Numbers 31
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
1Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
2“Avenge the children of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people.”
2Ulciscere prius filios Israël de Madianitis, et sic colligeris ad populum tuum.
3Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for war, that they may go against Midian, to execute the LORD’s vengeance on Midian.
3Statimque Moyses: Armate, inquit, ex vobis viros ad pugnam, qui possint ultionem Domini expetere de Madianitis.
4You shall send one thousand out of every tribe, throughout all the tribes of Israel, to the war.”
4Mille viri de singulis tribubus eligantur ex Israël qui mittantur ad bellum.
5So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
5Dederuntque millenos de singulis tribubus, id est, duodecim millia expeditorum ad pugnam:
6Moses sent them, one thousand of every tribe, to the war with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.
6quos misit Moyses cum Phinees filio Eleazari sacerdotis, vasa quoque sancta, et tubas ad clangendum tradidit ei.
7They fought against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses. They killed every male.
7Cumque pugnassent contra Madianitas atque vicissent, omnes mares occiderunt,
8They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.
8et reges eorum, Evi, et Recem, et Sur, et Hur, et Rebe, quinque principes gentis: Balaam quoque filium Beor interfecerunt gladio.
9The children of Israel took the women of Midian captive with their little ones; and all their livestock, all their flocks, and all their goods, they took as plunder.
9Ceperuntque mulieres eorum, et parvulos, omniaque pecora, et cunctam supellectilem: quidquid habere potuerant depopulati sunt:
10All their cities in the places in which they lived, and all their encampments, they burned with fire.
10tam urbes quam viculos et castella flamma consumpsit.
11They took all the captives, and all the plunder, both of man and of animal.
11Et tulerunt prædam, et universa quæ ceperant tam ex hominibus quam ex jumentis,
12They brought the captives with the prey and the plunder, to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.
12et adduxerunt ad Moysen, et Eleazarum sacerdotem, et ad omnem multitudinem filiorum Israël: reliqua autem utensilia portaverunt ad castra in campestribus Moab juxta Jordanem contra Jericho.
13Moses and Eleazar the priest, with all the princes of the congregation, went out to meet them outside of the camp.
13Egressi sunt autem Moyses et Eleazar sacerdos, et omnes principes synagogæ, in occursum eorum extra castra.
14Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.
14Iratusque Moyses principibus exercitus, tribunis, et centurionibus qui venerant de bello,
15Moses said to them, “Have you saved all the women alive?
15ait: Cur feminas reservastis?
16Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of the LORD.
16nonne istæ sunt, quæ deceperunt filios Israël ad suggestionem Balaam, et prævaricari vos fecerunt in Domino super peccato Phogor, unde et percussus est populus?
17Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.
17ergo cunctos interficite quidquid est generis masculinis, etiam in parvulis: et mulieres, quæ noverunt viros in coitu, jugulate:
18But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
18puellas autem et omnes feminas virgines reservate vobis:
19“Encamp outside of the camp for seven days. Whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, you and your captives.
19et manete extra castra septem diebus. Qui occiderit hominem, vel occisum tetigerit, lustrabitur die tertio et septimo.
20You shall purify every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood.”
20Et de omni præda, sive vestimentum fuerit, sive vas, et aliquid in utensilia præparatum, de caprarum pellibus, et pilis, et ligno, expiabitur.
21Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, “This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded Moses.
21Eleazar quoque sacerdos ad viros exercitus, qui pugnaverunt, sic locutus est: Hoc est præceptum legis, quod mandavit Dominus Moysi:
22However the gold, and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
22aurum, et argentum, et æs, et ferrum, et plumbum, et stannum,
23everything that may withstand the fire, you shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity. All that doesn’t withstand the fire you shall make to go through the water.
23et omne, quod potest transire per flammas, igne purgabitur: quidquid autem ignem non potest sustinere, aqua expiationis sanctificabitur:
24You shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean. Afterward you shall come into the camp.”
24et lavabitis vestimenta vestra die septimo, et purificati postea castra intrabitis.
25The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
25Dixit quoque Dominus ad Moysen:
26“Count the plunder that was taken, both of man and of animal, you, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the congregation;
26Tollite summam eorum quæ capta sunt, ab homine usque ad pecus, tu et Eleazar sacerdos et principes vulgi:
27and divide the plunder into two parts: between the men skilled in war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation.
