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Numbers 31:1-6

1And Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068spakeוַיְדַבֵּ֥רvay.da.BerH1696unto Mosesמֹשֶׁ֥הmo.ShehH4872,sayingלֵּאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

2Avengeנְקֹ֗ם נִקְמַת֙ne.Kom nik.MatH5360 H5358the childrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478of the Midianitesהַמִּדְיָנִ֑יםha.mid.ya.NimH4084:afterwardאַחַ֖ר'a.CharH310shalt thou be gatheredתֵּאָסֵ֥ףte.'a.SefH622unto thy peopleעַמֶּֽיךָ׃'a.Mei.khaH5971.

3And Mosesמֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehH4872spakeוַיְדַבֵּ֤רvay.da.BerH1696unto the peopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,Armהֵחָלְצ֧וּhe.chal.TzuH2502someאֲנָשִׁ֖ים'a.na.ShimH582of yourselves unto the warלַצָּבָ֑אla.tza.Va'H6635,and let them go against the Midianitesמִדְיָ֔ןmid.YanH4080,and avengeלָתֵ֥ת נִקְמַת־la.Tet nik.mat-H5360 H5414Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068of Midianבְּמִדְיָֽן׃be.mid.YanH4080.

4Of every tribeH4294a thousandH505,throughout all the tribesH4294of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,shall ye sendתִּשְׁלְח֖וּtish.le.ChuH7971to the warלַצָּבָֽא׃la.tza.Va'H6635.

5So there were deliveredוַיִּמָּֽסְרוּ֙vai.yi.ma.se.RuH4560out of the thousandsמֵאַלְפֵ֣יme.'al.FeiH505of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,a thousandאֶ֖לֶף'E.lefH505of everytribeלַמַּטֶּ֑הla.ma.TehH4294,twelveשְׁנֵים־ עָשָׂ֥רshe.neim- 'a.SarH6240 H8147thousandאֶ֖לֶף'E.lefH505armedחֲלוּצֵ֥יcha.lu.TzeiH2502for warצָבָֽא׃tza.Va'H6635.

6And Mosesמֹשֶׁ֛הmo.ShehH4872sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֨חvai.yish.LachH7971them to the warלַצָּבָ֑אla.tza.Va'H6635,a thousandאֶ֥לֶף'E.lefH505of everytribeלַמַּטֶּ֖הla.ma.TehH4294,them and Phinehasפִּ֨ינְחָ֜סpin.ChasH6372the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Eleazarאֶלְעָזָ֤ר'el.'a.ZarH499the priestהַכֹּהֵן֙ha.ko.HenH3548,to the warלַצָּבָ֔אla.tza.Va'H6635,with the holyהַקֹּ֛דֶשׁha.Ko.deshH6944instrumentsוּכְלֵ֥יu.khe.LeiH3627,and the trumpetsוַחֲצֹצְר֥וֹתva.cha.tzo.tze.RotH2689to blowהַתְּרוּעָ֖הha.te.ru.'AhH8643in his handבְּיָדֽוֹ׃be.ya.DoH3027.

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