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Num 31:3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.

’elep̱ lammaṭṭeh ’elep̱ lammaṭṭeh ləḵōl maṭṭôṯ yiśərā’ēl tišələḥû laṣṣāḇā’

Num 31:4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

wayyimmāsərû mē’aləp̱ê yiśərā’ēl ’elep̱ lammaṭṭeh šənêm-‘āśār ’elep̱ ḥălûṣê ṣāḇā’

Num 31:5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

wayyišəlaḥ ’ōṯām mōšeh ’elep̱ lammaṭṭeh laṣṣāḇā’ ’ōṯām wə’eṯ-pînəḥās ben-’elə‘āzār hakkōhēn laṣṣāḇā’ ûḵəlê haqqōḏeš waḥăṣōṣərôṯ hattərû‘āh bəyāḏô

Num 31:6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.

wayyiṣəbə’û ‘al-miḏəyān ka’ăšer ṣiwwāh yəhwāh ’eṯ-mōšeh wayyaharəg̱û kāl-zāḵār

Num 31:7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.

wə’eṯ-maləḵê miḏəyān hārəg̱û ‘al-ḥaləlêhem ’eṯ-’ĕwî wə’eṯ-reqem wə’eṯ-ṣûr wə’eṯ-ḥûr wə’eṯ-reḇa‘ ḥămēšeṯ maləḵê miḏəyān wə’ēṯ bilə‘ām ben-bə‘ôr hārəg̱û beḥāreḇ

Num 31:8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

wayyišəbû ḇənê-yiśərā’ēl ’eṯ-nəšê miḏəyān wə’eṯ-ṭappām wə’ēṯ kāl-bəhemətām wə’eṯ-kāl-miqənēhem wə’eṯ-kāl-ḥêlām bāzāzû

Num 31:9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.

wə’ēṯ kāl-‘ārêhem bəmôšəḇōṯām wə’ēṯ kāl-ṭîrōṯām śārəp̱û bā’ēš

Num 31:10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.

wayyiqəḥû ’eṯ-kāl-haššālāl wə’ēṯ kāl-hammaləqôaḥ bā’āḏām ûḇabbəhēmāh

Num 31:11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.

wayyāḇi’û ’el-mōšeh wə’el-’elə‘āzār hakkōhēn wə’el-‘ăḏaṯ bənê-yiśərā’ēl ’eṯ-haššəḇî wə’eṯ-hammaləqôaḥ wə’eṯ-haššālāl ’el-hammaḥăneh ’el-‘arəḇōṯ mô’āḇ ’ăšer ‘al-yarədēn yərēḥô

Num 31:12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.

wayyēṣə’û mōšeh wə’elə‘āzār hakkōhēn wəḵāl-nəśî’ê hā‘ēḏāh liqərā’ṯām ’el-miḥûṣ lammaḥăneh

Num 31:13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.

wayyiqəṣōp̱ mōšeh ‘al pəqûḏê heḥāyil śārê hā’ălāp̱îm wəśārê hammē’ôṯ habbā’îm miṣṣəḇā’ hammiləḥāmāh

Num 31:14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.

wayyō’mer ’ălêhem mōšeh haḥiyyîṯem kāl-nəqēḇāh

Num 31:15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

hēn hēnnāh hāyû liḇənê yiśərā’ēl biḏəḇar bilə‘ām liməsār-ma‘al bayhwāh ‘al-dəḇar-pə‘ôr wattəhî hammaggēp̱āh ba‘ăḏaṯ yəhwāh

Num 31:16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.

wə‘attāh hirəg̱û ḵāl-zāḵār baṭṭāp̱ wəḵāl-’iššāh yōḏa‘aṯ ’îš ləmišəkaḇ zāḵār hărōg̱û

Num 31:17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

wəḵōl haṭṭap̱ bannāšîm ’ăšer lō’-yāḏə‘û mišəkaḇ zāḵār haḥăyû lāḵem

Num 31:18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

wə’attem ḥănû miḥûṣ lammaḥăneh šiḇə‘aṯ yāmîm kōl hōrēg̱ nep̱eš wəḵōl nōg̱ēa‘ beḥālāl tiṯəḥaṭṭə’û bayyôm haššəlîšî ûḇayyôm haššəḇî‘î ’attem ûšəḇîḵem

Num 31:19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.

