1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2“Avenge the children of Israel on the Midianites.…
3Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men…
4You shall send one thousand out of every…
5So there were delivered, out of the thousands…
6Moses sent them, one thousand of every tribe,…
7They fought against Midian, as the LORD commanded…
8They killed the kings of Midian with the…
9The children of Israel took the women of…
10All their cities in the places in which…
11They took all the captives, and all the…
12They brought the captives with the prey and…
13Moses and Eleazar the priest, with all the…
14Moses was angry with the officers of the…
15Moses said to them, “Have you saved all…
16Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through…
17Now therefore kill every male among the little…
18But all the girls, who have not known…
19“Encamp outside of the camp for seven days.…
20You shall purify every garment, and all that…
21Eleazar the priest said to the men of…
22However the gold, and the silver, the bronze,…
23everything that may withstand the fire, you shall…
24You shall wash your clothes on the seventh…
25The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
26“Count the plunder that was taken, both of…
27and divide the plunder into two parts: between…
28Levy a tribute to the LORD of the…
29Take it from their half, and give it…
30Of the children of Israel’s half, you shall…
31Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the…
32Now the plunder, over and above the booty…
33seventy-two thousand head of cattle,
34sixty-one thousand donkeys,
35and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of the…
36The half, which was the portion of those…
37and the LORD’s tribute of the sheep was…
38The cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which the…
39The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred, of…
40The persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the…
41Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD’s…
42Of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses…
43(now the congregation’s half was three hundred thirty-seven…
44thirty-six thousand head of cattle,
45thirty thousand five hundred donkeys,
46and sixteen thousand persons),
47even of the children of Israel’s half, Moses…
48The officers who were over the thousands of…
49They said to Moses, “Your servants have taken…
50We have brought the LORD’s offering, what every…
51Moses and Eleazar the priest took their gold,…
52All the gold of the wave offering that…
53The men of war had taken booty, every…
54Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold…