27dividesque ex æquo prædam inter eos qui pugnaverunt egressique sunt ad bellum, et inter omnem reliquam multitudinem.
28Levy a tribute to the LORD of the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred; of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks.
28Et separabis partem Domino ab his qui pugnaverunt et fuerunt in bello, unam animam de quingentis, tam ex hominibus quam ex bobus et asinis et ovibus,
29Take it from their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for the LORD’s wave offering.
29et dabis eam Eleazaro sacerdoti, quia primitiæ Domini sunt.
30Of the children of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all the livestock, and give them to the Levites, who perform the duty of the LORD’s tabernacle.”
30Ex media quoque parte filiorum Israël accipies quinquagesimum caput hominum, et boum, et asinorum, et ovium, cunctorum animantium, et dabis ea Levitis, qui excubant in custodiis tabernaculi Domini.
31Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
31Feceruntque Moyses et Eleazar sicut præceperat Dominus.
32Now the plunder, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,
32Fuit autem præda, quam exercitus ceperat, ovium sexcenta septuaginta quinque millia,
33seventy-two thousand head of cattle,
33boum septuaginta duo millia,
34sixty-one thousand donkeys,
34asinorum sexaginta millia et mille:
35and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of the women who had not known man by lying with him.
35animæ hominum sexus feminei, quæ non cognoverant viros, triginta duo millia.
36The half, which was the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep;
36Dataque est media pars his qui in prælio fuerant, ovium trecenta triginta septem millia quingentæ:
37and the LORD’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred seventy-five.
37e quibus in partem Domini supputatæ sunt oves sexcentæ septuaginta quinque:
38The cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which the LORD’s tribute was seventy-two.
38et de bobus triginta sex millibus, boves septuaginta et duo:
39The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred, of which the LORD’s tribute was sixty-one.
39de asinis triginta millibus quingentis, asini sexaginta unus:
40The persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the LORD’s tribute was thirty-two persons.
40de animabus hominum sedecim millibus, cesserunt in partem Domini triginta duæ animæ.
41Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD’s wave offering, to Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.
41Tradiditque Moyses numerum primitiarum Domini Eleazaro sacerdoti, sicut fuerat ei imperatum,
42Of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided off from the men who fought
42ex media parte filiorum Israël, quam separaverat his qui in prælio fuerant.
43(now the congregation’s half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,
43De media vero parte, quæ contigerat reliquæ multitudini, id est, de ovibus trecentis triginta septem millibus quingentis,
44thirty-six thousand head of cattle,
44et de bobus triginta sex millibus,
45thirty thousand five hundred donkeys,
45et de asinis triginta millibus quingentis,
46and sixteen thousand persons),
46et de hominibus sedecim millibus,
47even of the children of Israel’s half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of animal, and gave them to the Levites, who performed the duty of the LORD’s tabernacle, as the LORD commanded Moses.
47tulit Moyses quinquagesimum caput, et dedit Levitis, qui excubabant in tabernaculo Domini, sicut præceperat Dominus.
48The officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses.
48Cumque accessissent principes exercitus ad Moysen, et tribuni, centurionesque, dixerunt:
49They said to Moses, “Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war who are under our command, and there lacks not one man of us.
49Nos servi tui recensuimus numerum pugnatorum, quos habuimus sub manu nostra: et ne unus quidem defuit.
50We have brought the LORD’s offering, what every man found: gold ornaments, armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for our souls before the LORD.”
50Ob hanc causam offerimus in donariis Domini singuli quod in præda auri potuimus invenire, periscelides et armillas, annulos et dextralia, ac murænulas, ut depreceris pro nobis Dominum.
51Moses and Eleazar the priest took their gold, even all worked jewels.
51Susceperuntque Moyses et Eleazar sacerdos omne aurum in diversis speciebus,
52All the gold of the wave offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels.
52pondo sedecim millia septingentos quinquaginta siclos, a tribunis et centurionibus.
53The men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.
53Unusquisque enim quod in præda rapuerat, suum erat.
54Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the Tent of Meeting for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.
54Et susceptum intulerunt in tabernaculum testimonii, in monimentum filiorum Israël coram Domino.
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