wəḵāl-beg̱eḏ wəḵāl-kəlî-‘ôr wəḵāl-ma‘ăśēh ‘izzîm wəḵāl-kəlî-‘ēṣ tiṯəḥaṭṭā’û

Num 31:20 And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.

wayyō’mer ’elə‘āzār hakkōhēn ’el-’anəšê haṣṣāḇā’ habbā’îm lammiləḥāmāh zō’ṯ ḥuqqaṯ hattôrāh ’ăšer-ṣiwwāh yəhwāh ’eṯ-mōšeh

Num 31:21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;

’aḵ ’eṯ-hazzāhāḇ wə’eṯ-hakkāsep̱ ’eṯ-hannəḥōšeṯ ’eṯ-habbarəzel ’eṯ-habbəḏîl wə’eṯ-hā‘ōp̱āreṯ

Num 31:22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

kāl-dāḇār ’ăšer-yāḇō’ ḇā’ēš ta‘ăḇîrû ḇā’ēš wəṭāhēr ’aḵ bəmê niddāh yiṯəḥaṭṭā’ wəḵōl ’ăšer lō’-yāḇō’ bā’ēš ta‘ăḇîrû ḇammāyim

Num 31:23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.

wəḵibbasətem big̱əḏêḵem bayyôm haššəḇî‘î ûṭəharətem wə’aḥar tāḇō’û ’el-hammaḥăneh

Num 31:24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.

wayyō’mer yəhwāh ’el-mōšeh llē’mōr

Num 31:25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

śā’ ’ēṯ rō’š maləqôaḥ haššəḇî bā’āḏām ûḇabbəhēmāh ’attāh wə’elə‘āzār hakkōhēn wərā’šê ’ăḇôṯ hā‘ēḏāh

Num 31:26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:

wəḥāṣîṯā ’eṯ-hammaləqôaḥ bên tōp̱əśê hammiləḥāmāh hayyōṣə’îm laṣṣāḇā’ ûḇên kāl-hā‘ēḏāh

Num 31:27 And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:

wahărēmōṯā meḵes layhwāh mē’ēṯ ’anəšê hammiləḥāmāh hayyōṣə’îm laṣṣāḇā’ ’eḥāḏ nep̱eš mēḥămēš hammē’ôṯ min-hā’āḏām ûmin-habbāqār ûmin-haḥămōrîm ûmin-haṣṣō’n

Num 31:28 And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:

mimmaḥăṣîṯām tiqqāḥû wənāṯattāh lə’elə‘āzār hakkōhēn tərûmaṯ yəhwāh

Num 31:29 Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD.

ûmimmaḥăṣiṯ bənê-yiśərā’ēl tiqqaḥ ’eḥāḏ ’āḥuz min-haḥămiššîm min-hā’āḏām min-habbāqār min-haḥămōrîm ûmin-haṣṣō’n mikkāl-habbəhēmāh wənāṯattāh ’ōṯām laləwiyyim šōmərê mišəmereṯ mišəkan yəhwāh

Num 31:30 And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.

wayya‘aś mōšeh wə’elə‘āzār hakkōhēn ka’ăšer ṣiwwāh yəhwāh ’eṯ-mōšeh

Num 31:31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.

wayəhî hammaləqôaḥ yeṯer habbāz ’ăšer bāzəzû ‘am haṣṣāḇā’ ṣō’n šēš-mē’ôṯ ’elep̱ wəšiḇə‘îm ’elep̱ waḥămēšeṯ-’ălāp̱îm

Num 31:32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,

ûḇāqār šənayim wəšiḇə‘îm ’ālep̱

Num 31:33 And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,

waḥămōrîm ’eḥāḏ wəšiššîm ’ālep̱

Num 31:34 And threescore and one thousand asses,

wənep̱eš ’āḏām min-hannāšîm ’ăšer lō’-yāḏə‘û mišəkaḇ zāḵār kāl-nep̱eš šənayim ûšəlōšîm ’ālep̱

Num 31:35 And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.

wattəhî hammeḥĕṣāh ḥēleq hayyōṣə’îm baṣṣāḇā’ misəpar haṣṣō’n šəlōš-mē’ôṯ ’elep̱ ûšəlōšîm ’elep̱ wəšiḇə‘aṯ ’ălāp̱îm waḥămēš mē’ôṯ

