Revised Version 1895

Numbers 31:25-54

25And theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068spake untoMosesמֹשֶׁ֥הmo.ShehH4872,sayingH559,

26TakeH5375thesumרֹ֤אשׁroshH7218of the prey that wastakenH5375,bothH120ofmanH120and ofbeastוּבַבְּהֵמָ֑הu.va.be.he.MahH929, thou, andEleazarוְאֶלְעָזָ֣רve.'el.'a.ZarH499thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.HenH3548, and theheadsוְרָאשֵׁ֖יve.ra.SheiH7218of thefathers’אֲב֥וֹת'a.VotH1houses of thecongregationהָעֵדָֽה׃ha.'e.DahH5712:

27anddivideוְחָצִ֙יתָ֙ve.cha.Tzi.taH2673the preyintoH3318two parts;betweenH996themenH3605skilled inwarH4421, thatwentH3318outH3318tobattleהַמִּלְחָמָ֔הha.mil.cha.MahH4421, andallH3605thecongregationהָעֵדָֽה׃ha.'e.DahH5712:

28andlevyH4371atributeH4371unto theLORDלַֽיהוָ֗הla.Yah.wehH3068of themenH376ofwarהַמִּלְחָמָה֙ha.mil.cha.MahH4421thatwentH3318outH3318tobattleH4421: onesoulH5315offiveמֵחֲמֵ֖שׁme.cha.MeshH2568hundredהַמֵּא֑וֹתha.me.'otH3967,bothH4480of thepersonsנֶ֔פֶשׁNe.feshH5315, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of theflocksהַצֹּֽאן׃ha.TzonH6629:

29takeתִּקָּ֑חוּti.Ka.chuH3947it of theirhalfמִמַּֽחֲצִיתָ֖םmi.ma.cha.tzi.TamH4276, andgiveוְנָתַתָּ֛הve.na.ta.TahH5414it untoEleazarלְאֶלְעָזָ֥רle.'el.'a.ZarH499thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֖ןha.ko.HenH3548, for theLORD’Sיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068heaveתְּרוּמַ֥תte.ru.MatH8641offering.

30And of thechildrenבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-H1121ofIsrael’sיִשְׂרָאֵ֜לYis.ra.'ElH3478halfוּמִמַּחֲצִ֨תu.mi.ma.cha.TzitH4276, thou shalttakeתִּקַּ֣ח׀ti.KachH3947onedrawnאָחֻ֣ז'a.ChuzH270outH4480ofeveryH3605fiftyהַחֲמִשִּׁ֗יםha.cha.mi.ShimH2572, of thepersonsהָאָדָ֧םha.'a.DamH120, of the beeves, of the asses, and of theflocksהַצֹּ֖אןha.TzonH6629,evenאֹתָם֙'o.TamH853ofallH3605thecattleH929, andgiveוְנָתַתָּ֤הve.na.ta.TahH5414them unto theLevitesלַלְוִיִּ֔םlal.vi.YimH3881,whichH929keepשֹׁמְרֵ֕יsho.me.ReiH8104thechargeמִשְׁמֶ֖רֶתmish.Me.retH4931of thetabernacleמִשְׁכַּ֥ןmish.KanH4908of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

31AndMosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872andEleazarוְאֶלְעָזָ֖רve.'el.'a.ZarH499thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֑ןha.ko.HenH3548didוַיַּ֣עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213as theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068commandedצִוָּ֥הtzi.VahH6680Mosesמֹשֶֽׁה׃mo.ShehH4872.

32Nowוַיְהִי֙vay.HiH1961thepreyהַבָּ֔זha.BazH957, over and above thebootyH962whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834themenעַ֣ם'amH5971ofwarהַצָּבָ֑אha.tza.Va'H6635tookH962, wassixשֵׁשׁ־shesh-H8337hundredמֵא֥וֹתme.'otH3967thousandאֶ֛לֶף'E.lefH505andseventyוְשִׁבְעִ֥יםve.shiv.'ImH7657thousandאֶ֖לֶף'E.lefH505andfiveוַחֲמֵֽשֶׁת־va.cha.me.shet-H2568thousandאֲלָפִֽים׃'a.la.FimH505sheepצֹ֗אןTzonH6629,

33and threescore and twelvethousandאָֽלֶף׃'A.lefH505beeves,

34and threescore and onethousandאָֽלֶף׃'A.lefH505asses,

35andthirtyוּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖יםu.she.lo.ShimH7970andtwoשְׁנַ֥יִםshe.Na.yimH8147thousandאָֽלֶף׃'A.lefH505personsH5315inallכָּל־kol-H3605, of thewomenהַ֨נָּשִׁ֔יםha.na.ShimH802that hadnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808knownיָדְע֖וּya.de.'UH3045manאָדָ֔ם'a.DamH120bylyingמִשְׁכַּ֣בmish.KavH4904with him.

