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be accompanied by its prescribed grain offering and liquid offering. 38 You must also sacrifice
one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to
the regular burnt offering with its accompanying grain offering and liquid offering.
39 “You must present these offerings to the
Lord at your annual festivals. These are in addition to the sacrifices and offerings you present
in connection with vows, or as voluntary offerings, burnt offerings, grain offerings, liquid offerings, or peace offerings.”
40*So Moses gave all of these instructions
to the people of Israel as the Lord had commanded him.
Laws concerning Vows
1*Then Moses summoned the leaders of
the tribes of Israel and told them, “This
is what the Lord has commanded: 2 A man who
makes a vow to the Lord or makes a pledge
under oath must never break it. He must do exactly what he said he would do.
3 “If a young woman makes a vow to the Lord
or a pledge under oath while she is still living at
her father’s home, 4 and her father hears of the
vow or pledge and does not object to it, then
all her vows and pledges will stand. 5 But if her
father refuses to let her fulfill the vow or pledge
on the day he hears of it, then all her vows and
pledges will become invalid. The Lord will forgive her because her father would not let her
fulfill them.
6 “Now suppose a young woman makes a
vow or binds herself with an impulsive pledge
and later marries. 7 If her husband learns of her
vow or pledge and does not object on the day
he hears of it, her vows and pledges will stand.
8 But if her husband refuses to accept her vow or
impulsive pledge on the day he hears of it, he
nullifies her commitments, and the Lord will
forgive her. 9 If, however, a woman is a widow
or is divorced, she must fulfill all her vows and
pledges.
10 “But suppose a woman is married and living
in her husband’s home when she makes a vow
or binds herself with a pledge. 11 If her husband
hears of it and does not object to it, her vow or
pledge will stand. 12 But if her husband refuses
to accept it on the day he hears of it, her vow or
pledge will be nullified, and the Lord will forgive her. 13 So her husband may either confirm or
nullify any vows or pledges she makes to deny
herself. 14 But if he does not object on the day he
hears of it, then he is agreeing to all her vows
and pledges. 15 If he waits more than a day and
then tries to nullify a vow or pledge, he will be
punished for her guilt.”
16 These are the regulations the Lord gave
Moses concerning relationships between a man
and his wife, and between a father and a young
daughter who still lives at home.
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Conquest of the Midianites
Then the Lord said to Moses, 2 “On behalf
of the people of Israel, take revenge on
the Midianites for leading them into idolatry.
After that, you will die and join your ancestors.”
3 So Moses said to the people, “Choose some
men, and arm them to fight the Lord’s war of
revenge against Midian. 4 From each tribe of Israel, send 1,000 men into battle.” 5 So they chose
1,000 men from each tribe of Israel, a total of
12,000 men armed for battle. 6 Then Moses sent
them out, 1,000 men from each tribe, and Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest led them into
battle. They carried along the holy objects of
the sanctuary and the trumpets for sounding the
charge. 7 They attacked Midian as the Lord had
commanded Moses, and they killed all the men.
8 All five of the Midianite kings—Evi, Rekem, Zur,
Hur, and Reba—died in the battle. They also
killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
9 Then the Israelite army captured the Midianite women and children and seized their
cattle and flocks and all their wealth as plunder. 10 They burned all the towns and villages
where the Midianites had lived. 11 After they
had gathered the plunder and captives, both
people and animals, 12 they brought them all to
Moses and Eleazar the priest, and to the whole
community of Israel, which was camped on the
plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across
from Jericho. 13 Moses, Eleazar the priest, and
all the leaders of the community went to meet
them outside the camp. 14 But Moses was furious with all the generals and captains* who had
returned from the battle.
15 “Why have you let all the women live?” he
demanded. 16 “These are the very ones who followed Balaam’s advice and caused the people of
Israel to rebel against the Lord at Mount Peor.
They are the ones who caused the plague to
strike the Lord’s people. 17 So kill all the boys
and all the women who have had intercourse
with a man. 18 Only the young girls who are
virgins may live; you may keep them for yourselves. 19 And all of you who have killed anyone
or touched a dead body must stay outside the
camp for seven days. You must purify yourselves and your captives on the third and seventh days. 20 Purify all your clothing, too, and
everything made of leather, goat hair, or wood.”
21 Then Eleazar the priest said to the men
who were in the battle, “The Lord has given
Moses this legal requirement: 22 Anything made
of gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, or lead—23 that
is, all metals that do not burn—must be passed
through fire in order to be made ceremonially
pure. These metal objects must then be further
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29:40 Verse 29:40 is numbered 30:1 in Hebrew text.
30:1 Verses 30:1-16 are numbered 30:2-17 in Hebrew text.
31:14 Hebrew the commanders of thousands, and the
commanders of hundreds; also in 31:48, 52, 54.