New American Standard Bible 1995
Numbers 31:7-35
7So they madeH6633 warH6633 againstH5921 MidianH4080, justH3512 as the LordH3068 had commandedH6680 MosesH4872, and 1they killedH2026 everyH3605 maleH2145. 8They killedH2026 the kingsH4428 of MidianH4080 alongH5921 with the rest of their slainH2491: 2EviH189 and RekemH7552 and 3ZurH6698 and HurH2354 and RebaH7254, the fiveH2568 kingsH4428 of MidianH4080; they also killedH2026 4BalaamH1109 the sonH1121 of BeorH1160 with the swordH2719. 9The sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 capturedH7617 the womenH802 of MidianH4080 and their littleH2945 onesH2945; and allH3605 their cattleH929 and allH3605 their flocksH4735 and allH3605 their goodsH2428 they plunderedH962. 10Then they burnedH8313 allH3605 their citiesH5892 whereH4186 they livedH4186 and allH3605 their campsH2918 with fireH784. 115They tookH3947 allH3605 the spoilH7998 and allH3605 the preyH4455, both of manH120 and of beastH929. 12They broughtH935 the captivesH7628 and the preyH4455 and the spoilH7998 to MosesH4872, and to EleazarH499 the priestH3548 and to the congregationH5712 of the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478, to the campH4264 at the plainsH6160 of MoabH4124, whichH834 are by the JordanH3383 opposite JerichoH3405.
13MosesH4872 and EleazarH499 the priestH3548 and allH3605 the leadersH5387 of the congregationH5712 wentH3318 out to meetH7122 them outsideH413H4480H2351 the campH4264. 14MosesH4872 was angryH7107 with the officersH6485 of the armyH2428, the captainsH8269 of thousandsH505 and the captainsH8269 of hundredsH3967, who had comeH935 from serviceH6635 in the warH4421. 15And MosesH4872 saidH559 to them, “Have you 6sparedH2421 7allH3605 the womenH5347? 168BeholdH2005, theseH2007 9causedH1961 the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478, through the 10counselH1697 of 11BalaamH1109, to 12trespassH4560H4604 against the LordH3068 in the matterH1697 of PeorH6465, so the plagueH4046 was among the congregationH5712 of the LordH3068. 1713NowH6258 therefore, killH2026 everyH3605 maleH2145 among the littleH2945 onesH2945, and killH2026 everyH3605 womanH802 who has knownH3045 manH376 14intimatelyH4904H2145. 18But allH3605 the 15girlsH2945H802 whoH834 have not knownH3045 manH2145 16intimatelyH4904H2145, 17spareH2421 for yourselves. 1918And you, campH2583 outsideH4480H2351 the campH4264 sevenH7651 daysH3117; whoeverH3605 has killedH2026 any personH5315 and whoeverH3605 has touchedH5060 any slainH2491, purifyH2398 yourselves, you and your captivesH7628, on the thirdH7992 dayH3117 and on the seventhH7637 dayH3117. 20You shall purifyH2398 for yourselves everyH3605 garmentH899 and everyH3605 articleH3627 of 19leatherH5785 and allH3605 the workH4639 of goats’H5795 hair, and allH3605 articlesH3627 of woodH6086.”
21Then EleazarH499 the priestH3548 saidH559 to the menH376 of warH6635 who had goneH935 to battleH4421, “ThisH2088 is the statuteH2708 of the lawH8451 whichH834 the LordH3068 has commandedH6680 MosesH4872: 22onlyH389 the goldH2091 and the silverH3701, the bronzeH5178, the ironH1270, the tinH913 and the leadH5777, 23everythingH3605 that can standH935 the fireH784, you shall passH5674 throughH5674 the fireH784, and it shall be cleanH2891, but it shall be purifiedH2398 with 20waterH4325 for impurityH5079. But whateverH3605H834 cannotH3808 standH935 the fireH784 you shall passH5674 throughH5674 the waterH4325. 24And you shall washH3526 your clothesH899 on the seventhH7637 dayH3117 and be cleanH2891, and afterwardH310 you may enterH935 the campH4264.”
