New American Standard Bible 1995

Numbers 31:15-40

15And Mosesמֹשֶׁ֑הmo.ShehH4872saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to them, “Have yousparedהַֽחִיִּיתֶ֖םha.chi.yi.TemH2421allכָּל־kol-H3605the womenנְקֵבָֽה׃ne.ke.VahH5347?

16Beholdהֵ֣ןhenH2005,theseהֵ֜נָּהHe.nahH2007causedH1961the sonsלִבְנֵ֤יliv.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478, through thecounselבִּדְבַ֣רbid.VarH1697ofBalaamבִּלְעָ֔םbil.'AmH1109, totrespassלִמְסָר־ מַ֥עַלlim.sor- Ma.'alH4560 H4604against the Lordבַּיהוָ֖הba.Yah.wehH3068in the matterדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of Peorפְּע֑וֹרpe.'orH6465,so the plagueהַמַּגֵּפָ֖הha.ma.ge.FahH4046was among the congregationבַּעֲדַ֥תba.'a.DatH5712of the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

17Nowוְעַתָּ֕הve.'a.TahH6258therefore, killהִרְג֥וּhir.GuH2026everyכָל־khol-H3605maleזָכָ֖רza.KharH2145among the littleבַּטָּ֑ףba.TafH2945onesH2945,and killהֲרֹֽגוּ׃ha.Ro.guH2026everyוְכָל־ve.kholH3605womanאִשָּׁ֗ה'i.ShahH802who has knownיֹדַ֥עַתyo.Da.'atH3045manאִ֛ישׁ'ishH376intimatelyלְמִשְׁכַּ֥ב זָכָ֖רle.mish.Kav za.KharH4904 H2145.

18But allוְכֹל֙ve.KholH3605thegirlsהַטַּ֣ף בַּנָּשִׁ֔יםha.Taf ba.na.ShimH2945 H802whoאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834have not knownיָדְע֖וּya.de.'UH3045manH2145intimatelyמִשְׁכַּ֣בmish.KavH4904 H2145,spareהַחֲי֖וּha.cha.YuH2421for yourselves.

19And you, campחֲנ֛וּcha.NuH2583outsideמִח֥וּץmi.ChutzH4480 H2351the campלַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖הla.ma.cha.NehH4264sevenשִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'AtH7651daysיָמִ֑יםya.MimH3117;whoeverכֹּל֩kolH3605has killedהֹרֵ֨גho.RegH2026any personנֶ֜פֶשׁNe.feshH5315and whoeverוְכֹ֣ל׀ve.KholH3605has touchedנֹגֵ֣עַno.Ge.a'H5060any slainבֶּֽחָלָ֗לbe.cha.LalH2491,purifyתִּֽתְחַטְּא֞וּtit.cha.te.'UH2398yourselves, you and your captivesוּשְׁבִיכֶֽם׃u.she.vi.KhemH7628,on the thirdהַשְּׁלִישִׁי֙ha.she.li.ShiH7992dayבַּיּ֤וֹםbai.YomH3117and on the seventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֔יha.she.vi.'IH7637dayוּבַיּ֣וֹםu.vai.YomH3117.

20You shall purifyתִּתְחַטָּֽאוּ׃ סtit.cha.Ta.'uH2398for yourselves everyוְכָל־ve.kholH3605garmentבֶּ֧גֶדBe.gedH899and everyוְכָל־ve.kholH3605articleכְּלִי־ke.li-H3627ofleatherע֛וֹרorH5785and allוְכָל־ve.kholH3605the workמַעֲשֵׂ֥הma.'a.SehH4639of goats’עִזִּ֖ים'i.ZimH5795hair,and allוְכָל־ve.kholH3605articlesכְּלִי־ke.li-H3627of woodעֵ֑ץ'EtzH6086.”

21Then Eleazarאֶלְעָזָ֤ר'el.'a.ZarH499the priestהַכֹּהֵן֙ha.ko.HenH3548saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to the menH376of warהַצָּבָ֔אha.tza.Va'H6635who had goneהַבָּאִ֖יםha.ba.'ImH935to battleלַמִּלְחָמָ֑הla.mil.cha.MahH4421, “ThisH2088is the statuteחֻקַּ֣תchu.KatH2708of the lawהַתּוֹרָ֔הha.to.RahH8451whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068has commandedצִוָּ֥הtzi.VahH6680Mosesמֹשֶֽׁה׃mo.ShehH4872:

22onlyאַ֥ךְ'akhH389the goldהַזָּהָ֖בha.za.HavH2091and the silverהַכָּ֑סֶףha.Ka.sefH3701,the bronzeהַנְּחֹ֙שֶׁת֙ha.ne.Cho.shetH5178,the ironהַבַּרְזֶ֔לha.bar.ZelH1270,the tinהַבְּדִ֖ילha.be.DilH913and the leadהָעֹפָֽרֶת׃ha.'o.Fa.retH5777,

