Bamidbar 31
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1And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying,
2Avenge the Bnei Yisroel of the Midyanim; afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
3And Moshe spoke unto HaAm, saying, Arm some of your anashim unto war, let them go against Midyan, and avenge Hashem of Midyan.
4Of every matteh a thousand, throughout kol mattot Yisroel, shall ye send to war.
5So there were supplied out of the thousands of Yisroel, an elef (a thousand) of every matteh, sheneym asar elef armed for war.
6And Moshe sent them to war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Pinchas Ben El'azar HaKohen, to the war, with the kelei hakodesh, and the khatzotzerot hateru'ah in his yad.
7And they warred against Midyan, just, as Hashem commanded Moshe; and they slaughtered kol zachar.
8And they slaughtered the Melachim of Midyan, besides the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Tzur, and Chur, and Reva, five melachim of Midyan; Balaam Ben Be'or also they slaughtered with the cherev.
9And the Bnei Yisroel took all the nashim of Midyan captive, and their little ones, and took the plunder of all their behemah, and all their mikneh, and all their goods.
10And they burned with eish all their towns wherein were their moshavot, and all their camps.
11And they took all the plunder, and all the spoil, both of adam and of behemah.
12And they brought the captives, and the plunder, and the spoil, unto Moshe, and El'azar HaKohen, and unto the Adat Bnei Yisroel, unto the machaneh at the plains of Moav, which are by Yarden near Yericho.
13And Moshe, and El'azar HaKohen, and all the nasiim of the Edah, went forth to meet them outside the machaneh.
14And Moshe was in wrath with the pekudei hechayil (officers of the army), with the sarim over thousands, and sarim over hundreds, which were returning from the milchamah of the army.
15And Moshe said unto them, Have ye saved all the nekevah alive?
16Hinei, these caused the Bnei Yisroel, through the davar Balaam, to turn unfaithful against Hashem in the matter of Pe'or, and there was a magefah (plague) among the Adat Hashem.
17Now therefore slaughter every zachar among the little ones, and kill every isha that hath known ish by lying with zachar.
18But all the girl nashim, that have no da'as of lying with zachar, save alive for yourselves.
19And do ye abide outside the machaneh shivat yamim; whosoever hath killed nefesh, and whosoever hath touched any chalal, purify both yourselves and your captives on Yom HaShelishi and on Yom HaShevi'i.
20And purify all your beged, and all keli ohr (all that is made of leather), ma'aseh izzim (all that is made of goat hair) and keli etz (all that is make of wood).
21And El'azar HaKohen said unto the anshei hatzavah which went into milchamah, This is the chukkat hatorah which Hashem commanded Moshe:
22Only the zahav, and the kesef, the nechoshet, the barzel, the bedil, and the oferet,
23Everything that can withstand eish, ye shall make it go through the eish, and it shall be tahor; nevertheless it shall be purified with the mayim of niddah; and all that can not withstand the eish ye shall make go through the mayim.
24And ye shall wash your begadim on Yom HaShevi'i, and ye shall be tahor, and afterward ye shall come into the machaneh.
25And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying,
26Take inventory of the spoil that was taken, both of adam and of behemah, thou, and El'azar HaKohen, and the Rashei Avot HaEdah:
27And divide the spoil into two parts: between them that took the milchamah upon them, who went out to battle, and kol HaEdah;
28And levy a mekhes (tribute) unto Hashem of the anshei hamilchamah which went out to battle: one nefesh from five hundred, both of adam, and of bakar, and of chamorim, and of tzon;
29Take it of their half, and give it unto El'azar HaKohen, for a terumat Hashem.
30And of the Bnei Yisroelʼs half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of adam, of bakar, of chamorim, and of tzon, of all behemah, and give them unto the Levi'im, who are shomrei mishmeret Mishkan Hashem (who are guardians of the Mishkan Hashem).
31And Moshe and El'azar HaKohen did just as Hashem commanded Moshe.
32And the spoil, being the rest of the plunder which the am hatzava (personnel of the army) had taken, was 675,000 tzon,
33And 72,000 bakar,
34And 61,000 chamorim,
35And 32,000 nefesh adam from the nashim who had no da'as of zachar by lying with him.
36And the half, which was the chelek of them that went out to war, was in number 337,500 tzon;
37And the mekhes (tribute) for Hashem of the tzon was 675.
38And the bakar were 36,000; of which the mekhes for Hashem was 72.
39And the chamorim were 30,500; of which the mekhes for Hashem was 61.
40And the nefesh adam were 16,000; of which the mekhes for Hashem was 32 nefesh.
41And Moshe gave the mekhes, which was the terumat Hashem, unto El'azar HaKohen, as Hashem commanded Moshe.
42And of the Bnei Yisroelʼs half, which Moshe divided from the anashim hatzove'im,
43(Now the half that pertained unto the Edah was 337,500 tzon,
44And 36,000 bakar,
45And thirty thousand chamorim and five hundred,
46And sixteen thousand nefesh adam);
47Even of the Bnei Yisroelʼs half, Moshe took one portion of fifty, both of adam and of behemah, and gave them unto the Levi'im, who were shomrei mishmeret Mishkan Hashem; just as Hashem commanded Moshe.
48And the pekudim (officers) which were over thousands of the tzava (army), the sarim of thousands, and sarim of hundreds, came near unto Moshe;
49And they said unto Moshe, Thy avadim have taken the muster census of the anshei hamilchamah which are under our charge, and there was missing not one ish of us.
50We have therefore brought a korban Hashem, what every ish hath gotten, of articles of zahav, armlets, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make kapporah for our nefashot before Hashem.
51And Moshe and El'azar HaKohen took the zahav of them, even all wrought jewels.
52And all the zahav of the terumah (offering) that they offered up to Hashem, of the sarim of thousands, and of the sarim of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.
53 (For the anshei hatzava had taken plunder, every ish for himself.)
54And Moshe and El'azar HaKohen accepted the zahav of the sarim of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the Ohel Mo'ed, for a zikaron (memorial) for the Bnei Yisroel before Hashem.
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