Chapter 86

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AT that time after the pestilence, Yahuah said to Mosheh, and to El`azar the son of Aharon the priest, saying,

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Number the heads of the whole community of the children of Yashar'el, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth in the army.

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And Mosheh and El`azar numbered the children of Yashar'el after their families, and the number of all Yashar'el was seven hundred thousand, seven hundred and thirty.

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And the number of the children of Leviy, from one month old and upward, was twenty three thousand, and amongst these there was not a man of those numbered by Mosheh and Aharon in the wilderness of Ciynai.

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For Yahuah had told them that they would die in the wilderness, so they all died, and not one had been left of them excepting Kalev the son of Yephunneh, and Yahusha the son of Nun.

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And it was after this that Yahuah said to Mosheh, Say unto the children of Yashar'el to avenge upon Midyan the cause of their brethren the children of Yashar'el.

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And Mosheh did so, and the children of Yashar'el chose from amongst them twelve thousand men, being one thousand to a tribe, and they went to Midyan.

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And the children of Yashar'el warred against Midyan, and they slew every male, also the five princes of Midyan, and Bil'am the son of Be'or did they slay with the sword.

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And the children of Yashar'el took the women of Midyan captive, with their little ones and their cattle, and all belonging to them.

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And they took all the spoil and all the prey, and they brought it to Mosheh and to El`azar to the plains of Mo'av.

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And Mosheh and El`azar and all the princes of the assembly went forth to meet them with joy.

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And they divided all the spoil of Midyan, and the children of Yashar'el had been revenged upon Midyan for the cause of their brethren the children of Yashar'el.



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