23everythingכָּל־kol-H3605that can standיָבֹ֣אya.Vo'H935the fireבָאֵ֗שׁva.'EshH784,you shall passתַּעֲבִ֤ירוּta.'a.Vi.ruH5674throughH5674the fireבָאֵשׁ֙va.'EshH784,and it shall be cleanוְטָהֵ֔רve.ta.HerH2891,but it shall be purifiedיִתְחַטָּ֑אyit.cha.Ta'H2398withwaterבְּמֵ֥יbe.MeiH4325for impurityנִדָּ֖הni.DahH5079.But whateverוְכֹ֨לve.KholH3605 H834cannotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808standיָבֹ֛אya.Vo'H935the fireבָּאֵ֖שׁba.'EshH784you shall passתַּעֲבִ֥ירוּta.'a.Vi.ruH5674throughH5674the waterבַמָּֽיִם׃va.Ma.yimH4325.

24And you shall washוְכִבַּסְתֶּ֧םve.khi.bas.TemH3526your clothesבִּגְדֵיכֶ֛םbig.dei.KhemH899on the seventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֖יha.she.vi.'IH7637dayבַּיּ֥וֹםbai.YomH3117and be cleanוּטְהַרְתֶּ֑םu.te.har.TemH2891,and afterwardוְאַחַ֖רve.'a.CharH310you may enterתָּבֹ֥אוּta.Vo.'uH935the campהַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ פHa.ma.cha.NehH4264.”

25Then the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068spokeוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Mosesמֹשֶׁ֥הmo.ShehH4872,sayingלֵּאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

26“You and Eleazarוְאֶלְעָזָ֣רve.'el.'a.ZarH499the priestהַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.HenH3548and the headsרֹ֤אשׁroshH7218of the fathers’אֲב֥וֹת'a.VotH1householdsof the congregationהָעֵדָֽה׃ha.'e.DahH5712takeשָׂ֗אSa'H5375a countוְרָאשֵׁ֖יve.ra.SheiH7218of the bootyמַלְק֙וֹחַ֙mal.Ko.achH4455that was capturedהַשְּׁבִ֔יha.she.ViH7628,both of manבָּאָדָ֖םba.'a.DamH120and of animalוּבַבְּהֵמָ֑הu.va.be.he.MahH929;

27anddivideוְחָצִ֙יתָ֙ve.cha.Tzi.taH2673the bootyהַמַּלְק֔וֹחַha.mal.Ko.achH4455betweenH996the warriorsH4421who wentהַיֹּצְאִ֖יםhai.yo.tze.'ImH3318out to battleהַמִּלְחָמָ֔הha.mil.cha.MahH4421and allכָּל־kol-H3605the congregationהָעֵדָֽה׃ha.'e.DahH5712.

28Levyוַהֲרֵמֹתָ֨va.ha.re.mo.TaH7311a taxמֶ֜כֶסMe.khesH4371for the Lordלַֽיהוָ֗הla.Yah.wehH3068from the menH376of warהַמִּלְחָמָה֙ha.mil.cha.MahH4421who wentהַיֹּצְאִ֣יםhai.yo.tze.'ImH3318out to battleH4421,oneאֶחָ֣ד'e.ChadH259in fiveמֵחֲמֵ֖שׁme.cha.MeshH2568hundredהַמֵּא֑וֹתha.me.'otH3967of the personsהָאָדָם֙ha.'a.DamH120and of the cattleהַבָּקָ֔רha.ba.KarH1241and of the donkeysהַחֲמֹרִ֖יםha.cha.mo.RimH2543and of the sheepהַצֹּֽאן׃ha.TzonH6629;

29takeתִּקָּ֑חוּti.Ka.chuH3947it from their halfמִמַּֽחֲצִיתָ֖םmi.ma.cha.tzi.TamH4276and giveוְנָתַתָּ֛הve.na.ta.TahH5414it to Eleazarלְאֶלְעָזָ֥רle.'el.'a.ZarH499the priestהַכֹּהֵ֖ןha.ko.HenH3548, as anofferingתְּרוּמַ֥תte.ru.MatH8641to the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

30From the sonsבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-H1121of Israel’sיִשְׂרָאֵ֜לYis.ra.'ElH3478halfוּמִמַּחֲצִ֨תu.mi.ma.cha.TzitH4276,you shall takeתִּקַּ֣ח׀ti.KachH3947oneאֶחָ֣ד׀'e.ChadH259drawnאָחֻ֣ז'a.ChuzH270out of every fiftyהַחֲמִשִּׁ֗יםha.cha.mi.ShimH2572of the personsהָאָדָ֧םha.'a.DamH120,of the cattleהַבָּקָ֛רha.ba.KarH1241,of the donkeysהַחֲמֹרִ֥יםha.cha.mo.RimH2543and of the sheepהַצֹּ֖אןha.TzonH6629,from allמִכָּל־mi.kolH3605the animalsהַבְּהֵמָ֑הha.be.he.MahH929,and giveוְנָתַתָּ֤הve.na.ta.TahH5414them to the Levitesלַלְוִיִּ֔םlal.vi.YimH3881whokeepשֹׁמְרֵ֕יsho.me.ReiH8104chargeמִשְׁמֶ֖רֶתmish.Me.retH4931of the tabernacleמִשְׁכַּ֥ןmish.KanH4908of the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.”

31Mosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872and Eleazarוְאֶלְעָזָ֖רve.'el.'a.ZarH499the priestהַכֹּהֵ֑ןha.ko.HenH3548didוַיַּ֣עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213justH3512as the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068had commandedצִוָּ֥הtzi.VahH6680Mosesמֹשֶֽׁה׃mo.ShehH4872.

32Now the bootyהַמַּלְק֔וֹחַha.mal.Ko.achH4455that remainedוַיְהִי֙ יֶ֣תֶרvay.Hi Ye.terH1961 H3499from the spoilהַבָּ֔זha.BazH957whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834themenעַ֣ם'amH5971of warהַצָּבָ֑אha.tza.Va'H6635had plunderedבָּזְז֖וּba.ze.ZuH962was 675,000שֵׁשׁ־ מֵא֥וֹת וְשִׁבְעִ֥ים וַחֲמֵֽשֶׁת־shesh- me.'ot ve.shiv.'Im va.cha.me.shet-H8337 H3967 H505 H7657 H2568sheepצֹ֗אןTzonH6629,

33and 72,000שְׁנַ֥יִם וְשִׁבְעִ֖ים אָֽלֶף׃she.Na.yim ve.shiv.'Im 'A.lefH8147 H7657 H505cattleוּבָקָ֕רu.va.KarH1241,

34and 61,000אֶחָ֥ד וְשִׁשִּׁ֖ים אָֽלֶף׃'e.Chad ve.shi.Shim 'A.lefH259 H8346 H505donkeysוַחֲמֹרִ֕יםva.cha.mo.RimH2543,

35and of humanאָדָ֔ם'a.DamH120beingsוְנֶ֣פֶשׁve.Ne.feshH5315,of the womenהַ֨נָּשִׁ֔יםha.na.ShimH802whoאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834had not knownיָדְע֖וּya.de.'UH3045manH2145intimatelyמִשְׁכַּ֣בmish.KavH4904 H2145,allכָּל־kol-H3605the personsנֶ֕פֶשׁNe.feshH5315were 32,000שְׁנַ֥יִם וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים אָֽלֶף׃she.Na.yim u.she.lo.Shim 'A.lefH8147 H7970 H505.

36The halfהַֽמֶּחֱצָ֔הha.me.che.TzahH4275,the portionחֵ֕לֶקChe.lekH2506of those who wentהַיֹּצְאִ֖יםhai.yo.tze.'ImH3318out to warבַּצָּבָ֑אba.tza.Va'H6635, was as follows:the numberמִסְפַּ֣רmis.ParH4557of sheepהַצֹּ֗אןha.TzonH6629was 337,500שְׁלֹשׁ־ וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים וְשִׁבְעַ֥ת וַחֲמֵ֥שׁshe.losh- u.she.lo.Shim ve.shiv.'At va.cha.MeshH7969 H3967 H505 H7970 H7651 H2568,

37and the Lord’sלַֽיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehH3068levyהַמֶּ֥כֶסha.Me.khesH4371of the sheepהַצֹּ֑אןha.TzonH6629was 675שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת חָמֵ֥שׁ וְשִׁבְעִֽים׃shesh me.'ot cha.Mesh ve.shiv.'ImH8337 H3967 H2568 H7657;

38and the cattleוְהַ֨בָּקָ֔רve.Ha.ba.KarH1241were 36,000שִׁשָּׁ֥ה וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים אָ֑לֶףshi.Shah u.she.lo.Shim 'A.lefH7970 H8337 H505,from which the Lord’sלַיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehH3068levyוּמִכְסָ֥םu.mikh.SamH4371was 72שְׁנַ֥יִם וְשִׁבְעִֽים׃she.Na.yim ve.shiv.'ImH8147 H7657;

39and the donkeysוַחֲמֹרִ֕יםva.cha.mo.RimH2543were 30,500שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף וַחֲמֵ֣שׁ מֵא֑וֹתshe.lo.Shim 'E.lef va.cha.Mesh me.'otH7970 H505 H2568 H3967,from which the Lord’sלַֽיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehH3068levyוּמִכְסָ֥םu.mikh.SamH4371was 61אֶחָ֥ד וְשִׁשִּֽׁים׃'e.Chad ve.shi.ShimH259 H8346;

40and the humanאָדָ֔ם'a.DamH120beingsוְנֶ֣פֶשׁve.Ne.feshH5315were 16,000שִׁשָּׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר אָ֑לֶףshi.Shah 'a.Sar 'A.lefH8337 H6240 H505,from whom the Lord’sלַֽיהוָ֔הla.Yah.wehH3068levyוּמִכְסָם֙u.mikh.SamH4371was 32שְׁנַ֥יִם וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖יםshe.Na.yim u.she.lo.ShimH8147 H7970personsנָֽפֶשׁ׃Na.feshH5315.

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