08 March - Numbers 31-32

Jude Fri Dec 07, 2018 5:52 pm

My soul doth magnify my YAH, and my spirit hath rejoiced in EL my Saviour; For HE that is mighty hath done to me great things; and Holy is HIS Name. Now unto HIM who is ever present in my helpless estate; who is able to keep me from falling and to present me faultless before the presence of His Glory with exceeding joy, unto the King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, the only wise EL our Saviour be honour and glory and majesty, dominion and power both now and for ever Halleluyah!

NUMBERS 31

1And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,

2“Take vengeance for the children of Yisra’ĕl on the Miḏyanites. After that you are to be gathered to your people.”

3And Mosheh spoke to the people, saying, “Arm some of yourselves for the campaign, and let them go against the Miḏyanites to take vengeance for יהוה on Miḏyan.

4“Send a thousand from each tribe of all the tribes of Yisra’ĕl for the campaign.”

5So there were supplied from the tribes of Yisra’ĕl one thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed ones for the campaign.

6And Mosheh sent them on the campaign, one thousand from each tribe, them and Pineḥas son of El‛azar the priest on the campaign, with the set-apart utensils and the trumpets for sounding in his hand.

7And they fought against the Miḏyanites, as יהוה commanded Mosheh, and slew all the males.

8And they slew the sovereigns of Miḏyan with the rest of those who were pierced: Ewi, and Reqem, and Tsur, and Ḥur, and Reḇa, the five sovereigns of Miḏyan. And they slew Bil‛am son of Be‛or with the sword.

9And the sons of Yisra’ĕl took all the women of Miḏyan captive, with their little ones, and took as spoil all their livestock, and all their possessions.

10And they burned with fire all the cities where they dwelt, and all their settlements.

11And they took all the spoil and all the booty, both of man and beast.

12And they brought the captives, and the booty, and the spoil to Mosheh, and to El‛azar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Yisra’ĕl, to the camp in the desert plains of Mo’aḇ by the Yardĕn of Yeriḥo.

13And Mosheh, and El‛azar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation, went to meet them outside the camp.

14But Mosheh was wroth with the officers of the army, with the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, who had come from the campaign.

15And Mosheh said to them, “Have you kept all the women alive?

16“Look, they are the ones who caused the children of Yisra’ĕl, through the word of Bil‛am, to trespass against יהוה in the matter of Pe‛or, and there was a plague among the congregation of יהוה.

17“And now, slay every male among the little ones. And every woman who has known a man by lying with a man you shall slay.

18“But keep alive for yourselves all the female children who have not known a man by lying with a man.

19“And you, camp outside the camp seven days. Whoever has slain any being, and whoever has touched any slain, cleanse yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day.

20“And cleanse every garment, and every object of leather and all the work of goats’ hair, and every object of wood.”

21And El‛azar the priest said to the men of the campaign who went to the battle, “This is the law of the Torah which יהוה commanded Mosheh:

22“Only the gold, and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

23every object that passes through fire, you put through the fire, and it shall be clean; only, let it be cleansed with the water for uncleanness. And whatever does not pass through fire you pass through water.

24“And you shall wash your garments on the seventh day and be clean, and afterwards come into the camp.”

25And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,

26“Count up the plunder that was taken, of man and of beast, you and El‛azar the priest and the heads of the fathers of the congregation.

27“And you shall divide the plunder into two parts, between those who took part in the battle, who went out on the campaign, and all the congregation.

28“And set aside a levy for יהוה on the men of battle who went out on the campaign: one out of every five hundred, of man, and of the cattle, and of the donkeys, and of the sheep.

29“Take it from their half, and give it to El‛azar the priest as a contribution to יהוה.

30“And from the children of Yisra’ĕl’s half you shall take one of every fifty, of man, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the sheep, of all the livestock, and give them to the Lĕwites guarding the duty of the Dwelling Place of יהוה.”

31And Mosheh and El‛azar the priest did as יהוה commanded Mosheh.

32And the booty remaining from the plunder, which the people of the campaign had taken, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,

33and seventy-two thousand cattle,

34and sixty-one thousand donkeys,

35and thirty-two thousand human beings in all, of women who had not known a man by lying with a man.

36And the half, the portion for those who went out on the campaign, was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,

37and the levy unto יהוה of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five.

38And the cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which the levy unto יהוה was seventy-two.

39And the donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred, of which the levy unto יהוה was sixty-one.

40And the human beings were sixteen thousand, of which the levy unto יהוה was thirty-two beings.

41So Mosheh gave the levy which was the contribution unto יהוה to El‛azar the priest, as יהוה commanded Mosheh.

42And from the children of Yisra’ĕl’s half, which Mosheh divided from the men who campaigned:

43now the half belonging to the congregation was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,

44and thirty-six thousand cattle,

45and thirty thousand five hundred donkeys,

46and sixteen thousand human beings.

47Then Mosheh took from the children of Yisra’ĕl’s half: one out of every fifty, drawn from man and beast, and gave them to the Lĕwites, who guarded the duty of the Dwelling Place of יהוה, as יהוה commanded Mosheh.

48And the officers who were over thousands of the campaign, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, came near to Mosheh,

49and they said to Mosheh, “Your servants have taken a count of the fighting men under our command, and not a man of us is missing.

50“So we have brought an offering for יהוה, what every man found of ornaments of gold: armlets and bracelets and signet rings and earrings and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves before יהוה.”

