31:1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 31:2Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people. 31:3And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm ye men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Jehovah's vengeance on Midian. 31:4Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war. 31:5So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. 31:6And Moses sent them, a thousand of every tribe, to the war, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand. 31:7And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah commanded Moses; and they slew every male. 31:8And they slew the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. 31:9And the children of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones; and all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they took for a prey. 31:10And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire. 31:11And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast. 31:12And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.
31:13And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. 31:14And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war. 31:15And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? 31:16Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of Jehovah. 31:17Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. 31:18But all the women-children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. 31:19And encamp ye without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, ye and your captives. 31:20And as to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood, ye shall purify yourselves.
31:21And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war that went to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses: 31:22howbeit the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, 31:23everything that may abide the fire, ye shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make to go through the water. 31:24And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean; and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
31:25And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 31:26Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the congregation; 31:27and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, that went out to battle, and all the congregation. 31:28And levy a tribute unto Jehovah of the men of war that went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the oxen, and of the asses, and of the flocks: 31:29take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for Jehovah's heave-offering. 31:30And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the asses, and of the flocks, even of all the cattle, and give them unto the Levites, that keep the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah. 31:31And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Jehovah commanded Moses.
31:32Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep, 31:33and threescore and twelve thousand oxen, 31:34and threescore and one thousand asses, 31:35and thirty and two thousand persons in all, of the women that had not known man by lying with him. 31:36And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep: 31:37and Jehovah's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen. 31:38And the oxen were thirty and six thousand; of which Jehovah's tribute was threescore and twelve. 31:39And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which Jehovah's tribute was threescore and one. 31:40And the persons were sixteen thousand; of whom Jehovah's tribute was thirty and two persons. 31:41And Moses gave the tribute, which was Jehovah's heave-offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
31:42And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred 31:43(now the congregation's half was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred sheep, 31:44and thirty and six thousand oxen, 31:45and thirty thousand and five hundred asses, 31:46and sixteen thousand persons), 31:47even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, that kept the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
31:48And the officers that were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses; 31:49and they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war that are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us. 31:50And we have brought Jehovah's oblation, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, ankle-chains, and bracelets, signet-rings, ear-rings, and armlets, to make atonement for our souls before Jehovah. 31:51And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. 31:52And all the gold of the heave-offering that they offered up to Jehovah, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. 31:53(For the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.) 31:54And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, for a memorial for the children of Israel before Jehovah.
For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tash-heth. A Psalm of Asaph; a song.
75:1We give thanks unto thee, O God;
We give thanks, for thy name is near:
Men tell of thy wondrous works.
75:2When I shall *find the set time, I will judge uprightly.
75:3*The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved:
I have *set up the pillars of it.
Selah
75:4I said unto the *arrogant, Deal not arrogantly;
And to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
75:5Lift not up your horn on high;
Speak not *with a stiff neck.
75:6For neither from the east, nor from the west,
Nor yet *from the *south, cometh lifting up.
75:7But God is the judge:
He putteth down one, and lifteth up another.
75:8For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and the wine *foameth;
It is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same:
Surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.
75:9But I will declare for ever,
I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
75:10All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off;
But the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph, a song.
76:1In Judah is God known:
His name is great in Israel.
76:2In Salem also is his tabernacle,
And his *dwelling-place in Zion.
76:3There he brake the *arrows of the bow;
The shield, and the sword, and the battle.
Selah
76:4Glorious art thou and excellent,
*From the mountains of prey.
76:5The stouthearted are made a spoil,
They have slept their sleep;
And none of the men of might have found their hands.
76:6At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob,
Both chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep.
76:7Thou, even thou, art to be feared;
And who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
76:8Thou didst cause sentence to be heard from heaven;
The earth feared, and was still,
76:9When God arose to judgment,
To save all the meek of the earth.
Selah
76:10Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee:
The residue of wrath shalt thou *gird upon thee.
76:11Vow, and pay unto Jehovah your God:
Let all that are round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
76:12He will cut off the spirit of princes:
He is terrible to the kings of the earth.
23:1The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Kittim it is revealed to them. 23:2Be still, ye inhabitants of the coast, thou whom the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. 23:3And on great waters the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations. 23:4Be thou ashamed, O Sidon; for the sea hath spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, I have not travailed, nor brought forth, neither have I nourished young men, nor brought up virgins. 23:5When the report cometh to Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. 23:6Pass ye over to Tarshish; wail, ye inhabitants of the coast. 23:7Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her afar off to sojourn? 23:8Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth? 23:9Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth. 23:10Pass through thy land as the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no restraint any more. 23:11He hath stretched out his hand over the sea, he hath shaken the kingdoms: Jehovah hath given commandment concerning Canaan, to destroy the strongholds thereof. 23:12And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon: arise, pass over to Kittim; even there shalt thou have no rest. 23:13Behold, the land of the Chaldeans: this people was not; the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness; they set up their towers; they overthrew the palaces thereof; they made it a ruin. 23:14Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for your stronghold is laid waste. 23:15And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years it shall be unto Tyre as in the song of the harlot. 23:16Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered. 23:17And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that Jehovah will visit Tyre, and she shall return to her hire, and shall play the harlot with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. 23:18And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to Jehovah: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before Jehovah, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.
1:1That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life 1:2(and the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare unto you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us); 1:3that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us: yea, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ: 1:4and these things we write, that our joy may be made full. 1:5And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 1:6If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 1:7but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 1:8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 1:9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1:10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.