36And thehalfהַֽמֶּחֱצָ֔הha.me.che.TzahH4275,whichH6635was theportionחֵ֕לֶקChe.lekH2506of them thatwentH3318outH3318towarH6635, was innumberמִסְפַּ֣רmis.ParH4557threeשְׁלֹשׁ־she.losh-H7969hundredמֵא֥וֹתme.'otH3967thousandאֶ֙לֶף֙'e.lefH505andthirtyוּשְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםu.she.lo.ShimH7970thousandאֶ֔לֶף'E.lefH505andsevenוְשִׁבְעַ֥תve.shiv.'AtH7651thousandאֲלָפִ֖ים'a.la.FimH505andfiveוַחֲמֵ֥שׁva.cha.MeshH2568hundredמֵאֽוֹת׃me.'otH3967sheepהַצֹּ֗אןha.TzonH6629:

37and theLORD’Sלַֽיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehH3068tributeהַמֶּ֥כֶסha.Me.khesH4371of thesheepהַצֹּ֑אןha.TzonH6629wassixשֵׁ֥שׁsheshH8337hundredמֵא֖וֹתme.'otH3967and threescore and fifteen.

38And the beeves werethirtyוּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖יםu.she.lo.ShimH7970andsixשִׁשָּׁ֥הshi.ShahH8337thousandאָ֑לֶף'A.lefH505; of which theLORD’Sלַיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehH3068tributeוּמִכְסָ֥םu.mikh.SamH4371was threescore and twelve.

39And the asses werethirtyשְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםshe.lo.ShimH7970thousandאֶ֖לֶף'E.lefH505andfiveוַחֲמֵ֣שׁva.cha.MeshH2568hundredמֵא֑וֹתme.'otH3967; of which theLORD’Sלַֽיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehH3068tributeוּמִכְסָ֥םu.mikh.SamH4371was threescore and one.

40And thepersonsוְנֶ֣פֶשׁve.Ne.feshH5315weresixteenעָשָׂ֖ר'a.SarH6240thousandאָ֑לֶף'A.lefH505; of whom theLORD’Sלַֽיהוָ֔הla.Yah.wehH3068tributeוּמִכְסָם֙u.mikh.SamH4371wasthirtyוּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖יםu.she.lo.ShimH7970andtwoשְׁנַ֥יִםshe.Na.yimH8147personsנָֽפֶשׁ׃Na.feshH5315.

41AndMosesמֹשֶׁ֗הmo.ShehH4872gaveוַיִּתֵּ֣ןvai.yi.TenH5414thetributeמֶ֙כֶס֙me.khesH4371,whichכַּאֲשֶׁ֛רka.'a.SherH834was theLORD’Sיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068heaveתְּרוּמַ֣תte.ru.MatH8641offering, untoEleazarלְאֶלְעָזָ֖רle.'el.'a.ZarH499thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֑ןha.ko.HenH3548, as theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068commandedצִוָּ֥הtzi.VahH6680Mosesמֹשֶֽׁה׃mo.ShehH4872.

42And of thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsrael’sיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478halfוּמִֽמַּחֲצִ֖יתu.mi.ma.cha.TzitH4276,whichאֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834Mosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872dividedחָצָ֣הcha.TzahH2673offמִן־min-H4480from themenH376that warred,

43(nowוַתְּהִ֛יva.te.HiH1961thecongregation’sהָעֵדָ֖הha.'e.DahH5712halfמֶחֱצַ֥תme.che.TzatH4275wasthreeשְׁלֹשׁ־she.losh-H7969hundredמֵא֥וֹתme.'otH3967thousandאֶ֙לֶף֙'e.lefH505andthirtyוּשְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםu.she.lo.ShimH7970thousandאֶ֔לֶף'E.lefH505,sevenשִׁבְעַ֥תshiv.'AtH7651thousandאֲלָפִ֖ים'a.la.FimH505andfiveוַחֲמֵ֥שׁva.cha.MeshH2568hundredמֵאֽוֹת׃me.'otH3967sheepהַצֹּ֑אןha.TzonH6629,

44andthirtyוּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖יםu.she.lo.ShimH7970andsixשִׁשָּׁ֥הshi.ShahH8337thousandאָֽלֶף׃'A.lefH505beeves,

45andthirtyשְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםshe.lo.ShimH7970thousandאֶ֖לֶף'E.lefH505andfiveוַחֲמֵ֥שׁva.cha.MeshH2568hundredמֵאֽוֹת׃me.'otH3967asses,

46andsixteenעָשָׂ֖ר'a.SarH6240thousandאָֽלֶף׃'A.lefH505personsוְנֶ֣פֶשׁve.Ne.feshH5315;)

47evenH853of thechildrenבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-H1121ofIsrael’sיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478halfמִמַּחֲצִ֣תmi.ma.cha.TzitH4276,Mosesמֹשֶׁ֜הmo.ShehH4872tookוַיִּקַּ֨חvai.yi.KachH3947onedrawnהָֽאָחֻז֙ha.'a.ChuzH270outH4480ofeveryאֶחָ֣ד'e.ChadH259fiftyהַחֲמִשִּׁ֔יםha.cha.mi.ShimH2572,bothH4480ofmanהָאָדָ֖םha.'a.DamH120and ofbeastהַבְּהֵמָ֑הha.be.he.MahH929, andgaveוַיִּתֵּ֨ןvai.yi.TenH5414them unto theLevitesלַלְוִיִּ֗םlal.vi.YimH3881,whichכַּאֲשֶׁ֛רka.'a.SherH834keptשֹֽׁמְרֵי֙sho.me.ReiH8104thechargeמִשְׁמֶ֙רֶת֙mish.Me.retH4931of thetabernacleמִשְׁכַּ֣ןmish.KanH4908of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068; as theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068commandedצִוָּ֥הtzi.VahH6680Mosesמֹשֶֽׁה׃mo.ShehH4872.

