Bible Verses About Journey of Israel Through The Desert: Midianites destroyed and Balaam slain

And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

Reuenge the children of Israel of the Midianites, and afterwarde shalt thou be gathered vnto thy people.

And Moses spake to the people, saying, Harnesse some of you vnto warre, and let them goe against Midian, to execute the vengeance of the Lord against Midian.

A thousande of euery tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye sende to the warre.

So there were taken out of the thousands of Israel, twelue thousande prepared vnto warre, of euery tribe a thousand.

And Moses sent them to the warre, euen a thousand of euery tribe, and sent them with Phinehas the sonne of Eleazar the Priest to the warre: and the holy instruments, that is, the trumpets to blow were in his hand.

And they warred against Midian, as the Lord had commanded Moses, and slue all the males.

They slue also the Kings of Midian among them that were slaine: Eui and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur and Reba fiue kings of Midian, and they slue Balaam the sonne of Beor with the sworde:

But the children of Israel tooke the women of Midian prisoners, and their children, and spoyled all their cattell, and all their flockes, and all their goods.

And they burnt all their cities, wherein they dwelt, and all their villages with fire.

And they tooke all the spoyle and all the pray both of men and beastes.

And they brought the captiues and that which they had taken, and the spoyle vnto Moses and to Eleazar the Priest, and vnto the Congregation of the children of Israel, into ye campe in the playne of Moab, which was by Iorden toward Iericho.

Then Moses and Eleazar the Priest, and all the princes of the Congregation went out of the campe to meete them.

And Moses was angry with the captaines of the hoste, with the captaines ouer thousands, and captaines ouer hundreds, which came from the warre and battel.

And Moses sayde vnto them, What? haue ye saued all the women?

Behold, these caused the children of Israel through the counsell of Balaam to commit a trespasse against the Lord, as concerning Peor, and there came a plague among the Congregation of the Lord.

Now therefore, slay all the males among the children, and kill all the women that haue knowen man by carnall copulation.

But all the women children that haue not knowen carnall copulation, keepe aliue for your selues.

And ye shall remaine without the host seuen dayes, all that haue killed any person, and all that haue touched any dead, and purifie both your selues and your prisoners the third day and the seuenth.

Also ye shall purifie euery garment and all that is made of skins and al worke of goates heare, and all things made of wood.

And Eleazar ye Priest sayd vnto the men of warre, which went to the battel, This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord commanded Moses,

As for gold, and siluer, brasse, yron, tynne, and lead:

Euen all that may abide the fire, yee shall make it goe through the fire, and it shalbe cleane: yet, it shalbe purified with the water of purification: and all that suffereth not the fire, yee shall cause to passe by the water.

Ye shall wash also your clothes the seuenth day, and ye shalbe cleane: and afterward ye shall come into the Hoste.

And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,