51And Mosheh and El‛azar the priest received the gold from them, all the fashioned ornaments.

52And all the gold of the offering that they presented to יהוה, from the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty sheqels.

53The men of the campaign had taken spoil, every man for himself.

54And Mosheh and El‛azar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the Tent of Meeting as a remembrance for the children of Yisra’ĕl before יהוה.

NUMBERS 32

1And the children of Re’uḇĕn and the children of Gaḏ had much livestock, a large number. And they saw the land of Ya‛zĕr and the land of Gil‛aḏ and saw that the place was a place for livestock.

2So the children of Gaḏ and the children of Re’uḇĕn came and spoke to Mosheh, and to El‛azar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying,

3“Ataroth, and Diḇon, and Ya‛zĕr, and Nimrah, and Ḥeshbon, and El‛alĕh, and Seḇam, and Neḇo, and Be‛on,

4the land which יהוה had smitten before the congregation of Yisra’ĕl, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock.”

5And they said, “If we have found favour in your eyes, let this land be given to your servants as a possession, and do not let us pass over the Yardĕn.”

6And Mosheh said to the children of Gaḏ and to the children of Re’uḇĕn, “Are your brothers to go into the battle while you yourselves sit here?

7“Now why do you discourage the heart of the children of Yisra’ĕl from passing over into the land which יהוה has given them?

8“Thus your fathers did when I sent them away from Qaḏĕsh Barnĕa to see the land.

9“For when they went up to the wadi Eshkol and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Yisra’ĕl, so that they did not go into the land which יהוה had given them.

10“Then the displeasure of יהוה burned on that day, and He swore an oath, saying,

11‘Not one of the men who came up from Mitsrayim, from twenty years old and above, is to see the land of which I swore to Aḇraham, Yitsḥaq, and Ya‛aqoḇ, because they did not follow Me completely,

12except Kalĕḇ son of Yephunneh, the Qenizzite, and Yehoshua son of Nun, for they have followed יהוה completely.’

13“So the displeasure of יהוה burned against Yisra’ĕl, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the eyes of יהוה was destroyed.

14“And see, you have risen in your father’s place, an increase of men, sinners, to add still more the burning displeasure of יהוה against Yisra’ĕl.

15“For if you turn away from following Him, He shall once again leave them in the wilderness, and you shall destroy all these people.”

16Then they came near to him and said, “Let us build sheep-enclosures here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones,

17but let us ourselves be armed, hastening before the children of Yisra’ĕl until we have brought them to their place. And our little ones shall dwell in the walled cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

18“We shall not return to our homes until every one of the children of Yisra’ĕl has received his inheritance.

19“For we shall not inherit with them on the other side of the Yardĕn and beyond, because our inheritance has fallen to us on this eastern side of the Yardĕn.”

20And Mosheh said to them, “If you make this promise: if you arm yourselves before יהוה for battle,

21and all your armed ones pass over the Yardĕn before יהוה until He has driven out His enemies from before Him,

22and the land has been subdued before יהוה, then afterward you shall return, and be guiltless before יהוה and before Yisra’ĕl. And this land shall be your possession before יהוה.

23“But if you do not do so, then see, you shall sin against יהוה, and know: your sin is going to find you out.

24“Build cities for your little ones and enclosures for your sheep, and do what you have promised.”

25And the children of Gaḏ and the children of Re’uḇĕn spoke to Mosheh, saying, “Your servants are going to do as my master commands.

26“Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock are going to be there in the cities of Gil‛aḏ,

27but your servants are passing over, every armed one of the army, before יהוה, to battle, as my master says.”

28And Mosheh gave command concerning them to El‛azar the priest, to Yehoshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Yisra’ĕl.

29And Mosheh said to them, “If the children of Gaḏ and the children of Re’uḇĕn pass over the Yardĕn with you, every man armed for battle before יהוה, and the land has been subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gil‛aḏ as a possession.

30“But if they do not pass over armed with you, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Kena‛an.”

31Then the children of Gaḏ and the children of Re’uḇĕn answered, saying, “As יהוה has said to your servants, so we do.

32“We ourselves are passing over armed before יהוה into the land of Kena‛an, but the possession of our inheritance remains with us beyond the Yardĕn.”

33So Mosheh gave to the children of Gaḏ, to the children of Re’uḇĕn, and to half the tribe of Menashsheh, son of Yosĕph, the reign of Siḥon sovereign of the Amorites and the reign of Og̅ sovereign of Bashan, the land with its cities within the borders, the cities of the land round about.

34And the children of Gaḏ built Diḇon and Ataroth and Aro‛ĕr,

35and Atroth, Shophan and Ya‛zĕr and Yog̅behah,

36and Bĕyth Nimrah and Bĕyth Haran, walled cities, and enclosures for sheep.

37And the children of Re’uḇĕn built Ḥeshbon and El‛alĕh and Qiryathayim,

38Neḇo and Ba‛al Me‛on – the names being changed – and Shiḇmah. And they gave other names to the cities which they built.

39And the sons of Maḵir son of Menashsheh went to Gil‛aḏ and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.

40So Mosheh gave Gil‛aḏ to Maḵir, son of Menashsheh, and he dwelt in it.

41And Ya’ir son of Menashsheh went and took its small towns, and called them Ḥawoth Ya’ir.

42And Noḇaḥ went and took Qenath and its villages, and he called it Noḇaḥ, after his own name.