1 God spoke to Moses. ️ 2 God said, “Send men to fight Midian. After this, you will go to your people.” ⚔️ 3 Moses said, “Men, get ready to fight for God.” ⚔️ 4 Take 1,000 men from each tribe, 12,000 men in all. 5 They chose 12,000 men, 1,000 from each tribe. ️ 6 Moses sent them with Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, with holy things and horns. ♂️⛺ 7 They fought Midian and won. The men of Midian died. ⚔️️ 8 They killed 5 kings of Midian and Balaam too. ⚔️ 9 They took the women and kids, and also cows, sheep, and all things. 10 They burned the towns and tents of Midian. ️⛺ 11 They took all the stuff and all the people. 12 They brought all to Moses, Eleazar, and the people at the camp by the river, near Jericho. ♂️⛺ 13 Moses, Eleazar, and the leaders went out to meet the men. ♂️♂️♂️ 14 Moses was angry with the army leaders. 15 Moses said, “Why did you let the women live?” ❓ 16 Moses said, “These women made Israel do wrong by bad advice from Balaam, and a bad sickness came.” ⚠️ 17 Moses said, “Kill every boy, and every woman who had a husband.” ⚔️ 18 Moses said, “Keep the young girls alive for you.” 19 Moses said, “Stay outside the camp 7 days. If you killed or touched a dead body, clean on day 3 and day 7.” ⛺7️⃣ 20 “Clean your clothes, and things made of skin, goat hair, and wood.” 21 Eleazar the priest said to the men, “This is God’s rule.” ♂️ 22 “Gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead,” ⛓️ 23 “Put things that can take fire into fire, then wash with special water; things that cannot take fire, wash with water.” 24 “On day 7, wash your clothes, then you may come into the camp.” 7️⃣⛺ 25 God spoke to Moses again. ️ 26 “Count the things with Eleazar and the leaders.” ♂️ 27 “Split the things in two: half for the soldiers, half for all the people.” ➗✌️ 28 “From the soldiers’ half, give God 1 out of 500 of people, cows, donkeys, and sheep.” 1️⃣/5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ 29 “Give this gift to Eleazar the priest for God.” ♂️ 30 “From the people’s half, give 1 out of 50 to the Levites who care for God’s tent.” ⛺1️⃣/5️⃣0️⃣ 31 Moses and Eleazar did what God said. ♂️✅ 32 The sheep were 675,000. 33 The cows were 72,000. 34 The donkeys were 61,000. 35 The girls were 32,000. 36 The soldiers’ half was 337,500 sheep. ➗2 37 The gift to God from the sheep was 675. 38 From 36,000 cows, the gift was 72. 39 From 30,500 donkeys, the gift was 61. 40 From 16,000 girls, the gift was 32; Moses gave it to Eleazar. ♂️ 41 Moses gave the gift to Eleazar, as God said. ➡️♂️ 42 This is the half for all the people of Israel. ➗2 43 That half was 337,500 sheep, 36,000 cows, 30,500 donkeys, and 16,000 girls. 44 Sheep in that half were 337,500. 45 Cows and donkeys were 36,000 and 30,500, and girls were 16,000. 46 These are the numbers for the people’s half. 47 Moses took 1 out of 50 from that half and gave it to the Levites who care for God’s tent. 1️⃣/5️⃣0️⃣⛺ 48 The army leaders came to Moses. ➡️ 49 They said, “We counted our men. No man is missing.” ✅ 50 “We bring a gold gift to God: arm bands, rings, and chains to make us clean before God.” 51 Moses and Eleazar took the gold from them. ♂️ 52 All the gold from the leaders was 16,750 pieces. 53 Each soldier kept other things he took. 54 Moses and Eleazar put the gold in God’s tent to help the people remember God. ⛺