Moses spoke to the militia, militia Heb. ‘am; trad. “people.” Cf. note at 25.1. saying, “Let troops “men.” See the Dictionary under ’ish. be picked out from among you for a campaign, and let them fall upon Midian to wreak יהוה’s vengeance on Midian.
Moses dispatched them on the campaign, a thousand from each tribe, with Phinehas son of Eleazar serving as a priest on the campaign, equipped with the sacred utensils sacred utensils Perhaps the Urim; cf. 27.21. and the trumpets for sounding the blasts.
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וישלח
354
אתם
441
משה
345
אלף
111
למטה
84
לצבא
123
אתם
441
ואתפינחס
615
בןאלעזר
360
הכהן
80
לצבא
123
וכלי
66
הקדש
409
וחצצרות
800
התרועה
686
בידו
22
Numbers 31:7
Gematria: 2220
ויצבאועלמדיןכאשרצוהיהוהאתמשהויהרגוכלזכר
They took the field against Midian, as יהוה had commanded Moses, and slew every male.
Along with their other victims, they slew the kings of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also put Balaam son of Beor to the sword.
The Israelites took the women and other noncombatants other noncombatants NJPS “children,” trad. “little ones.” See the Dictionary under ṭaph. of the Midianites captive, and seized as booty all their beasts, all their herds, and all their wealth.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וישבו
324
בניישראל
603
אתנשי
761
מדין
104
ואתטפם
536
ואת
407
כלבהמתם
537
ואתכלמקנהם
692
ואתכלחילם
545
בזזו
22
Numbers 31:10
Gematria: 3577
ואתכלעריהםבמושבתםואתכלטירתםשרפובאש
And they destroyed by fire all the towns in which they were settled, and their encampments.
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ואת
407
כלעריהם
375
במושבתם
790
ואת
407
כלטירתם
709
שרפו
586
באש
303
Numbers 31:11
Gematria: 1699
ויקחואתכלהשללואתכלהמלקוחבאדםובבהמה
They gathered all the spoil and all the booty, human and beast,
and they brought the captives, the booty, and the spoil to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the Israelite community leadership, Israelite community leadership Heb. ‘adat bene yisra’el; NJPS “whole Israelite community.” See note at 8.9. at the camp in the steppes of Moab, at the Jordan near Jericho.
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ויבאו
25
אלמשה
376
ואלאלעזר
345
הכהן
80
ואלעדת
511
בניישראל
603
אתהשבי
718
ואתהמלקוח
596
ואתהשלל
772
אלהמחנה
139
אלערבת
703
מואב
49
אשר
501
עלירדן
364
ירחוס
284
Numbers 31:13
Gematria: 2442
ויצאומשהואלעזרהכהןוכלנשיאיהעדהלקראתםאלמחוץלמחנה
Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the chieftains of the community came out to meet them outside the camp.
Moses became angry with the commanders of the army, the officers of thousands and the officers of hundreds, who had come back from the military campaign.
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ויקצף
286
משה
345
על
100
פקודי
200
החיל
53
שרי
510
האלפים
166
ושרי
516
המאות
452
הבאים
58
מצבא
133
המלחמה
128
Numbers 31:15
Gematria: 1368
ויאמראליהםמשההחייתםכלנקבה
Moses said to them, “You have spared every female!
Yet they are the very ones who, at the bidding of Balaam, induced induced Meaning of Heb. hayu … limsor uncertain. the Israelites to trespass against יהוה in the matter of Peor, so that יהוה’s community was struck by the plague.
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הן
55
הנה
60
היו
21
לבני
92
ישראל
541
בדבר
208
בלעם
142
למסרמעל
470
ביהוה
28
עלדברפעור
662
ותהי
421
המגפה
133
בעדת
476
יהוה
26
Numbers 31:17
Gematria: 3053
ועתההרגוכלזכרבטףוכלאשהידעתאישלמשכבזכרהרגו
Now, therefore, slay every male among the noncombatants, noncombatants Cf. note at v. 9. and slay also every woman who has known a man carnally;
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ועתה
481
הרגו
214
כלזכר
277
בטף
91
וכלאשה
362
ידעת
484
איש
311
למשכב
392
זכר
227
הרגו
214
Numbers 31:18
Gematria: 1882
וכלהטףבנשיםאשרלאידעומשכבזכרהחיולכם
but spare every female noncombatant female noncombatant Heb. ha-ṭaph ba-nashim; NJPS “young woman”; trad. “(all the) women children.” See note at 30.4. who has not had carnal relations with a man.
