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Book of Numbers, Chapter 31

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Numbers 31 NASB - New American Standard BibleNumbers 31 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 31 of Numbers—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
  2. “1Take full vengeance for the sons of Israel on the Midianites; afterward you will be 2gathered to your people.”
  3. Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for the war, that they may [a]go against Midian to execute 3the LORD’S vengeance on Midian.
  4. A thousand from each tribe of all the tribes of Israel you shall send to the war.”
  5. So there were [b]furnished from the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
  6. Moses sent them, a thousand from each tribe, to the war, and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war with them, 4and the holy vessels and 5the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.
  7. So they made war against Midian, just as the LORD had commanded Moses, and 6they killed every male.
  8. They killed the kings of Midian along with the rest of their slain: 7Evi and Rekem and 8Zur and Hur and Reba, the five kings of Midian; they also killed 9Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.
  9. The sons of Israel captured the women of Midian and their little ones; and all their cattle and all their flocks and all their goods they plundered.
  10. Then they burned all their cities where they lived and all their camps with fire.
  11. 10They took all the spoil and all the prey, both of man and of beast.
  12. They brought the captives and the prey and the spoil to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest and to the congregation of the sons of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan opposite Jericho.
  13. ¶ Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the leaders of the congregation went out to meet them outside the camp.
  14. Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who had come from service in the war.
  15. And Moses said to them, “Have you [c]spared 11all the women?
  16. 12Behold, these [d]caused the sons of Israel, through the [e]counsel of 13Balaam, to [f]trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, so the plague was among the congregation of the LORD.
  17. 14Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man [g]intimately.
  18. But all the [h]girls who have not known man [i]intimately, [j]spare for yourselves.
  19. 15And you, camp outside the camp seven days; whoever has killed any person and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves, you and your captives, on the third day and on the seventh day.
  20. You shall purify for yourselves every garment and every article of [k]leather and all the work of goats’ hair, and all articles of wood.”
  21. ¶ Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to battle, “This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded Moses:
  22. only the gold and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin and the lead,
  23. everything that can stand the fire, you shall pass through the fire, and it shall be clean, but it shall be purified with 16water for impurity. But whatever cannot stand the fire you shall pass through the water.
  24. And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day and be clean, and afterward you may enter the camp.”
  25. ¶ Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
  26. “You and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the fathers’ households of the congregation take a count of the booty [l]that was captured, both of man and of animal;
  27. and 17divide the booty between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation.
  28. 18Levy a tax for the LORD from the men of war who went out to battle, one [m]in five hundred of the persons and of the cattle and of the donkeys and of the sheep;
  29. take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest, as an [n]offering to the LORD.
  30. From the sons 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 sheep, from all the animals, and give them to the Levites who 19keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.”
  31. Moses and Eleazar the priest did just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  32. ¶ Now the booty that remained from the spoil which the [o]men of war had plundered was 675,000 sheep,
  33. and 72,000 cattle,
  34. and 61,000 donkeys,
  35. and of human beings, of the women who had not known man [p]intimately, all the persons were 32,000.
  36. ¶ The half, the portion of those who went out to war, was as follows: the number of sheep was 337,500,
  37. and the LORD’S levy of the sheep was 675;
  38. and the cattle were 36,000, from which the LORD’S levy was 72;
  39. and the donkeys were 30,500, from which the LORD’S levy was 61;
  40. and the human beings were 16,000, from whom the LORD’S levy was 32 persons.
  41. Moses gave the levy which was the LORD’S offering to Eleazar the priest, just 20as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  42. ¶ As for the sons of Israel’s half, which Moses [q]separated from the men who had gone to war—
  43. now the congregation’s half was 337,500 sheep,
  44. and 36,000 cattle,
  45. and 30,500 donkeys,
  46. and the human beings were 16,000—
  47. and from the sons of Israel’s half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of animals, and gave them to the Levites, who kept charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  48. ¶ Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, approached Moses,
  49. and they said to Moses, “Your servants have taken a census of men of war who are in our charge, and no man of us is missing.
  50. So we have brought as an offering to the LORD what each man found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings and necklaces, 21to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”
  51. Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all kinds of wrought articles.
  52. All the gold of the offering which they offered up to the LORD, from the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, was 16,750 shekels.
  53. 22The men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.
  54. So Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it to the tent of meeting as 23a memorial for the sons of Israel before the LORD.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit be
  2. ^ Lit delivered
  3. ^ Lit let...live
  4. ^ Lit were to
  5. ^ Lit word
  6. ^ Possibly defect from the Lord
  7. ^ Lit by lying with a man
  8. ^ Lit female children
  9. ^ Lit by lying with a man
  10. ^ Lit keep alive
  11. ^ Or skin
  12. ^ Lit of captives
  13. ^ Lit soul from
  14. ^ Lit heave offering, and so throughout the ch
  15. ^ Lit people
  16. ^ Lit by lying with a man
  17. ^ Or divided

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Nu 25:1, 16, 17
  2. ^ Nu 20:24, 26; 27:13
  3. ^ Le 26:25
  4. ^ Nu 14:44
  5. ^ Nu 10:8, 9
  6. ^ De 20:13; Jg 21:11; 1Ki 11:15, 16
  7. ^ Jos 13:21
  8. ^ Nu 25:15
  9. ^ Nu 31:16; Jos 13:22
  10. ^ De 20:14
  11. ^ De 20:14
  12. ^ Nu 25:1-9
  13. ^ Nu 31:8
  14. ^ De 7:2; 20:16-18
  15. ^ Nu 19:11-22
  16. ^ Nu 19:9, 17
  17. ^ Jos 22:8
  18. ^ Nu 18:21-30
  19. ^ Nu 3:7, 8, 25, 26, 31, 36, 37; 18:3, 4
  20. ^ Nu 5:9, 10; 18:19
  21. ^ Ex 30:12-16
  22. ^ Nu 31:32; De 20:14
  23. ^ Ex 30:16

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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