><span class="v4_31_52"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.52" class="v4_31_52">52</span>The total contribution of the officers weighed over four hundred pounds. </span><span class="v4_31_53"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.53" class="v4_31_53">53</span>Those who were not officers kept the loot they had taken. </span><span class="v4_31_54"><span class="reftext" id="Num.31.54" class="v4_31_54">54</span>So Moses and Eleazar took the gold to the Tent, so that the <span class="nd">Lord</span> would protect the people of Israel.</span></p></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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