## Onkelos Numbers Chapter 31

###### Onkelos Numbers 31:1
[Onkelos Numbers 31:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:1)

וּמַלִּיל יְיָ עִם משֶׁה לְמֵימָר:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:2
[Onkelos Numbers 31:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:2)

אִתְפְּרַע **פֻּרְעֲנוּת** בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִן מִדְיָנָאֵי בָּתַר כֵּן תִּתְכְּנֵשׁ לְעַמָּיךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
“Take revenge for [**retaliate for the evil done to**] Bnei Yisroel against the Midianites, afterward, you shall be gathered to your people (die).”


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:3
[Onkelos Numbers 31:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:3)

וּמַלִּיל משֶׁה עִם עַמָּא לְמֵימַר זְרִיזוּ מִנְּכוֹן גֻּבְרִין לְחֵילָא וִיהוֹן עַל מִדְיָן לְמֵיהַב פֻּרְעֲנוּת **דִּין עַמָּא** דַיְיָ בְּמִדְיָן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe spoke to the people, saying: “Arm men from among yourselves for the army and they will be against Midian, to bring revenge [**for the nation**] of Adonoy against Midian.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:4
[Onkelos Numbers 31:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:4)

אַלְפָא לְשִׁבְטָא אַלְפָא לְשִׁבְטָא לְכֹל שִׁבְטַיָּא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל תְּשַׁלְּחוּן לְחֵילָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
One thousand from each tribe, one thousand from each tribe, for all of the tribes of Yisroel, you shall send into the army.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:5
[Onkelos Numbers 31:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:5)

**וְאִתְבְּחָרוּ** מֵאַלְפַיָּא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל אַלְפָא לְשִׁבְטָא תְּרֵי עֲשַׂר אַלְפִין מְזָרְזֵי חֵילָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They were handed over [**chosen**] from among the thousands of Yisroel, one thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed men for the army.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:6
[Onkelos Numbers 31:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:6)

וּשְׁלַח יָתְהוֹן משֶׁה אַלְפָא לְשִׁבְטָא לְחֵילָא יָתְהוֹן וְיָת פִּינְחָס בַּר אֶלְעָזָר כַּהֲנָא לְחֵילָא וּמָנֵי דְקוּדְשָׁא וַחֲצַצְרַת **יַבֶּבְתָּא** בִּידֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe sent, one thousand from each tribe to the army, them, and Pinchas, son of Elozor the *kohein* to the army, with the sacred vessels and the trumpets [**of wailing**] in his hand.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:7
[Onkelos Numbers 31:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:7)

וְאִתְחַיָּלוּ עַל מִדְיָן כְּמָא דִי פַּקִּיד יְיָ יָת משֶׁה וּקְטָלוּ כָּל דְּכוּרָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They mounted a campaign against Midian, as Adonoy had commanded Moshe, and they killed every male.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:8
[Onkelos Numbers 31:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:8)

וְיָת מַלְכֵי מִדְיָן קְטָלוּ עַל קְטִילֵיהוֹן יָת אֱוִי וְיָת רֶקֶם וְיָת צוּר וְיָת חוּר וְיָת רֶבַע חַמְשָׁא מַלְכֵי מִדְיָן וְיָת בִּלְעָם בַּר בְּעוֹר קְטָלוּ בְחַרְבָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They killed the Midianite kings upon those they had slain: Evi, Rekem, Tzur, Chur and Reva—[the] five kings of Midian. And Bil’am son of Beor they killed with the sword.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:9
[Onkelos Numbers 31:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:9)

וּשְׁבוֹ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל יָת נְשֵׁי מִדְיָן וְיָת טַפְלְהוֹן וְיָת כָּל בְּעִירְהוֹן וְיָת כָּל גֵּיתֵיהוֹן וְיָת כָּל נִכְסֵיהוֹן בְּזוֹ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Bnei Yisroel took captive the Midianite women and their children. All their livestock, flocks and wealth they took as booty.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:10
[Onkelos Numbers 31:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:10)

וְיָת כָּל קִרְוֵיהוֹן בְּמוֹתְבָנֵיהוֹן וְיָת כָּל **בֵּית סִגְדַתְהוֹן** אוֹקִידוּ בְּנוּרָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
All their residential cities and palaces [**houses of worship**] they set on fire.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:11
[Onkelos Numbers 31:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:11)

**וּשְׁבוֹ** יָת כָּל עֲדָאָה וְיָת כָּל דְּבַרְתָּא בֶּאֱנָשָׁא וּבִבְעִירָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They took [**captured**] all the booty, all that had been seized, of man and livestock,


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:12
[Onkelos Numbers 31:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:12)