48And theofficersH8269whichאֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherH834were over thethousandsלְאַלְפֵ֣יle.'al.FeiH505of thehostהַצָּבָ֑אha.tza.Va'H6635, thecaptainsH8269ofthousandsהָאֲלָפִ֖יםha.'a.la.FimH505, and thecaptainsH8269ofhundredsהַמֵּאֽוֹת׃ha.me.'otH3967,cameH7126nearH7126untoMosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872:

49and theysaidוַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙vai.yo.me.RuH559untoMosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872, Thyservantsעֲבָדֶ֣יךָ'a.va.Dei.khaH5650havetakenנָֽשְׂא֗וּna.se.'UH5375thesumרֹ֛אשׁroshH7218of themenH376ofwarהַמִּלְחָמָ֖הha.mil.cha.MahH4421whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834areunderמִמֶּ֖נּוּmi.Me.nuH4480ourchargeבְּיָדֵ֑נוּbe.ya.De.nuH3027, and there lackethnotוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808onemanH376ofusאֶל־'el-H413.

50AndweH834havebroughtוַנַּקְרֵ֞בva.nak.RevH7126theLORD’Sיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068oblation,whatH834everyH376manH376hath gotten, ofjewelsכְלִֽי־khe.li-H3627ofgoldזָהָב֙za.HavH2091, ankle chains, andbraceletsוְצָמִ֔ידve.tza.MidH6781, signet-rings,earringsעָגִ֣יל'a.GilH5694, andarmletsאֶצְעָדָ֣ה'etz.'a.DahH685, to makeatonementלְכַפֵּ֥רle.kha.PerH3722for oursoulsנַפְשֹׁתֵ֖ינוּnaf.sho.Tei.nuH5315beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

51AndMosesמֹשֶׁ֜הmo.ShehH4872andEleazarוְאֶלְעָזָ֧רve.'el.'a.ZarH499thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֛ןha.ko.HenH3548tookוַיִּקַּ֨חvai.yi.KachH3947thegoldהַזָּהָ֖בha.za.HavH2091of them,evenאֶת־'et-H853allכֹּ֖לkolH3605wroughtמַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ma.'a.SehH4639jewelsכְּלִ֥יke.LiH3627.

52Andallכָּל־kol-H3605thegoldזְהַ֣בze.HavH2091of theheaveהַתְּרוּמָ֗הha.te.ru.MahH8641offering that theyofferedH7311upH7311to theLORDלַֽיהוָ֔הla.Yah.wehH3068, of thecaptainsשָׂרֵ֣יsa.ReiH8269ofthousandsאֶ֛לֶף'E.lefH505, and of thecaptainsשָׂרֵ֥יsa.ReiH8269ofhundredsמֵא֥וֹתme.'otH3967, wassixteenעָשָׂ֥ר'a.SarH6240thousandהָֽאֲלָפִ֔יםha.'a.la.FimH505sevenשְׁבַע־she.va'-H7651hundredהַמֵּאֽוֹת׃ha.me.'otH3967andfiftyוַחֲמִשִּׁ֖יםva.cha.mi.ShimH2572shekelsשָׁ֑קֶלSha.kelH8255.

53(For themenH376ofwarהַצָּבָ֔אha.tza.Va'H6635hadtakenH962bootyH962,everyH376manH376forhimselfH376.)

54AndMosesמֹשֶׁ֜הmo.ShehH4872andEleazarוְאֶלְעָזָ֤רve.'el.'a.ZarH499thepriestהַכֹּהֵן֙ha.ko.HenH3548tookוַיִּקַּ֨חvai.yi.KachH3947thegoldהַזָּהָ֔בha.za.HavH2091of thecaptainsשָׂרֵ֥יsa.ReiH8269ofthousandsהָאֲלָפִ֖יםha.'a.la.FimH505and ofhundredsוְהַמֵּא֑וֹתve.ha.me.'otH3967, andbroughtוַיָּבִ֤אוּvai.ya.Vi.'uH935itintoאֶל־'el-H413thetentאֹ֣הֶל'O.helH168ofmeetingמוֹעֵ֔דmo.'EdH4150, for amemorialזִכָּר֥וֹןzi.ka.RonH2146for thechildrenלִבְנֵֽי־liv.nei-H1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440theLORDיְהוָֽה׃ פYah.wehH3068.

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