미디안 사람들에 대한 보복
1여호와께서 모세에게 말씀하셨다. “너는 미디안 사람들에게 이스라엘
2백성의 원수를 갚아라. 그러고 나면 너는 죽게 될 것이다.”
3그래서 모세는 백성들에게 이렇게 말하였다. “미디안과 싸울 사람들을 무장시켜 여호와의 원수를 갚읍시다.
4각 지파에서 1,000명씩 뽑아 전쟁터에 내보내시오.”
5그래서 그들은 각 지파에서 1,000명씩 뽑아 모두 12,000명을 무장시켰다.
6모세는 그들을 전쟁터로 내보내면서 제사장 엘르아살의 아들 비느하스도 성소의 기구와 신호 나팔을 가지고 따라가게 하였다.
7그들은 여호와께서 모세에게 명령하신 대로 미디안을 쳐서 남자들을 모조리 죽이고
8그 밖에 미디안의 다섯 왕 에위, 레겜, 수르, 후르, 레바를 죽였으며 그들은 또 브올의 아들 발람도 칼로 죽였다.
9그리고 이스라엘군은 미디안 여자들과 아이들을 사로잡고 가축을 포함한 그들의 모든 재산을 약탈하였으며
10그들의 성과 마을은 모조리 불태워 버렸다.
11-12그리고 그들은 빼앗은 전리품을 가지 고 짐승들과 사로잡은 자들을 끌고 모세와 제사장 엘르아살과 백성들이 진을 치고 있는 여리고 맞은편에 있는 요단 강변의 모압 평야를 향해 출발하였다.
13모세와 엘르아살과 백성의 지도자들이 개선하는 이스라엘군을 환영하러 진영 밖으로 나갔다.
14그러나 모세는 전쟁터에서 돌아온 지휘관들에게 화를 내며 이렇게 말하였다.
15“어째서 귀관들은 여자들을 모두 살려 두었소?
16이들이 바로 발람의 조언에 따라 브올에서 이스라엘 백성을 유혹하여 여호와께 범죄하게 하고 그들 가운데 전염병이 퍼지게 한 장본인들이 아니오?
17이제 귀관들은 남자 아이들을 모조리 죽이고 남자와 성관계를 가진 여자들도 다 죽이시오.
18그러나 남자와 성관계를 갖지 않은 여자들은 귀관들을 위해 살려 두어도 좋소.
19귀관들은 사람을 죽이고 시체를 만졌으니 7일 동안 진영 밖에 있으시오. 3일째 되는 날과 7일째 되는 날에는 귀관들과 사로잡혀온 자들이 다 몸을 깨끗이 하도록 하시오.
20그리고 모든 의복과 가죽 제품, 염소털이나 나무로 만든 물건도 다 정결하게 하시오.”
21그런 다음 제사장 엘르아살이 전쟁에 나갔던 군인들에게 이렇게 말하였다. “이것은 여호와께서 모세에게 주신 법령입니다.
22-23여러분은 금, 은, 동, 철, 주석, 납과 같 이 불에 타지 않는 것은 불에 통과시킨 다음 정결하게 하는 물로 깨끗하게 하고 불에 타는 모든 물건은 그 물로 정결하게 해야 합니다.
24그리고 여러분은 7일째 되는 날에 옷을 빠십시오. 그러면 여러분이 깨끗하게 되어 진영 안으로 들어올 수 있을 것입니다.”
전리품 분배
25여호와께서 모세에게 말씀하셨다.
26“너는 제사장 엘르아살과 백성의 지도자들과 함께 사로잡혀온 사람과 약탈해 온 짐승의 수를 파악하고
27사람과 짐승을 포함하여, 모든 전리품을 반으로 나누어 절반은 전쟁에 나갔던 군인들에게 주고 절반은 백성들에게 주어라.
28그리고 군인들이 분배받은 사람과 소와 나귀와 양떼 중에서 500분의 은 나 여호와의 몫으로 떼어
29나에게 바치는 특별한 예물로 엘르아살에게 주고
30백성들이 분배받은 사람과 소와 나귀와 양떼 중에서는 50분의 을 떼어 성막을 맡은 레위인들에게 주어라.”
31그래서 모세와 제사장 엘르아살은 여호와의 명령대로 하였다.
32군인들이 개인적으로 가진 전리품 외에 그들이 백성들에게 끌고 온 짐승은 양이 675,000마리,
33소가 72,000마리,
34나귀가 61,000마리이며
35그들이 사로잡아온 사람은 남자와 성관계를 하지 않은 여자 32,000명이었다.
36-40그리고 그것의 절반, 곧 군인들이 분배 받은 것은 양 337,500마리, 소 36,000마리, 나귀 30,500마리, 사람 16,000명이었으며 그 중에서 여호와께 드린 것은 양 675마리, 소 72마리, 나귀 61마리, 사람 32명이었다.
41모세는 여호와께서 명령하신 대로 여호와의 몫으로 거둔 것을 다 제사장 엘르아살에게 주었다.
42-46그리고 모세는 군인들에게 나누어 주 고 남은 절반은 이스라엘 백성에게 주었는데 그것은 양 337,500마리, 소 36,000마리, 나귀 30,500마리, 사람 16,000명이었다.
47모세는 또 여호와의 명령대로 백성들이 분배받은 것 중에서 50분의 을 거두어 성막을 맡은 레위인들에게 주었다.
48-49그 후에 군 지휘관들이 모세에게 와서 이렇게 말하였다. “우리가 부하들의 인원을 점검한 결과 희생자가 한 사람도 없습니다.
