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[1]At that time after the pestilence, YHWH said to Mosheh, and to Elazer the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
[2]Number the heads of the whole community of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth in the army.
[3]And Mosheh and Elazer numbered the children of Israel after their families, and the number of all Israel was seven hundred thousand, seven hundred and thirty.
[4]And the number of the children of Levi, from one month old and upward, was twenty-three thousand, and among these there was not a man of those numbered by Mosheh and Aaron in the wilderness of Sinai.
[5]For YHWH 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 Y'funneh, and Yahushua the son of Nun.
[6]And it was after this that YHWH said to Mosheh, Say unto the children of Israel to avenge upon Midyan the cause of their brothers the children of Israel.
[7]And Mosheh did so, and the children of Israel chose from among them twelve thousand men, being one thousand to a tribe, and they went to Midyan.
[8]And the children of Israel warred against Midyan, and they slew every male, also the five princes of Midyan, and Balaam the son of B'or did they slay with the sword.
[9]And the children of Israel took the wives of Midyan captive, with their little ones and their cattle, and all belonging to them.
[10]And they took all the spoil and all the prey, and they brought it to Mosheh and to Elazer to the plains of Moav.
[11]And Mosheh and Elazer and all the princes of the congregation went forth to meet them with joy.
[12]And they divided all the spoil of Midyan, and the children of Israel had been revenged upon Midyan for the cause of their brothers the children of Israel.
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