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Numbers 31:1-23

31:1

And the LORD
<03068>

spake
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unto Moses
<04872>_,

saying
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31:2

Avenge
<05358> (8798) <05360>

the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

of the Midianites
<04084>_:

afterward
<0310>

shalt thou be gathered
<0622> (8735)

unto thy people
<05971>_.

31:3

And Moses
<04872>

spake
<01696> (8762)

unto the people
<05971>_,

saying
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Arm
<02502> (8734)

some
<0582>

of yourselves unto the war
<06635>_,

and let them go against the Midianites
<04080>_,

and avenge
<05414> (8800) <05360>

the LORD
<03068>

of Midian
<04080>_.

31:4

Of every tribe
<04294> <04294>

a thousand
<0505> <0505>_,

throughout all the tribes
<04294>

of Israel
<03478>_,

shall ye send
<07971> (8799)

to the war
<06635>_.

{Of...: Heb. A thousand of a tribe, a thousand of a tribe}

31:5

So there were delivered
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out of the thousands
<0505>

of Israel
<03478>_,

a thousand
<0505>

of [every] tribe
<04294>_,

twelve
<08147> <06240>

thousand
<0505>

armed
<02502> (8803)

for war
<06635>_.

31:6

And Moses
<04872>

sent
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them to the war
<06635>_,

a thousand
<0505>

of [every] tribe
<04294>_,

them and Phinehas
<06372>

the son
<01121>

of Eleazar
<0499>

the priest
<03548>_,

to the war
<06635>_,

with the holy
<06944>

instruments
<03627>_,

and the trumpets
<02689>

to blow
<08643>

in his hand
<03027>_.

31:7

And they warred
<06633> (8799)

against the Midianites
<04080>_,

as the LORD
<03068>

commanded
<06680> (8765)

Moses
<04872>_;

and they slew
<02026> (8799)

all the males
<02145>_.

31:8

And they slew
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the kings
<04428>

of Midian
<04080>_,

beside
<05921>

the rest of them that were slain
<02491>_;

[namely], Evi
<0189>_,

and Rekem
<07552>_,

and Zur
<06698>_,

and Hur
<02354>_,

and Reba
<07254>_,

five
<02568>

kings
<04428>

of Midian
<04080>_:

Balaam
<01109>

also the son
<01121>

of Beor
<01160>

they slew
<02026> (8804)

with the sword
<02719>_.

31:9

And the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

took [all] the women
<0802>

of Midian
<04080>

captives
<07617> (8799)_,

and their little ones
<02945>_,

and took the spoil
<0962> (8804)

of all their cattle
<0929>_,

and all their flocks
<04735>_,

and all their goods
<02428>_.

31:10

And they burnt
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all their cities
<05892>

wherein they dwelt
<04186>_,

and all their goodly castles
<02918>_,

with fire
<0784>_.

31:11

And they took
<03947> (8799)

all the spoil
<07998>_,

and all the prey
<04455>_,

[both] of men
<0120>

and of beasts
<0929>_.

31:12

And they brought
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the captives
<07628>_,

and the prey
<04455>_,

and the spoil
<07998>_,

unto Moses
<04872>_,

and Eleazar
<0499>

the priest
<03548>_,

and unto the congregation
<05712>

of the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_,

unto the camp
<04264>

at the plains
<06160>

of Moab
<04124>_,

which [are] by Jordan
<03383>

[near] Jericho
<03405>_.

31:13

And Moses
<04872>_,

and Eleazar
<0499>

the priest
<03548>_,

and all the princes
<05387>

of the congregation
<05712>_,

went forth
<03318> (8799)

to meet
<07125> (8800)

them without
<02351>

the camp
<04264>_.

31:14

And Moses
<04872>

was wroth
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with the officers
<06485> (8803)

of the host
<02428>_,

[with] the captains
<08269>

over thousands
<0505>_,

and captains
<08269>

over hundreds
<03967>_,

which came
<0935> (8802)

from
<06635>

the battle
<04421>_.

{battle: Heb. host of war}

31:15

And Moses
<04872>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, Have ye saved
<02421> (8765)

all the women
<05347>

alive
<02421> (8765)_?

31:16

Behold, these
<02007>

caused
<01961> (8804)

the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_,

through the counsel
<01697>

of Balaam
<01109>_,

to commit
<04560> (8800)

trespass
<04604>

against the LORD
<03068>

in the matter
<01697>

of Peor
<06465>_,

and there was a plague
<04046>

among the congregation
<05712>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

31:17

Now therefore kill
<02026> (8798)

every male
<02145>

among the little ones
<02945>_,

and kill
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every woman
<0802>

that hath known
<03045> (8802)

man
<0376>

by lying
<04904>

with him
<02145>_.

{him: Heb. a male}

31:18

But all the women
<0802>

children
<02945>_,

that have not known
<03045> (8804)

a man
<02145>

by lying
<04904>

with him, keep alive
<02421> (8685)

for yourselves.

31:19

And do ye abide
<02583> (8798)

without
<02351>

the camp
<04264>

seven
<07651>

days
<03117>_:

whosoever hath killed
<02026> (8802)

any person
<05315>_,

and whosoever hath touched
<05060> (8802)

any slain
<02491>_,

purify
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[both] yourselves and your captives
<07628>

on the third
<07992>

day
<03117>_,

and on the seventh
<07637>

day
<03117>_.

31:20

And purify
<02398> (8691)

all [your] raiment
<0899>_,

and all that is made
<03627>

of skins
<05785>_,

and all work
<04639>

of goats
<05795>_'

[hair], and all things made
<03627>

of wood
<06086>_.

{that...: Heb. instrument, or, vessel of skins}

31:21

And Eleazar
<0499>

the priest
<03548>

said
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unto the men
<0582>

of war
<06635>

which went
<0935> (8802)

to the battle
<04421>_,

This [is] the ordinance
<02708>

of the law
<08451>

which the LORD
<03068>

commanded
<06680> (8765)

Moses
<04872>_;

31:22

Only the gold
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and the silver
<03701>_,

the brass
<05178>_,

the iron
<01270>_,

the tin
<0913>_,

and the lead
<05777>_,

31:23

Every thing
<01697>

that may abide
<0935> (8799)

the fire
<0784>_,

ye shall make [it] go through
<05674> (8686)

the fire
<0784>_,

and it shall be clean
<02891> (8804)_:

nevertheless it shall be purified
<02398> (8691)

with the water
<04325>

of separation
<05079>_:

and all that abideth
<0935> (8799)

not the fire
<0784>

ye shall make go through
<05674> (8686)

the water
<04325>_.