50그래서 우리가 가지고 온 발목고리, 팔찌, 반지, 귀고리, 목걸이와 같은 금패물을 우리 생명에 대한 감사 예물로 여호와께 드립니다.”
51모세와 제사장 엘르아살은 그들에게서 금패물을 받았는데
52그 금의 전체 무게는 31:52 히 ‘16,750세겔’약 190킬로그램이었으며
53이것은 군인들이 개인적으로 가지고 온 전리품이었다.
54모세와 제사장 엘르아살은 그 금을 성막으로 가지고 가서 이스라엘 백성의 기념물로 여호와 앞에 두었다.
The Lord Punishes the Midianites
1The Lord spoke to Moses. He said, 2“Pay the Midianites back for what they did to the Israelites. After that, you will join the members of your family who have already died.”
3So Moses said to the people, “Prepare some of your men for battle. They must go to war against Midian. They will carry out the Lord’s plan to punish Midian. 4Send 1,000 men from each of the tribes of Israel into battle.” 5So Moses prepared 12,000 men for battle. There were 1,000 from each tribe. They came from the families of Israel. 6Moses sent them into battle. He sent 1,000 from each tribe. Phinehas the priest went along with them. Phinehas was the son of Eleazar. Phinehas took some things from the sacred tent with him. He also took the trumpets. The trumpet blasts would tell the people what to do and when to do it.
7They fought against Midian, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. They killed every man. 8Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba were among the men they killed. Those men were the five kings of Midian. The Israelites also killed Balaam with their swords. Balaam was the son of Beor. 9The Israelites captured the Midianite women and children. They took for themselves all the herds, flocks and goods. 10They burned down all the towns where the Midianites lived. They also burned all their camps. 11They carried off everything they had taken. That included the people and the animals. 12They brought back to Israel’s camp the prisoners and everything else they had taken. They took them to Moses and to Eleazar the priest. They brought them to the whole community. Israel was camped on the plains of Moab. They were by the Jordan River across from Jericho.
13Moses and Eleazar the priest went to meet them outside the camp. So did all the leaders of the community. 14Moses was angry with the officers of the army who had returned from the battle. Some of them were the commanders of thousands of men. Others were the commanders of hundreds.
15“Have you let all the women remain alive?” Moses asked them. 16“The women followed Balaam’s advice. They caused the Israelites to be unfaithful to the Lord. The people worshiped the god named Baal that was worshiped at Peor. So a plague struck them. 17Kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man. 18But save for yourselves every woman who has never slept with a man.
19“Anyone who has killed a person must stay outside the camp for seven days. And anyone who has touched a person who was killed must do the same thing. On the third and seventh days you must make yourselves pure. You must also make your prisoners pure. 20Make all your clothes pure and ‘clean.’ Everything made out of leather, goat hair or wood must be made pure and ‘clean.’ ”
21Then Eleazar the priest spoke to the soldiers who had gone into battle. He said, “Here is what the law the Lord gave Moses requires. 22All your gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin and lead 23must be put through fire. So must everything else that doesn’t burn up. Then those things will be ‘clean.’ But they must also be made pure with the special water. In fact, everything that won’t burn up must be put through that water. 24On the seventh day wash your clothes. And you will be ‘clean.’ Then you can come into the camp.”
The People Divide Up What They Had Taken
25The Lord spoke to Moses. He said, 26“Here is what you and Eleazar the priest and the family leaders of the community must do. You must count all the people and animals you captured. 27Divide up some of what you took with the soldiers who fought in the battle. Divide up the rest with the others in the community. 28Set apart a gift for me. Take something from the soldiers who fought in the battle. Set apart one out of every 500 people, cattle, donkeys or sheep. 29Take my gift from the soldiers’ half. Give it to Eleazar the priest. It is my share. 30Also take something from the half that belongs to the Israelites. Choose one out of every 50 people, cattle, donkeys, sheep or other animals. Give them to the Levites. They are responsible for taking care of my holy tent.” 31So Moses and Eleazar the priest did just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
32What the soldiers took included 675,000 sheep. 33There were also 72,000 cattle 34and 61,000 donkeys. 35And there were 32,000 women who had never slept with a man.
36Here is the half that belonged to those who had fought in the battle.
There were 337,500 sheep. 37From among them, the Lord’s gift was 675.
38There were 36,000 cattle. From among them, the Lord’s gift was 72.
39There were 30,500 donkeys. From among them, the Lord’s gift was 61.
40There were 16,000 women. From among them, the Lord’s gift was 32.
41Moses gave the gift to Eleazar the priest. It was the Lord’s share. Moses did just as the Lord had commanded him.
42The other half belonged to the Israelites. Moses set it apart from what belonged to the fighting men. 43The community’s half was 337,500 sheep, 4436,000 cattle, 4530,500 donkeys 46and 16,000 women. 47Moses chose one out of every 50 people and animals. He gave them to the Levites. They were accountable for taking care of the Lord’s holy tent. Moses did just as the Lord had commanded him.
48Then the army officers went to Moses. Some of them were the commanders of thousands of men. Others were the commanders of hundreds. 49All of them said to Moses, “We have counted the soldiers under our command. Not a single one is missing. 50So we’ve brought an offering to the Lord. We’ve brought the gold each of us took in the battle. That includes armbands, bracelets, rings, earrings and necklaces. We’ve brought them in front of the Lord to pay for our sin.”
51Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted the beautiful gold things from the army officers. 52The gold received from the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds weighed 420 pounds. Moses and Eleazar offered all of it as a gift to the Lord. 53Each soldier had taken things from the battle for himself. 54Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted the gold from all the commanders. They brought it into the tent of meeting. It reminded the Lord of the Israelites.
