Numbers 31:1-18

1And Jehovah spokeH1696 to MosesH4872, sayingH559,

2AvengeH5358 the children of IsraelH3478 upon the MidianitesH4084; afterwards shalt thou be gatheredH622 unto thy peoplesH5971.

3And MosesH4872 spokeH1696 to the peopleH5971, sayingH559, Arm from amongst you menH376 for military serviceH6635, that they go against MidianH4080 to execute Jehovah's vengeanceH5360 upon MidianH4080.

4Of every tribeH4294 a thousandH505, of all the tribesH4294 of IsraelH3478, shall ye sendH7971 to the warH6635.

5And there were levied out of the thousandsH505 of IsraelH3478, a thousandH505 by tribeH4294, twelve thousandH505 armedH2502 for warH6635.

6And MosesH4872 sentH7971 them to the warH6635, a thousandH505 by the tribeH4294, them and PhinehasH6372 the sonH1121 of EleazarH499 the priestH3548, to the warH6635, and the holyH6944 instrumentsH3627, even the alarm-trumpets in his handH3027.

7And they warred against MidianH4080, as Jehovah had commandedH6680 MosesH4872, and slewH2026 all the malesH2145.

8And they slewH2026 the kingsH4428 of MidianH4080, besides the others slainH2026, EviH189, and RekemH7552, and ZurH6698, and HurH2354, and RebaH7254, fiveH2568 kingsH4428 of MidianH4080; and BalaamH1109 the sonH1121 of BeorH1160 they slewH2026 with the swordH2719.

9And the children of IsraelH3478 tookH7617 the womenH802 of MidianH4080 captivesH7617, and their littleH2945 onesH2945, and tookH7617 for a spoilH962 all their cattleH929 and all their flocks and all their goods;

10and all their citiesH5892 in their settlements and all their encampmentsH2918 they burnedH8313 with fireH784.

11And they tookH3947 all the bootyH7998, and all the prey, of manH120 and of cattleH929;

12and they broughtH935 to MosesH4872 and EleazarH499 the priestH3548, and to the assemblyH5712 of the children of IsraelH3478, the captivesH7628 and the prey and the bootyH7998, to the campH4264 in the plainsH6160 of MoabH4124, which are by the JordanH3383 of JerichoH3405.

13And MosesH4872 and EleazarH499 the priestH3548 and all the princesH5387 of the assemblyH5712 wentH3318 forthH3318 to meet them outside the campH4264.

14And MosesH4872 was wroth with the officers of the armyH2428, with the captains of thousandsH505, and captains of hundredsH3967, who cameH935 from the serviceH6635 of the warH4421;

15and MosesH4872 saidH559 to them, Have ye saved all the women aliveH2421?

16Lo, these, through the counsel of BalaamH1109, caused the children of IsraelH3478 to commit sin against Jehovah in the matterH1697 of PeorH6465, and there wasH1961 a plagueH4046 on the assemblyH5712 of Jehovah.

17And nowH6258 slayH2026 every maleH2145 among the littleH2945 onesH2945, and slayH2026 every womanH802 that hath knownH3045 manH376 by lying with him,

18but all the children among the womenH802 that have not knownH3045 lying with a man, keep aliveH2421 for yourselves.