Num 31:36 And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:

wayəhî hammeḵes layhwāh min-haṣṣō’n šēš mē’ôṯ ḥāmēš wəšiḇə‘îm

Num 31:37 And the LORD's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

wəhabbāqār šiššāh ûšəlōšîm ’ālep̱ ûmiḵəsām layhwāh šənayim wəšiḇə‘îm

Num 31:38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD's tribute was threescore and twelve.

waḥămōrîm šəlōšîm ’elep̱ waḥămēš mē’ôṯ ûmiḵəsām layhwāh ’eḥāḏ wəšiššîm

Num 31:39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD's tribute was threescore and one.

wənep̱eš ’āḏām šiššāh ‘āśār ’ālep̱ ûmiḵəsām layhwāh šənayim ûšəlōšîm nāp̱eš

Num 31:40 And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD's tribute was thirty and two persons.

wayyittēn mōšeh ’eṯ-meḵes tərûmaṯ yəhwāh lə’elə‘āzār hakkōhēn ka’ăšer ṣiwwāh yəhwāh ’eṯ-mōšeh

Num 31:41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD's heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.

ûmimmaḥăṣîṯ bənê yiśərā’ēl ’ăšer ḥāṣāh mōšeh min-hā’ănāšîm haṣṣōḇə’îm

Num 31:42 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,

wattəhî meḥĕṣaṯ hā‘ēḏāh min-haṣṣō’n šəlōš-mē’ôṯ ’elep̱ ûšəlōšîm ’elep̱ šiḇə‘aṯ ’ălāp̱îm waḥămēš mē’ôṯ

Num 31:43 (Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,

ûḇāqār šiššāh ûšəlōšîm ’ālep̱

Num 31:44 And thirty and six thousand beeves,

waḥămōrîm šəlōšîm ’elep̱ waḥămēš mē’ôṯ

Num 31:45 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,

wənep̱eš ’āḏām šiššāh ‘āśār ’ālep̱

Num 31:46 And sixteen thousand persons;)

wayyiqqaḥ mōšeh mimmaḥăṣiṯ bənê-yiśərā’ēl ’eṯ-hā’āḥuz ’eḥāḏ min-haḥămiššîm min-hā’āḏām ûmin-habbəhēmāh wayyittēn ’ōṯām laləwiyyim šōmərê mišəmereṯ mišəkan yəhwāh ka’ăšer ṣiwwāh yəhwāh ’eṯ-mōšeh

Num 31:47 Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

wayyiqərəḇû ’el-mōšeh happəquḏîm ’ăšer lə’aləp̱ê haṣṣāḇā’ śārê hā’ălāp̱îm wəśārê hammē’ôṯ

Num 31:48 And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:

wayyō’mərû ’el-mōšeh ‘ăḇāḏeyḵā nāśə’û ’eṯ-rō’š ’anəšê hammiləḥāmāh ’ăšer bəyāḏēnû wəlō’-nip̱əqaḏ mimmennû ’îš

Num 31:49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.

wannaqərēḇ ’eṯ-qārəban yəhwāh ’îš ’ăšer māṣā’ ḵəlî-zāhāḇ ’eṣə‘āḏāh wəṣāmîḏ ṭabba‘aṯ ‘āg̱îl wəḵûmāz ləḵappēr ‘al-nap̱əšōṯênû lip̱ənê yəhwāh

Num 31:50 We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.

wayyiqqaḥ mōšeh wə’elə‘āzār hakkōhēn ’eṯ-hazzāhāḇ mē’ittām kōl kəlî ma‘ăśeh

Num 31:51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.

wayəhî kāl-zəhaḇ hattərûmāh ’ăšer hērîmû layhwāh šiššāh ‘āśār ’elep̱ šəḇa‘-mē’ôṯ waḥămiššîm šāqel mē’ēṯ śārê hā’ălāp̱îm ûmē’ēṯ śārê hammē’ôṯ

Num 31:52 And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.

’anəšê haṣṣāḇā’ bāzəzû ’îš lô

Num 31:53 (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)

wayyiqqaḥ mōšeh wə’elə‘āzār hakkōhēn ’eṯ-hazzāhāḇ mē’ēṯ śārê hā’ălāp̱îm wəhammē’ôṯ wayyāḇi’û ’ōṯô ’el-’ōhel mô‘ēḏ zikkārôn liḇənê-yiśərā’ēl lip̱ənê yəhwāh

Num 31:54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.

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