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Offer with them all the other offerings required for the first day.

Offer with them all the other offerings required for the first day.

Offer with them all the other offerings required for the first day.

Offer with them all the other offerings required for the first day.

On the eighth day gather for worship and do no work.

Offer with them all the other offerings required for the first day.

But if he later annuls the vow, he must suffer the consequences for the failure to fulfill the vow.

"Punish the Midianites for what they did to the people of Israel. After you have done that, you will die."

So Moses said to the people, "Get ready for war, so that you can attack Midian and punish them for what they did to the Lord .

So a thousand men were chosen from each tribe, a total of twelve thousand men ready for battle.

Moses sent them to war under the command of Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took charge of the sacred objects and the trumpets for giving signals.

but keep alive for yourselves all the girls and all the women who are virgins.

Now all of you who have killed anyone or have touched a corpse must stay outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and on the seventh day purify yourselves and the women you have captured.

Everything that will not burn, such as gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, or lead, is to be purified by passing it through fire. Everything else is to be purified by the water for purification.

Divide what was taken into two equal parts, one part for the soldiers and the other part for the rest of the community.

From the part that belongs to the soldiers, withhold as a tax for the Lord one out of every five hundred prisoners and the same proportion of the cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats.

The following is a list of what was captured by the soldiers, in addition to what they kept for themselves: 675,000 sheep and goats, 72,000 cattle, 61,000 donkeys, and 32,000 virgins.

The half share of the soldiers was 337,500 sheep and goats, of which 675 were the tax for the Lord ; 36,000 cattle for the soldiers, of which 72 were the tax for the Lord ; 30,500 donkeys for the soldiers, of which 61 were the tax for the Lord ; and 16,000 virgins for the soldiers, of which 32 were the tax for the Lord .

The share of the community was the same as that for the soldiers: 337,500 sheep and goats, 36,000 cattle, 30,500 donkeys, and 16,000 virgins.

So we are bringing the gold ornaments, armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces that each of us has taken. We offer them to the Lord as a payment for our lives, so that he will protect us."