25Then the LordH3068 spokeH559 to MosesH4872, sayingH559, 26“You and EleazarH499 the priestH3548 and the headsH7218 of the fathers’H1 households of the congregationH5712 takeH5375 a countH7218 of the bootyH4455 21that was capturedH7628, both of manH120 and of animalH929; 27and 22divideH2673 the bootyH4455 betweenH996 the warriorsH4421 who wentH3318 out to battleH4421 and allH3605 the congregationH5712. 2823LevyH7311 a taxH4371 for the LordH3068 from the menH376 of warH4421 who wentH3318 out to battleH4421, oneH259 24in fiveH2568 hundredH3967 of the personsH120 and of the cattleH1241 and of the donkeysH2543 and of the sheepH6629; 29takeH3947 it from their halfH4276 and giveH5414 it to EleazarH499 the priestH3548, as an 25offeringH8641 to the LordH3068. 30From the sonsH1121 of Israel’sH3478 halfH4276, you shall takeH3947 oneH259 drawnH270 out of every fiftyH2572 of the personsH120, of the cattleH1241, of the donkeysH2543 and of the sheepH6629, from allH3605 the animalsH929, and giveH5414 them to the LevitesH3881 who 26keepH8104 chargeH4931 of the tabernacleH4908 of the LordH3068.” 31MosesH4872 and EleazarH499 the priestH3548 didH6213 justH3512 as the LordH3068 had commandedH6680 MosesH4872.
32Now the bootyH4455 that remainedH1961H3499 from the spoilH957 whichH834 the 27menH5971 of warH6635 had plunderedH962 was 675,000H8337H3967H505H7657H2568 sheepH6629, 33and 72,000H8147H7657H505 cattleH1241, 34and 61,000H259H8346H505 donkeysH2543, 35and of humanH120 beingsH5315, of the womenH802 whoH834 had not knownH3045 manH2145 28intimatelyH4904H2145, allH3605 the personsH5315 were 32,000H8147H7970H505.
Notes
- 1. Numbers 31:7 Deut 20:13; Judg 21:11; 1 Kin 11:15, 16 ↩
- 2. Numbers 31:8 Josh 13:21 ↩
- 3. Numbers 31:8 Num 25:15 ↩
- 4. Numbers 31:8 Num 31:16; Josh 13:22 ↩
- 5. Numbers 31:11 Deut 20:14 ↩
- 6. Numbers 31:15 Lit let...live ↩
- 7. Numbers 31:15 Deut 20:14 ↩
- 8. Numbers 31:16 Num 25:1-9 ↩
- 9. Numbers 31:16 Lit were to ↩
- 10. Numbers 31:16 Lit word ↩
- 11. Numbers 31:16 Num 31:8 ↩
- 12. Numbers 31:16 Possibly defect from the Lord ↩
- 13. Numbers 31:17 Deut 7:2; 20:16-18 ↩
- 14. Numbers 31:17 Lit by lying with a man ↩
- 15. Numbers 31:18 Lit female children ↩
- 16. Numbers 31:18 Lit by lying with a man ↩
- 17. Numbers 31:18 Lit keep alive ↩
- 18. Numbers 31:19 Num 19:11-22 ↩
- 19. Numbers 31:20 Or skin ↩
- 20. Numbers 31:23 Num 19:9, 17 ↩
- 21. Numbers 31:26 Lit of captives ↩
- 22. Numbers 31:27 Josh 22:8 ↩
- 23. Numbers 31:28 Num 18:21-30 ↩
- 24. Numbers 31:28 Lit soul from ↩
- 25. Numbers 31:29 Lit heave offering, and so throughout the ch ↩
- 26. Numbers 31:30 Num 3:7, 8, 25, 26, 31, 36, 37; 18:3, 4 ↩
- 27. Numbers 31:32 Lit people ↩
- 28. Numbers 31:35 Lit by lying with a man ↩
Commentaries on Numbers 31
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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