2월 15일: Numbers 31-33

Numbers 31-33

The Message

31GOD spoke to Moses：

2"Avenge the People of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you will go to be with your dead ancestors." 

3Moses addressed the people： "Recruit men for a campaign against Midian, to exact GOD's vengeance on Midian, 

4a thousand from each tribe of Israel to go to war." 

5A fighting force of a thousand from each tribe of Israel—twelve thousand in all—was recruited. 

6Moses sent them off to war, a thousand from each tribe, and also Phinehas son of Eleazar, who went as priest to the army, in charge of holy vessels and the signaling bugles. 

7They attacked Midian, just as GOD had commanded Moses, and killed every last man. 

8Among the fallen were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword. 

9The People of Israel took the Midianite women and children captive and took all their animals and herds and goods as plunder. 

10They burned to the ground all the towns in which Midianites lived and also their tent camps. 

11They looted and plundered everything and everyone—stuff and people and animals. 

12They took it all—captives and booty and plunder—back to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the company of Israel where they were camped on the Plains of Moab, at Jordan-Jericho. 

13Moses, Eleazar, and all the leaders of the congregation went to meet the returning army outside the camp. 

14Moses was furious with the army officers—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—as they came back from the battlefield： 

15"What's this! You've let these women live! 

16They're the ones who, under Balaam's direction, seduced the People of Israel away from GOD in that mess at Peor, causing the plague that hit GOD's people. 

17Finish your job： kill all the boys. Kill every woman who has slept with a man. 

18The younger women who are virgins you can keep alive for yourselves. 

19"Now here's what you are to do： Pitch tents outside the camp. All who have killed anyone or touched a corpse must stay outside the camp for seven days. Purify yourselves and your captives on the third and seventh days. 

20Purify every piece of clothing and every utensil—everything made of leather, goat hair, or wood." 

21Eleazar the priest then spoke to the soldiers who had fought in the battle： "This is the ruling from the Revelation that GOD gave Moses： 

22Gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead— 

23and anything else that can survive fire—must be passed through the fire; then it will be ritually purified. It must also be ritually washed in the Water-of-Cleansing. Further, whatever cannot survive fire must be put through that water. 

24On the seventh day scrub your clothes; you will be ritually clean. Then you can return to camp." 

25GOD said to Moses, 

26"I want you and Eleazar the priest and the family leaders in the community to count the captives, people and animals. 

27Split the plunder between the soldiers who fought the battle and the rest of the congregation. 

28"Then tax the booty that goes to the soldiers at the rate of one life out of five hundred, whether humans, cattle, donkeys, or sheep. 

29It's a GOD-tax taken from their half-share to be turned over to Eleazar the priest on behalf of GOD. 

30Tax the congregation's half-share at the rate of one life out of fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, or other animals. Give this to the Levites who are in charge of the care of GOD's Dwelling." 

31Moses and Eleazar followed through with what GOD had commanded Moses. 

32The rest of the plunder taken by the army： 675,000 sheep 

3372,000 cattle 

3461,000 donkeys 

3532,000 women who were virgins 

36The half-share for those who had fought in the war： 337,500 sheep, 

37with a tax of 675 for GOD 

3836,000 cattle, with a tax of 72 for GOD 

3930,500 donkeys, with a tax of 61 for GOD 

4016,000 people, with a tax of 32 for GOD 

41Moses turned the tax over to Eleazar the priest as GOD's part, following GOD's instructions to Moses. 

42The other half-share for the Israelite community that Moses set apart from what was given to the men who fought the war was： 

43337,500 sheep 

4436,000 cattle 

4530,500 donkeys 

4616,000 people 

47From the half-share going to the People of Israel, Moses, just as GOD had instructed him, picked one out of every fifty persons and animals and gave them to the Levites, who were in charge of maintaining GOD's Dwelling. 

48The military officers—commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—came to Moses 

49and said, "We have counted the soldiers under our command and not a man is missing. 

50We've brought offerings to GOD from the gold jewelry we got—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, ornaments—to make atonement for our lives before GOD." 

51Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from them, all that fine-crafted jewelry. 

52In total, the gold from the commanders of thousands and hundreds that Moses and Eleazar offered as a gift to GOD weighed about six hundred pounds, 

53all donated by the soldiers who had taken the booty. 

54Moses and Eleazar took the gold from the commanders of thousands and hundreds and brought it to the Tent of Meeting, to serve as a reminder for the People of Israel before GOD. 

32The families of Reuben and Gad had huge herds of livestock. They saw that the country of Jazer and Gilead was just the place for grazing livestock.

2And so they came, the families of Gad and of Reuben, and spoke to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the leaders of the congregation, saying, 

3"Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon— 

4the country that GOD laid low before the community of Israel—is a country just right for livestock, and we have livestock." 

5They continued, "If you think we've done a good job so far, give us this country for our inheritance. Don't make us go across the Jordan." 

6Moses answered the families of Gad and Reuben： "Do you mean that you are going to leave the fighting that's ahead to your brothers while you settle down here? 

7Why would you even think of letting the People of Israel down, demoralizing them just as they're about to move into the land GOD gave them? 

8That's exactly what your ancestors did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to survey the country. 

9They went as far as the Valley of Eshcol, took one look and quit. They completely demoralized the People of Israel from entering the land GOD had given them. 

10And GOD got angry—oh, did he get angry! He swore： 

11'They'll never get to see it; none of those who came up out of Egypt who are twenty years and older will ever get to see the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. They weren't interested in following me—their hearts weren't in it. 

12None, except for Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua son of Nun; they followed me—their hearts were in it.' 

13"GOD's anger smoked against Israel. He made them wander in the wilderness for forty years, until that entire generation that acted out evil in his sight had died out. 

14"And now here you are, just one more mob of sinners stepping up to replace your ancestors, throwing fuel on the already blazing anger of GOD against Israel. 

15If you won't follow him, he'll do it again. He'll dump them in the desert and the disaster will be all your fault." 

16They came close to him and said, "All we want to do is build corrals for our livestock and towns for our families. 

17Then we'll take up arms and take the front lines, leading the People of Israel to their place. We'll be able to leave our families behind, secure in fortified towns, safe from those who live in the land. 

18But we won't go back home until every Israelite is in full possession of his inheritance. 

19We won't expect any inheritance west of the Jordan; we are claiming all our inheritance east of the Jordan." 

20Moses said, "If you do what you say, take up arms before GOD for battle 

21and together go across the Jordan ready, before GOD, to fight until GOD has cleaned his enemies out of the land, 

22then when the land is secure you will have fulfilled your duty to GOD and Israel. Then this land will be yours to keep before GOD. 

23"But if you don't do what you say, you will be sinning against GOD; you can be sure that your sin will track you down. 

24So, go ahead. Build towns for your families and corrals for you livestock. Do what you said you'd do." 

25The families of Gad and Reuben told Moses： "We will do as our master commands. 

26Our children and wives, our flocks and herds will stay behind here in the towns of Gilead. 

27But we, every one of us fully armed, will cross the river to fight for GOD, just as our master has said." 

28So Moses issued orders for them to Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the ancestral tribes of the People of Israel. 

29Moses said, "If the families of Gad and Reuben cross the Jordan River with you and before GOD, all armed and ready to fight, then after the land is secure, you may give them the land of Gilead as their inheritance. 

30But if they don't cross over with you, they'll have to settle up with you in Canaan." 

31The families of Gad and Reuben responded： "We will do what GOD has said. 

32We will cross the Jordan before GOD, ready and willing to fight. But the land we inherit will be here, to the east of the Jordan." 

33Moses gave the families of Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og, king of Bashan—the land, its towns, and all the territories connected with them—the works. 

34The Gadites rebuilt Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, 

35Atroth Shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, 

36Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran as fortified cities; they also built corrals for their animals. 

37The Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, and Kiriathaim, 

38also Nebo and Baal Meon and Sibmah. They renamed the cities that they rebuilt. 

