1. And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
2. “Take vengeance for the children of Yisra’ĕl on the Miḏyanites. After that you are to be gathered to your people.”
3. And Mosheh spoke to the people, saying, “Arm some of yourselves for the campaign, and let them go against the Miḏyanites to take vengeance for יהוה on Miḏyan.
4. “Send a thousand from each tribe of all the tribes of Yisra’ĕl for the campaign.”
5. So there were supplied from the tribes of Yisra’ĕl one thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed ones for the campaign.
6. And Mosheh sent them on the campaign, one thousand from each tribe, them and Pineḥas son of El‛azar the priest on the campaign, with the set-apart utensils and the trumpets for sounding in his hand.
7. And they fought against the Miḏyanites, as יהוה commanded Mosheh, and slew all the males.
8. And they slew the sovereigns of Miḏyan with the rest of those who were pierced: Ewi, and Reqem, and Tsur, and Ḥur, and Reḇa, the five sovereigns of Miḏyan. And they slew Bil‛am son of Be‛or with the sword.
9. And the sons of Yisra’ĕl took all the women of Miḏyan captive, with their little ones, and took as spoil all their livestock, and all their possessions.
10. And they burned with fire all the cities where they dwelt, and all their settlements.
11. And they took all the spoil and all the booty, both of man and beast.
12. And they brought the captives, and the booty, and the spoil to Mosheh, and to El‛azar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Yisra’ĕl, to the camp in the desert plains of Mo’aḇ by the Yardĕn of Yeriḥo.
13. And Mosheh, and El‛azar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation, went to meet them outside the camp.
14. But Mosheh was wroth with the officers of the army, with the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, who had come from the campaign.
15. And Mosheh said to them, “Have you kept all the women alive?
16. “Look, they are the ones who caused the children of Yisra’ĕl, through the word of Bil‛am, to trespass against יהוה in the matter of Pe‛or, and there was a plague among the congregation of יהוה.
17. “And now, slay every male among the little ones. And every woman who has known a man by lying with a man you shall slay.
18. “But keep alive for yourselves all the female children who have not known a man by lying with a man.
19. “And you, camp outside the camp seven days. Whoever has slain any being, and whoever has touched any slain, cleanse yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day.