Numbers, starting at chapter 31
{31:1} Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, {31:2} "Avenge the children of
Israel for the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your
people."
{31:3} Moses spoke to the people, saying, "Arm men from among you
for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Yahweh's
vengeance on Midian. {31:4} Of every tribe one thousand, throughout
all the tribes of Israel, you shall send to the war." {31:5} So there
were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every
tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. {31:6} Moses sent them, one
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. {31:7} They warred against
Midian, as Yahweh commanded Moses; and they killed every male. {31:8}
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: Balaam
also the son of Beor they killed with the sword. {31:9} The children
of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones; and
all their livestock, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they
took for a prey. {31:10} All their cities in the places in which they
lived, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire. {31:11} They
took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of animal.
{31:12} They brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, 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. {31:13} Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all
the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them outside of
the camp. {31:14} 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. {31:15} Moses said to them, "Have you saved all
the women alive? {31:16} 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. {31:17} Now therefore kill every male among the little ones,
and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him. {31:18} But
all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive
for yourselves.
{31:19} "Encamp outside of 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, you and your captives. {31:20}
As to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of
goats' [hair], and all things made of wood, you shall purify
yourselves."
{31:21} 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: {31:22} however the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron,
the tin, and the lead, {31:23} everything that may abide 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: and all that doesn't
withstand the fire you shall make to go through the water. {31:24} You
shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean;
and afterward you shall come into the camp."
{31:25} Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, {31:26} "Take the sum of the
prey that was taken, both of man and of animal, you, and Eleazar the
priest, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the congregation;
{31:27} and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in
war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation. {31:28} Levy a
tribute to Yahweh of the men of war who went out to battle: one soul
of five hundred, [both] of the persons, and of the cattle, and of the
donkeys, and of the flocks: {31:29} take it of their half, and give it
to Eleazar the priest, for Yahweh's wave offering. {31:30} 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, [even] of all the livestock, and give them to the Levites, who
perform the duty of the tabernacle of Yahweh."
{31:31} Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Yahweh commanded Moses.
{31:32} Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war
took, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep, {31:33} and
seventy-two thousand head of cattle, {31:34} and sixty-one thousand
donkeys, {31:35} and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of the women
who had not known man by lying with him. {31:36} The half, which was
the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred
thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep: {31:37} and Yahweh's tribute
of the sheep was six hundred seventy-five. {31:38} The cattle were
thirty-six thousand; of which Yahweh's tribute was seventy-two.
{31:39} The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred; of which
Yahweh's tribute was sixty-one. {31:40} The persons were sixteen
thousand; of whom Yahweh's tribute was thirty-two persons. {31:41}
Moses gave the tribute, which was Yahweh's wave offering, to Eleazar
the priest, as Yahweh commanded Moses. {31:42} Of the children of
Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men who warred {31:43}
(now the congregation's half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand
five hundred sheep, {31:44} and thirty-six thousand head of cattle,
{31:45} and thirty thousand five hundred donkeys, {31:46} and sixteen
thousand persons), {31:47} 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 the tabernacle
of Yahweh; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
{31:48} The officers who were over the thousands of the army, the
captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near to
Moses; {31:49} and 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. {31:50} We have brought Yahweh's offering, what every
man has gotten, of jewels of gold, armlets, and bracelets, signet
rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for our souls before
Yahweh."
{31:51} Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all
worked jewels. {31:52} 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. {31:53} ([For] the men of war had taken booty, every man for
himself.) {31:54} 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.
{32:1} Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very
great multitude of livestock: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and
the land of Gilead, that behold, the place was a place for livestock;
{32:2} the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke
to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the
congregation, saying, {32:3} "Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and
Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
{32:4} the land which Yahweh struck before the congregation of Israel,
is a land for livestock; and your servants have livestock." {32:5}
They said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be
given to your servants for a possession; don't bring us over the
Jordan."
{32:6} Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of
Reuben, "Shall your brothers go to the war, and shall you sit here?
{32:7} Why do you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from
going over into the land which Yahweh has given them? {32:8} Your
fathers did so when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land.