39The family of Makir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who lived there. 

40Moses then gave Gilead to the Makirites, the descendants of Manasseh. They moved in and settled there. 

41Jair, another son of Manasseh, captured some villages and named them Havvoth Jair (Jair's Tent-Camps). 

42Nobah captured Kenath and its surrounding camps. He renamed it after himself, Nobah. 

33These are the camping sites in the journey of the People of Israel after they left Egypt, deployed militarily under the command of Moses and Aaron.

2Under GOD's instruction Moses kept a log of every time they moved, camp by camp： 

3They marched out of Rameses the day after the Passover. It was the fifteenth day of the first month. They marched out heads high and confident. 

4The Egyptians, busy burying their firstborn whom GOD had killed, watched them go. GOD had exposed the nonsense of their gods. 

5The People of Israel： left Rameses and camped at Succoth; 

6left Succoth and camped at Etham at the edge of the wilderness; 

7left Etham, circled back to Pi Hahiroth east of Baal Zephon, and camped near Migdol; 

8left Pi Hahiroth and crossed through the Sea into the wilderness; three days into the Wilderness of Etham they camped at Marah; 

9left Marah and came to Elim where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees; they camped there; 

10left Elim and camped by the Red Sea; 

11left the Red Sea and camped in the Wilderness of Sin; 

12left the Wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah; 

13left Dophkah and camped at Alush; 

14left Alush and camped at Rephidim where there was no water for the people to drink; 

15left Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai; 

16left the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah; 

17left Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth; 

18left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah; 

19left Rithmah and camped at Rimmon Perez; 

20left Rimmon Perez and camped at Libnah; 

21left Libnah and camped at Rissah; 

22left Rissah and camped at Kehelathah; 

23left Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher; 

24left Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah; 

25left Haradah and camped at Makheloth; 

26left Makheloth and camped at Tahath; 

27left Tahath and camped at Terah; 

28left Terah and camped at Mithcah; 

29left Mithcah and camped at Hashmonah; 

30left Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth; 

31left Moseroth and camped at Bene Jaakan; 

32left Bene Jaakan and camped at Hor Haggidgad; 

33left Hor Haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah; 

34left Jotbathah and camped at Abronah; 

35left Abronah and camped at Ezion Geber; 

36left Ezion Geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin. 

37After they left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor at the border of Edom, 

38Aaron the priest climbed Mount Hor at GOD's command and died there. It was the first day of the fifth month in the fortieth year after the People of Israel had left Egypt. 

39Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor. 

40The Canaanite king of Arad—he ruled in the Negev of Canaan—heard that the People of Israel had arrived. 

41They left Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah; 

42left Zalmonah and camped at Punon; 

43left Punon and camped at Oboth; 

44left Oboth and camped at Iye Abarim on the border of Moab; 

45left Iyim and camped at Dibon Gad; 

46left Dibon Gad and camped at Almon Diblathaim; 

47left Almon Diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim (Across-the-River), within sight of Nebo. 

48After they left the mountains of Abarim they camped on the Plains of Moab at Jordan-Jericho. 

49On the Plains of Moab their camp stretched along the banks of the Jordan from Beth Jeshimoth to Abel Shittim (Acacia Meadow). 

50GOD spoke to Moses on the Plains of Moab at Jordan-Jericho： 

51"Tell the People of Israel, When you cross the Jordan into the country of Canaan, 

52drive out the native population before you, destroy their carved idols, destroy their cast images, level their worship-mounds 

53so that you take over the land and make yourself at home in it; I've given it to you. It's yours. 

54"Divide up the land by lot according to the size of your clans： Large clans will get large tracts of land, small clans will get smaller tracts of land. However the lot falls, that's it. Divide it up according to your ancestral tribes. 

55"But if you don't drive out the native population, everyone you let stay there will become a cinder in your eye and a splinter in your foot. They'll give you endless trouble right in your own backyards. 

56And I'll start treating you the way I planned to treat them." 

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