“You shall then stay outside the camp seven days; every one among you or among your captives who has slain a person or touched a corpse shall purify himself on the third and seventh days.
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ואתם
447
חנו
64
מחוץ
144
למחנה
133
שבעת
772
ימים
100
כל
50
הרג
208
נפש
430
וכל
56
נגע
123
בחלל
70
תתחטאו
824
ביום
58
השלישי
655
וביום
64
השביעי
397
אתם
441
ושביכם
378
Numbers 31:20
Gematria: 2215
וכלבגדוכלכליעורוכלמעשהעזיםוכלכליעץתתחטאוס
You shall also purify every cloth, every article of skin, everything made of goats’ hair, and every object of wood.”
any article that can withstand fire—these you shall pass through fire and they shall be pure, except that they must be purified with water of lustration; and anything that cannot withstand fire you must pass through water.
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כלדבר
256
אשריבא
514
באש
303
תעבירו
688
באש
303
וטהר
220
אך
21
במי
52
נדה
59
יתחטא
428
וכל
56
אשר
501
לאיבא
44
באש
303
תעבירו
688
במים
92
Numbers 31:24
Gematria: 2545
וכבסתםבגדיכםביוםהשביעיוטהרתםואחרתבאואלהמחנהס
On the seventh day you shall wash your clothes and be pure, and after that you may enter the camp.”
You shall exact a levy for יהוה: in the case of the warriors who engaged in the campaign, one item in five hundred, of persons, oxen, asses, and sheep,
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והרמת
651
מכס
120
ליהוה
56
מאת
441
אנשי
361
המלחמה
128
היצאים
156
לצבא
123
אחד
13
נפש
430
מחמש
388
המאות
452
מןהאדם
140
ומןהבקר
403
ומןהחמרים
399
ומןהצאן
242
Numbers 31:29
Gematria: 3493
ממחציתםתקחוונתתהלאלעזרהכהןתרומתיהוה
shall be taken from their half-share and given to Eleazar the priest as a contribution to יהוה;
and from the half-share of the other Israelites you shall withhold one in every fifty human beings as well as cattle, asses, and sheep—all the animals—and give them to the Levites, who attend to the duties of יהוה’s Tabernacle.”
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וממחצת
584
בניישראל
603
תקח
508
אחד
13
אחז
16
מןהחמשים
493
מןהאדם
140
מןהבקר
397
מןהחמרים
393
ומןהצאן
242
מכלהבהמה
147
ונתתה
861
אתם
441
ללוים
116
שמרי
550
משמרת
980
משכן
410
יהוה
26
Numbers 31:31
Gematria: 2519
ויעשמשהואלעזרהכהןכאשרצוהיהוהאתמשה
Moses and Eleazar the priest did as יהוה commanded Moses.
From this half-share of the Israelites, Moses withheld one in every fifty humans and animals; and he gave them to the Levites, who attended to the duties of יהוה’s Tabernacle, as יהוה had commanded Moses.
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ויקח
124
משה
345
ממחצת
578
בניישראל
603
אתהאחז
422
אחד
13
מןהחמשים
493
מןהאדם
140
ומןהבהמה
153
ויתן
466
אתם
441
ללוים
116
שמרי
550
משמרת
980
משכן
410
יהוה
26
כאשר
521
צוה
101
יהוה
26
אתמשה
746
Numbers 31:48
Gematria: 3333
ויקרבואלמשההפקדיםאשרלאלפיהצבאשריהאלפיםושריהמאות
The commanders of the troop divisions, the officers of thousands and the officers of hundreds, approached Moses.
So we have brought as an offering to יהוה such articles of gold as each of us came upon: armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and pendants, pendants Meaning of Heb. kumaz uncertain; cf. Exod. 35.22. that expiation may be made for our persons before יהוה.”
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ונקרב
358
אתקרבן
753
יהוה
26
איש
311
אשר
501
מצא
131
כליזהב
74
אצעדה
170
וצמיד
150
טבעת
481
עגיל
113
וכומז
79
לכפר
330
עלנפשתינו
996
לפני
170
יהוה
26
Numbers 31:51
Gematria: 2289
ויקחמשהואלעזרהכהןאתהזהבמאתםכלכלימעשה
Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted the gold from them, all kinds of wrought articles.
So Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted the gold from the officers of thousands and the officers of hundreds and brought it to the Tent of Meeting, as a reminder in behalf of the Israelites before יהוה.