{32:9} For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the
land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they
should not go into the land which Yahweh had given them. {32:10}
Yahweh's anger was kindled in that day, and he swore, saying, {32:11}
'Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years
old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac,
and to Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me: {32:12} except
Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun;
because they have followed Yahweh completely.' {32:13} Yahweh's anger
was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander back and forth in
the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, who had done
evil in the sight of Yahweh, was consumed.
{32:14} "Behold, you have risen up in your fathers' place, an
increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of Yahweh
toward Israel. {32:15} For if you turn away from after him, he will
yet again leave them in the wilderness; and you will destroy all this
people."
{32:16} They came near to him, and said, "We will build sheepfolds
here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones: {32:17} but we
ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel,
until we have brought them to their place: and our little ones shall
dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
{32:18} We will not return to our houses, until the children of Israel
have inherited every man his inheritance. {32:19} For we will not
inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan, and forward;
because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of the Jordan
eastward."
{32:20} Moses said to them, "If you will do this thing, if you will
arm yourselves to go before Yahweh to the war, {32:21} and every armed
man of you will pass over the Jordan before Yahweh, until he has
driven out his enemies from before him, {32:22} and the land is
subdued before Yahweh; then afterward you shall return, and be
guiltless towards Yahweh, and towards Israel; and this land shall be
to you for a possession before Yahweh.
{32:23} "But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against
Yahweh; and be sure your sin will find you out. {32:24} Build cities
for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has
proceeded out of your mouth."
{32:25} The children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to
Moses, saying, "Your servants will do as my lord commands. {32:26} Our
little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock, shall be
there in the cities of Gilead; {32:27} but your servants will pass
over, every man who is armed for war, before Yahweh to battle, as my
lord says."
{32:28} So Moses commanded concerning them to Eleazar the priest,
and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers'
[houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel. {32:29} Moses said
to them, "If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass
with you over the Jordan, every man who is armed to battle, before
Yahweh, and the land shall be subdued before you; then you shall give
them the land of Gilead for a possession: {32:30} but if they will not
pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the
land of Canaan."
{32:31} The children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered,
saying, "As Yahweh has said to your servants, so will we do. {32:32}
We will pass over armed before Yahweh into the land of Canaan, and the
possession of our inheritance [shall remain] with us beyond the
Jordan."
{32:33} Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the
children of Reuben, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of
Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of
Og king of Bashan, the land, according to the cities of it with
[their] borders, even the cities of the surrounding land. {32:34} The
children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, {32:35} and
Atrothshophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah, {32:36} and Beth Nimrah, and
Beth Haran: fortified cities, and folds for sheep. {32:37} The
children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim, {32:38}
and Nebo, and Baal Meon, (their names being changed), and Sibmah: and
they gave other names to the cities which they built. {32:39} The
children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it,
and dispossessed the Amorites who were therein. {32:40} Moses gave
Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he lived therein. {32:41}
Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its towns, and called them
Havvoth Jair. {32:42} Nobah went and took Kenath, and its villages,
and called it Nobah, after his own name.
{33:1} These are the journeys of the children of Israel, when they
went forth out of the land of Egypt by their armies under the hand of
Moses and Aaron. {33:2} Moses wrote their goings out according to
their journeys by the commandment of Yahweh: and these are their
journeys according to their goings out. {33:3} They traveled from
Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month;
on the next day after the Passover the children of Israel went out
with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians, {33:4} while the
Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom Yahweh had struck
among them: on their gods also Yahweh executed judgments. {33:5} The
children of Israel traveled from Rameses, and encamped in Succoth.
{33:6} They traveled from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, which is in
the edge of the wilderness. {33:7} They traveled from Etham, and
turned back to Pihahiroth, which is before Baal Zephon: and they
encamped before Migdol. {33:8} They traveled from before Hahiroth, and
passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness: and they went
three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah.
