New American Standard Bible 1995

Numbers 31:1-6

1Then the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068spokeוַיְדַבֵּ֥רvay.da.BerH1696to Mosesמֹשֶׁ֥הmo.ShehH4872,sayingלֵּאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

2“Takeנְקֹ֗םne.KomH5358fullH5360vengeanceנִקְמַת֙nik.MatH5360for the sonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478on the Midianitesהַמִּדְיָנִ֑יםha.mid.ya.NimH4084;afterwardאַחַ֖ר'a.CharH310you will begatheredתֵּאָסֵ֥ףte.'a.SefH622to your peopleעַמֶּֽיךָ׃'a.Mei.khaH5971.”

3Mosesמֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehH4872spokeוַיְדַבֵּ֤רvay.da.BerH1696to the peopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, “Armהֵחָלְצ֧וּhe.chal.TzuH2502menH376from amongמֵאִתְּכֶ֛םme.'i.te.KhemH854you for the warלַצָּבָ֑אla.tza.Va'H6635, that they maygoוְיִהְיוּ֙ve.yih.YuH1961againstעַל־'al-H5921Midianמִדְיָ֔ןmid.YanH4080to executeלָתֵ֥תla.TetH5414the Lord’sיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068vengeanceנִקְמַת־nik.mat-H5360on Midianבְּמִדְיָֽן׃be.mid.YanH4080.

4A thousandH505from each tribeH4294of allלְכֹל֙le.KholH3605the tribesH4294of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478you shall sendתִּשְׁלְח֖וּtish.le.ChuH7971to the warלַצָּבָֽא׃la.tza.Va'H6635.”

5So there werefurnishedוַיִּמָּֽסְרוּ֙vai.yi.ma.se.RuH4560from the thousandsמֵאַלְפֵ֣יme.'al.FeiH505of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,a thousandאֶ֖לֶף'E.lefH505from each tribeלַמַּטֶּ֑הla.ma.TehH4294,twelveשְׁנֵים־ עָשָׂ֥רshe.neim- 'a.SarH8147 H6240thousandאֶ֖לֶף'E.lefH505armedחֲלוּצֵ֥יcha.lu.TzeiH2502for warצָבָֽא׃tza.Va'H6635.

6Mosesמֹשֶׁ֛הmo.ShehH4872sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֨חvai.yish.LachH7971them, a thousandאֶ֥לֶף'E.lefH505from each tribeלַמַּטֶּ֖הla.ma.TehH4294,to the warלַצָּבָ֑אla.tza.Va'H6635,and Phinehasפִּ֨ינְחָ֜סpin.ChasH6372the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Eleazarאֶלְעָזָ֤ר'el.'a.ZarH499the priestהַכֹּהֵן֙ha.ko.HenH3548,to the warלַצָּבָ֔אla.tza.Va'H6635with them,and the holyהַקֹּ֛דֶשׁha.Ko.deshH6944vesselsוּכְלֵ֥יu.khe.LeiH3627andthe trumpetsוַחֲצֹצְר֥וֹתva.cha.tzo.tze.RotH2689for the alarmהַתְּרוּעָ֖הha.te.ru.'AhH8643in his handבְּיָדֽוֹ׃be.ya.DoH3027.

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