nkjv Numbers:31-32 SEEK
Seeker Overlay ON
*
And the LORD spoke to Moses ,
saying :
* "
Take vengeance on the Midianites for the children of Israel .
Afterward you shall be gathered to your people ."
*
So Moses spoke to the people ,
saying , "
Arm some of yourselves for war ,
and let them go against the Midianites to take vengeance for the LORD on Midian .
*
A thousand from each tribe of all the tribes of Israel you shall send to the war ."
*
So there were recruited from the divisions of Israel one thousand from each tribe ,
twelve thousand armed for war .
*
Then Moses sent them to the war ,
one thousand from each tribe ;
he sent them to the war with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest ,
with the holy articles and the signal trumpets in his hand .
*
And they warred against the Midianites ,
just as the LORD commanded Moses ,
and they killed all the males .
*
They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of those who were killed--Evi ,
Rekem ,
Zur ,
Hur ,
and Reba ,
the five kings of Midian .
Balaam the son of Beor they also killed with the sword .
*
And the children of Israel took the women of Midian captive ,
with their little ones ,
and took as spoil all their cattle ,
all their flocks ,
and all their goods .
*
They also burned with fire all the cities where they dwelt ,
and all their forts .
*
And they took all the spoil and all the booty--of man and beast .
*
Then they brought the captives ,
the booty ,
and the spoil to Moses ,
to Eleazar the priest ,
and to the congregation of the children of Israel ,
to the camp in the plains of Moab by the Jordan ,
across from Jericho .
*
And Moses ,
Eleazar the priest ,
and all the leaders of the congregation ,
went to meet them outside the camp .
*
But Moses was angry with the officers of the army ,
with the captains over thousands and captains over hundreds ,
who had come from the battle .
*
And Moses said to them : "
Have you kept all the women alive ?
*
Look ,
these women caused the children of Israel ,
through the counsel of Balaam ,
to trespass against the LORD in the incident of Peor ,
and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD .
*
Now therefore ,
kill every male among the little ones ,
and kill every woman who has known a man intimately .
*
But keep alive for yourselves all the young girls who have not known a man intimately .
*
And as for you ,
remain outside the camp seven days ;
whoever has killed any person ,
and whoever has touched any slain ,
purify yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day .
*
Purify every garment ,
everything made of leather ,
everything woven of goats '
hair ,
and everything made of wood ."
*
Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to the battle , "
This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses :
* "
Only the gold ,
the silver ,
the bronze ,
the iron ,
the tin ,
and the lead ,
*
everything that can endure fire ,
you shall put through the fire ,
and it shall be clean ;
and it shall be purified with the water of purification .
But all that cannot endure fire you shall put through water .
*
And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day and be clean ,
and afterward you may come into the camp ."
*
Now the LORD spoke to Moses ,
saying :
* "
Count up the plunder that was taken--of man and beast--you and Eleazar the priest and the chief fathers of the congregation ;
*
and divide the plunder into two parts ,
between those who took part in the war ,
who went out to battle ,
and all the congregation .
*
And levy a tribute for the LORD on the men of war who went out to battle :
one of every five hundred of the persons ,
the cattle ,
the donkeys ,
and the sheep ;
*
take it from their half ,
and give it to Eleazar the priest as a heave offering to the LORD .
*
And from the children of Israel '
s half you shall take one of every fifty ,
drawn from the persons ,
the cattle ,
the donkeys ,
and the sheep ,
from all the livestock ,
and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD ."
*
So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses .
*
The booty remaining from the plunder ,
which the men of war had taken ,
was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep ,
*
seventy-two thousand cattle ,
*
sixty-one thousand donkeys ,
*
and thirty-two thousand persons in all ,
of women who had not known a man intimately .
*
And the half ,
the portion for those who had gone out to war ,
was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep ;
*
and the LORD '
s tribute of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five .
*
The cattle were thirty-six thousand ,
of which the LORD '
s tribute was seventy-two .
*
The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred ,
of which the LORD '
s tribute was sixty-one .
*
The persons were sixteen thousand ,
of which the LORD '
s tribute was thirty-two persons .
*
So Moses gave the tribute which was the LORD '
s heave offering to Eleazar the priest ,
as the LORD commanded Moses .
*
And from the children of Israel '
s half ,
which Moses separated from the men who fought --
*
now the half belonging to the congregation was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep ,
*
thirty-six thousand cattle ,
*
thirty thousand five hundred donkeys ,
*
and sixteen thousand persons --
*
and from the children of Israel '
s half Moses took one of every fifty ,
drawn from man and beast ,
and gave them to the Levites ,
who kept charge of the tabernacle of the LORD ,
as the LORD commanded Moses .