{33:9} They traveled from Marah, and came to Elim: and in Elim were
twelve springs of water, and seventy palm trees; and they encamped
there. {33:10} They traveled from Elim, and encamped by the [1>]Red
Sea[<1]. {33:11} They traveled from the [2>]Red Sea[<2], and encamped
in the wilderness of Sin. {33:12} They traveled from the wilderness of
Sin, and encamped in Dophkah. {33:13} They traveled from Dophkah, and
encamped in Alush. {33:14} They traveled from Alush, and encamped in
Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink. {33:15}
They traveled from Rephidim, and encamped in the wilderness of Sinai.
{33:16} They traveled from the wilderness of Sinai, and encamped in
Kibroth Hattaavah. {33:17} They traveled from Kibroth Hattaavah, and
encamped in Hazeroth. {33:18} They traveled from Hazeroth, and
encamped in Rithmah. {33:19} They traveled from Rithmah, and encamped
in Rimmon Perez. {33:20} They traveled from Rimmon Perez, and encamped
in Libnah. {33:21} They traveled from Libnah, and encamped in Rissah.
{33:22} They traveled from Rissah, and encamped in Kehelathah. {33:23}
They traveled from Kehelathah, and encamped in Mount Shepher. {33:24}
They traveled from Mount Shepher, and encamped in Haradah. {33:25}
They traveled from Haradah, and encamped in Makheloth. {33:26} They
traveled from Makheloth, and encamped in Tahath. {33:27} They traveled
from Tahath, and encamped in Terah. {33:28} They traveled from Terah,
and encamped in Mithkah. {33:29} They traveled from Mithkah, and
encamped in Hashmonah. {33:30} They traveled from Hashmonah, and
encamped in Moseroth. {33:31} They traveled from Moseroth, and
encamped in Bene Jaakan. {33:32} They traveled from Bene Jaakan, and
encamped in Hor Haggidgad. {33:33} They traveled from Hor Haggidgad,
and encamped in Jotbathah. {33:34} They traveled from Jotbathah, and
encamped in Abronah. {33:35} They traveled from Abronah, and encamped
in Ezion Geber. {33:36} They traveled from Ezion Geber, and encamped
in the wilderness of Zin (the same is Kadesh). {33:37} They traveled
from Kadesh, and encamped in Mount Hor, in the edge of the land of
Edom. {33:38} Aaron the priest went up into Mount Hor at the
commandment of Yahweh, and died there, in the fortieth year after the
children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth
month, on the first day of the month. {33:39} Aaron was one hundred
twenty-three years old when he died in Mount Hor. {33:40} The
Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South in the land of
Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. {33:41} They
traveled from Mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah. {33:42} They
traveled from Zalmonah, and encamped in Punon. {33:43} They traveled
from Punon, and encamped in Oboth. {33:44} They traveled from Oboth,
and encamped in Iye Abarim, in the border of Moab. {33:45} They
traveled from Iyim, and encamped in Dibon Gad. {33:46} They traveled
from Dibon Gad, and encamped in Almon Diblathaim. {33:47} They
traveled from Almon Diblathaim, and encamped in the mountains of
Abarim, before Nebo. {33:48} They traveled from the mountains of
Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
{33:49} They encamped by the Jordan, from Beth Jeshimoth even to Abel
Shittim in the plains of Moab. {33:50} Yahweh spoke to Moses in the
plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, {33:51} Speak to the
children of Israel, and tell them, "When you pass over the Jordan into
the land of Canaan, {33:52} then you shall drive out all the
inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured
[stones], and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their
high places: {33:53} and you shall take possession of the land, and
dwell therein; for I have given given the land to you to possess it.
{33:54} You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families;
to the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you
shall give the less inheritance: wherever the lot falls to any man,
that shall be his. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your
fathers.
{33:55} "But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land
from before you, then those you let remain of them will be as pricks
in your eyes and as thorns in your sides, and they will harass you in
the land in which you dwell. {33:56} It shall happen that as I thought
to do to them, so will I do to you."
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Footnotes:
[1] {33:10} or, Sea of Reeds
[2] {33:11} or, Sea of Reeds
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