Verse 15
Numbers 31:15
New Living Translation
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“Why have you let all the women live?” he demanded.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר אֲלֵי/הֶ֖ם מֹשֶׁ֑ה הַֽ/חִיִּיתֶ֖ם כָּל נְקֵבָֽה
English Translation
And Moses said to them, "You have kept alive every female."
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 31 Context
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Then the LORD said to Moses,
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“On behalf of the people of Israel, take revenge on the Midianites for leading them into idolatry. A...
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So Moses said to the people, “Choose some men, and arm them to fight the LORD’s war of revenge again...
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From each tribe of Israel, send 1,000 men into battle.”
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So they chose 1,000 men from each tribe of Israel, a total of 12,000 men armed for battle.
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Then Moses sent them out, 1,000 men from each tribe, and Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest led them...
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They attacked Midian as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed all the men.
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All five of the Midianite kings — Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba — died in the battle. They also kil...
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Then the Israelite army captured the Midianite women and children and seized their cattle and flocks...
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They burned all the towns and villages where the Midianites had lived.
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After they had gathered the plunder and captives, both people and animals,
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they brought them all to Moses and Eleazar the priest, and to the whole community of Israel, which w...
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Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the community went to meet them outside the camp.
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But Moses was furious with all the generals and captains who had returned from the battle.
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“Why have you let all the women live?” he demanded.
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“These are the very ones who followed Balaam’s advice and caused the people of Israel to rebel again...
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So kill all the boys and all the women who have had intercourse with a man.
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Only the young girls who are virgins may live; you may keep them for yourselves.
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And all of you who have killed anyone or touched a dead body must stay outside the camp for seven da...
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Purify all your clothing, too, and everything made of leather, goat hair, or wood.”
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Then Eleazar the priest said to the men who were in the battle, “The LORD has given Moses this legal...
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Anything made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, or lead —
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that is, all metals that do not burn — must be passed through fire in order to be made ceremonially...
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On the seventh day you must wash your clothes and be purified. Then you may return to the camp.”
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And the LORD said to Moses,
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“You and Eleazar the priest and the family leaders of each tribe are to make a list of all the plund...
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Then divide the plunder into two parts, and give half to the men who fought the battle and half to t...
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From the army’s portion, first give the LORD his share of the plunder — one of every 500 of the pris...
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Give this share of the army’s half to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD.
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From the half that belongs to the people of Israel, take one of every fifty of the prisoners and of...
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So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
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The plunder remaining from everything the fighting men had taken totaled 675,000 sheep and goats,
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72,000 cattle,
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61,000 donkeys,
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and 32,000 virgin girls.
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Half of the plunder was given to the fighting men. It totaled 337,500 sheep and goats,
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of which 675 were the LORD’s share;
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36,000 cattle, of which 72 were the LORD’s share;
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30,500 donkeys, of which 61 were the LORD’s share;
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and 16,000 virgin girls, of whom 32 were the LORD’s share.
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Moses gave all the LORD’s share to Eleazar the priest, just as the LORD had directed him.
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Half of the plunder belonged to the people of Israel, and Moses separated it from the half belonging...
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It totaled 337,500 sheep and goats,
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36,000 cattle,
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30,500 donkeys,
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and 16,000 virgin girls.
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From the half-share given to the people, Moses took one of every fifty prisoners and animals and gav...
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Then all the generals and captains came to Moses
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and said, “We, your servants, have accounted for all the men who went out to battle under our comman...
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So we are presenting the items of gold we captured as an offering to the LORD from our share of the...
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So Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from all the military commanders — all kinds of je...
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In all, the gold that the generals and captains presented as a gift to the LORD weighed about 420 po...
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All the fighting men had taken some of the plunder for themselves.
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So Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted the gifts from the generals and captains and brought the go...
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