A    ^noteAnd the LORDE spake vnto Moses, ∧ sayde: Auenge the childr&ebar; of Israel of the Madianites, þt; thou mayest afterwarde be gathered vnto þi; people. Th&ebar; spake Moses vnto the people, ∧ sayde: Harnesse some men amonge you to the warre agaynst the Madianites (þt; they maye auenge þe; LORDE vpon the Madianites) out of euery trybe a thousande, þt; out of euery trybe of Israel ye maye sende some to the battayll. And from amonge the thousandes of Israel they toke one thousande out of euery tribe, euen twolue thousande prepared vnto the battayll. And Moses sent them with Phineas the sonne of Eleasar the prest in to the battayll, and the holy vessels and þe; trompettes to blowe in his hande.

And they fought agaynst þe; Madianites as þe; LORDE c&obar;maunded Moses, ∧ slew all þe; males, ∧ the kynge of the Madianites slew they also amonge the other that were slaine namely, Eui, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba, the fyue kynges of the Madianites. B   And they slew ^note Balaam the sonne of Beor &wt; the swerde. And þe; children of Israel toke the wemen of the Madianites presoners, ∧ their childr&ebar;: all their catell, all their substaunce, and all their goodes spoiled they, and all their cities of their dwellynges ∧ castels burnt they &wt; fyre. And they toke all þe; spoyles, ∧ all þt; they coulde catche men ∧ catell, and brought th&ebar; vnto Moses ∧ to Eleasar the prest, and to þe; congregacion of the children of Israel (namely þe; presoners, and the catell þt; were tak&ebar;, and the good that was spoyled) in to the hoost in the felde of the Moabites, which lyeth besyde Iordane ouer against Iericho.

And Moses and Eleasar the prest and all the captaines of þe; congregacion, ^note w&ebar;te out of the hoost to mete th&ebar;. And Moses was angrie at the officers of the hoost, which were captaynes ouer thousandes and h&ubar;dreds, þt; came from the battayll, and sayde vnto th&ebar;: C   Haue ye saued all þe; wemen alyue? Beholde, ^note haue not they (thorow Balaams busynes) turned awaye þe; childr&ebar; of Israel to synne agaynst the LORDE vp&obar; Peor, ∧ their came a plage ouer the whole c&obar;gregacion of þe; LORDE? ^noteNow therfore slaie all the males am&obar;ge þe; childr&ebar;, ∧ kyll all þe; wemen þt; haue knowne men ∧ lyen &wt; them. But all the wemen chidren þt; haue knowne no m&ebar; ner lien &wt; them, kepe those alyue for youre selues. And lodge ye without the hoost, ^note all þt; haue slayne any man, or touched the slayne, that on the thirde and seuenth daie ye maie purifie yo&highr; selues and those whom ye haue taken presoners. And all the clothes, and all stuffe that is made of &esset;kynnes, and all maner furres, and all vessels of wod shal ye purifie.

D   And Eleasar the prest sayde vnto þe; captaynes of the hoost, þt; wente out to the battayll: This is the statute of the lawe, which the LORDE c&obar;maunded Moses: Golde, siluer brasse, yron, tynne and leed, and all that suffreth the fyre, shall ye cause to go thorow the fyre, and clense it, that it maye be

purified with þe; sprencklynge water. As for all soch as suffreth not the fyre, ye shal cause it to go thorow þe; water, and shal washe yo&highr; clothes vpon the seuenth daye. and th&ebar; shall ye be cleane. After that shall ye come in to the hooste.

^noteAnd the LORDE spake vnto Moses, and sayde: Take the summe of the spoyle of those that are taken, both of wemen and of catell, thou and Eleasar the prest, and the chefe fathers of the congregacion, and geue þe; halfe vnto those that toke the warre vpon them, and wente out to the battayll, and þe; other halfe to the congregacion. E   And of the men of warre that wente out to þe; battayll, thou shalt heue vnto the LORDE one soule of fyue hundreth, both of the wemen, oxen, Asses and shepe: Of their halfe parte shalt thou take it, and geue it vnto Eleasar the prest for an Heueofferynge vnto the LORDE. But of the children of Israels halfe parte, thou shalt take one heade of fyftie, both of the wemen, oxen, Asses and shepe, and of all the catell, and shalt geue them vnto the Leuites, that wayte vpon the habitaci&obar; of the LORDE.

And Moses and Eleasar the prest dyd as the LORDE commaunded Moses. And the spoyle and praye which þe; men of warre had spoyled, was sixe hundreth thousande and fyue and seuentye thousande shepe, two and seuentye thousande oxen, one ∧ thre score thousande Asses: and the wemen þt; had knowne no men ner lyen &wt; them, were two and thirtie thousande soules.

F   And the halfe parte which belonged vnto them that wente to the warre, was in n&obar;bre thre hundreth thousande, and seuen and thirtie thousande, and fyue hundreth shepe: of the which the LORDE had sixe hundreth, ∧ fyue and seuentye shepe. Item sixe and thirtie thousande oxen: wherof the LORDE had two ∧ seuentye. Item thirtie thousande fyue hundreth Asses: wherof the LORDE had one ∧ thre score. Item sixtene thousande soules of wemen: wherof the LORDE had two ∧ thirtie. And Moses gaue this heueofferynge of the LORDE vnto Eleasar the prest, as the LORDE commaunded him.

G   As for the other halfe which Moses deuyded vnto the children of Israel fr&obar; thorne; men of warre (namely þe; halfe that fell to the congregacion) it was also thre hundreth thousande, and seuen and thyrtie thousande, ∧ fyue hundreth shepe, sixe and thirtie thousande oxen, thyrtie thousande ∧ fyue hundreth Asses, and sixtene thousande wemen soules. And of this halfe of the childr&ebar; of Israel toke Moses one of euery fyftie, both of the catell ∧ of the wemen, and gaue them vnto þe; Leuites, that waited vpon the habitaci&obar; of the LORDE, as þe; LORDE c&obar;ma&ubar;ded Moses.

And the captaynes ouer þe; thousandes of the hoost, namely they that were ouer thousandes and ouer hundreds, came forth vnto Moses, and sayde vnto him: H   Thy seruauntes haue taken þe; summe of þe; men of warre, that were vnder oure hande, and there lacked not one: therfore brynge we a present vnto the LORDE, what euery one hath fo&ubar;de of Iewels of golde, cheynes, bracelettes, rynges, earinges, and taches, that oure soules maye be reconcyled before the LORDE.

And Moses and Eleasar þe; prest toke of them þe; golde of all maner ornamentes. And all the golde of the Heueofferynge that they Heued vnto the LORDE, was sixtene thousande and seuen hundreth and fyftye Sycles, of the captaynes ouer thousandes and hundreds. For loke what euery one had spoyled, that was his awne. And Moses &wt; Eleasar the prest toke the golde of the captaynes ouer thousandes and hundreds, and broughte it in to the Tabernacle of witnesse for a remembraunce of the children of Israel before the LORDE.

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