*
Then the officers who were over thousands of the army ,
the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds ,
came near to Moses ;
*
and they said to Moses , "
Your servants have taken a count of the men of war who are under our command ,
and not a man of us is missing .
*
Therefore we have brought an offering for the LORD ,
what every man found of ornaments of gold :
armlets and bracelets and signet rings and earrings and necklaces ,
to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD ."
*
So Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from them ,
all the fashioned ornaments .
*
And all the gold of the offering that they offered to the LORD ,
from the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds ,
was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels .
* (
The men of war had taken spoil ,
every man for himself .)
*
And Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the captains of thousands and of hundreds ,
and brought it into the tabernacle of meeting as a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD .
*
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 indeed the region was a place for livestock ,
*
the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses ,
to Eleazar the priest ,
and to the leaders of the congregation ,
saying ,
* "
Ataroth ,
Dibon ,
Jazer ,
Nimrah ,
Heshbon ,
Elealeh ,
Shebam ,
Nebo ,
and Beon ,
*
the country which the LORD defeated before the congregation of Israel ,
is a land for livestock ,
and your servants have livestock ."
*
Therefore they said , "
If we have found favor in your sight ,
let this land be given to your servants as a possession .
Do not take us over the Jordan ."
*
And Moses said to the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben : "
Shall your brethren go to war while you sit here ?
*
Now why will you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD has given them ?
*
Thus your fathers did when I sent them away from Kadesh Barnea to see the land .
*
For when they went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land ,
they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel ,
so that they did not go into the land which the LORD had given them .
*
So the LORD '
s anger was aroused on that day ,
and He swore an oath ,
saying ,
* "
Surely none of the men who came up from Egypt ,
from twenty years old and above ,
shall see the land of which I swore to Abraham ,
Isaac ,
and Jacob ,
because they have not wholly followed Me ,
*
except Caleb the son of Jephunneh ,
the Kenizzite ,
and Joshua the son of Nun ,
for they have wholly followed the LORD .'
*
So the LORD '
s anger was aroused against Israel ,
and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years ,
until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the LORD was gone .
*
And look !
You have risen in your fathers '
place ,
a brood of sinful men ,
to increase still more the fierce anger of the LORD against Israel .
*
For if you turn away from following Him ,
He will once again leave them in the wilderness ,
and you will destroy all these people ."
*
Then they came near to him and said : "
We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock ,
and cities for our little ones ,
*
but we ourselves will be armed ,
ready to go before the children of Israel until we have brought them to their place ;
and our little ones will dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land .
*
We will not return to our homes until every one of the children of Israel has received his inheritance .
*
For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond ,
because our inheritance has fallen to us on this eastern side of the Jordan ."
*
Then Moses said to them : "
If you do this thing ,
if you arm yourselves before the LORD for the war ,
*
and all your armed men cross over the Jordan before the LORD until He has driven out His enemies from before Him ,
*
and the land is subdued before the LORD ,
then afterward you may return and be blameless before the LORD and before Israel ;
and this land shall be your possession before the LORD .
*
But if you do not do so ,
then take note ,
you have sinned against the LORD ;
and be sure your sin will find you out .
*
Build cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep ,
and do what has proceeded out of your mouth ."
*
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses ,
saying : "
Your servants will do as my lord commands .
*
Our little ones ,
our wives ,
our flocks ,
and all our livestock will be there in the cities of Gilead ;
*
but your servants will cross over ,
every man armed for war ,
before the LORD to battle ,
just as my lord says ."
*
So Moses gave command concerning them to Eleazar the priest ,
to Joshua the son of Nun ,
and to the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel .
*
And Moses said to them : "
If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben cross over the Jordan with you ,
every man armed for battle before the LORD ,
and the land is subdued before you ,
then you shall give them the land of Gilead as a possession .
*
But if they do not cross over armed with you ,
they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan ."
*
Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered ,
saying : "
As the LORD has said to your servants ,
so we will do .
*
We will cross over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan ,
but the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us on this side of the Jordan ."
*
So Moses gave to the children of Gad ,
to the children of Reuben ,
and to half the 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 with its cities within the borders ,
the cities of the surrounding country .
*
And the children of Gad built Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer ,
*
Atroth and Shophan and Jazer and Jogbehah ,
*
Beth Nimrah and Beth Haran ,
fortified cities ,
and folds for sheep .
*
And the children of Reuben built Heshbon and Elealeh and Kirjathaim ,
*
Nebo and Baal Meon (
their names being changed )
and Shibmah ;
and they gave other names to the cities which they built .
*
And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it ,
and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it .
*
So Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh ,
and he dwelt in it .
*
Also Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its small towns ,
and called them Havoth Jair .
*
Then Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages ,
and he called it Nobah ,
after his own name .
*
These are the journeys of the children of Israel ,
who went out of the land of Egypt by their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron .