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At that time after the pestilence, Yahuah said to Mosheh, and to Elazer the son of Aharon the kohen, saying,
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Number the heads of the whole community of the children of Yis’rael, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth in the army.
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And Mosheh and Elazer numbered the children of Yis’rael after their families, and the number of all Yis’rael was seven hundred thousand, seven hundred and thirty.
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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 Aharon in the wilderness of Sinai.
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For Yahuah 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 Yefunneh, and Yehoshua the son of Nun.
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And it was after this that Yahuah said to Mosheh, Say to the children of Yis’rael to avenge upon Midyan the cause of their brethren the children of Yis’rael.
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And Mosheh did so, and the children of Yis’rael chose from among them twelve thousand men, being one thousand to a tribe, and they went to Midyan.
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And the children of Yis’rael warred against Midyan, and they killed every male, also the five princes of Midyan, and Bil’am the son of Beor did they slay with the sword.
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And the children of Yis’rael took the wives of Midyan captive, with their little ones and their cattle, and all belonging to them.
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And they took all the spoil and all the prey, and they brought it to Mosheh and to Elazer to the plains of Mo’av.
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And Mosheh and Elazer and all the princes of the congregation went forth to meet them with joy.
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And they divided all the spoil of Midyan, and the children of Yis’rael had been revenged upon Midyan for the cause of their brethren the children of Yis’rael.