וְאַיְתִיּוּ לְוָת משֶׁה וּלְוָת אֶלְעָזָר כַּהֲנָא וּלְוָת כְּנִשְׁתָּא דִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל יָת שִׁבְיָא וְיָת דְּבַרְתָּא וְיָת עֲדָאָה לְמַשְׁרִיתָא לְמֵישְׁרַיָּא דְמוֹאָב דִּי עַל יַרְדְּנָא דִירֵחוֹ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And they brought to Moshe and to Elozor the *kohein* and to the entire community of Bnei Yisroel, the captives, and all that had been seized, and the booty, to the camp, at the plains of Moav, which was by the Yardein near Yereicho.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:13
[Onkelos Numbers 31:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:13)

וּנְפָקוּ משֶׁה וְאֶלְעָזָר כַּהֲנָא וְכָל רַבְרְבֵי כְנִשְׁתָּא לָקֳדָמוּתְהוֹן לְמִבָּרָא לְמַשְׁרִיתָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They went out—Moshe, Elozor the *kohein* and the princes of the community—to greet them outside the camp.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:14
[Onkelos Numbers 31:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:14)

וּרְגֵיז משֶׁה עַל דִּמְמַנָּן עַל חֵילָא רַבָּנֵי אַלְפִין וְרַבָּנֵי מָאֲוָתָא דַּאֲתוֹ מֵחֵיל קְרָבָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe was angry with the commanders of the army, at the officers of the thousands and at the officers of the hundreds who had returned from the army service of the war.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:15
[Onkelos Numbers 31:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:15)

וַאֲמַר לְהוֹן משֶׁה הֲקַיֵּמְתּוּן כָּל נוּקְבָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe said to them: “Did you let every female live?


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:16
[Onkelos Numbers 31:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:16)

הָא אִנּוּן הֲוָאָה לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּעֲצַת בִּלְעָם **לְשַׁקָּרָא שְׁקָר קֳדָם** יְיָ עַל עֵסַק פְּעוֹר וַהֲוַת מוֹתָנָא בִּכְנִשְׁתָּא דַיְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They were the very same ones who, on Bila’m’s advice were involved with Bnei Yisroel to cause them to commit a betrayal [**deception**] against [**before**] Adonoy regarding the matter of Pe’or, so that the plague broke out within the community of Adonoy.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:17
[Onkelos Numbers 31:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:17)

וּכְעַן קְטוּלוּ כָל דְּכוּרָא בְּטַפְלָא וְכָל אִתְּתָא דִּידַעַת גְּבַר לְמִשְׁכְּבֵי דְכוּרָא קְטוּלוּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Now execute every male among the children, and every woman with intimate knowledge of a man, you shall execute.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:18
[Onkelos Numbers 31:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:18)

וְכֹל טַפְלָא בִנְשַׁיָּא דִּי לָא יְדָעָא מִשְׁכְּבֵי דְכוּרָא קַיְּימוּ לְכוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
All the children among the females without intimate knowledge of a man, keep alive for yourselves.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:19
[Onkelos Numbers 31:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:19)

וְאַתּוּן שְׁרוֹ מִבָּרָא לְמַשְׁרִיתָא שַׁבְעָא יוֹמִין כֹּל דִּי קְטַל נַפְשָׁא וְכֹל דִּי קְרַב בְּקָטִילָא **תַּדּוּן עֲלוֹהִי** בְּיוֹמָא תְלִיתָאָה וּבְיוֹמָא שְׁבִיעָאָה אַתּוּן וּשְׁבִיכוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You shall remain outside the camp for seven days. Whoever has killed a person or touched a corpse, purify yourselves, [**sprinkle on him**] on the third day and on the seventh day, you and your captives.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:20
[Onkelos Numbers 31:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:20)

וְכָל לְבוּשׁ וְכָל מַאן דִּמְשַׁךְ וְכָל עוֹבַד מְעַזֵּי וְכָל מַאן דְּעָא **תַּדּוּן עֲלוֹהִי**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Every garment, every leather article, everything made of goat products and every wooden article shall undergo such purification [**sprinkle on it**].”


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:21
[Onkelos Numbers 31:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:21)

וַאֲמַר אֶלְעָזָר כַּהֲנָא לְגַבְרֵי חֵילָא דַּאֲתוֹ לִקְרָבָא דָּא גְּזֵרַת אוֹרַיְתָא דִּי פַקִּיד יְיָ יָת משֶׁה:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Elozor the *kohein* said to the soldiers who came to the war: “This is the statute of the Torah which Adonoy commanded Moshe.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:22
[Onkelos Numbers 31:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:22)

בְּרַם יָת דַּהֲבָא וְיָת כַּסְפָּא יָת נְחָשָׁא יָת פַּרְזְלָא יָת אֲבָצָא וְיָת אֲבָרָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Only the gold, silver, copper, iron, tin and lead,


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:23
[Onkelos Numbers 31:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:23)

כָּל מִדַּעַם דְּמִתַּעַל בְּנוּרָא תַּעַבְרוּנֵּיהּ בְּנוּרָא וְיִדְכֵּי בְּרַם בְּמֵי אַדָּיוּתָא **יִתַּדֵּי** וְכֹל דִּי לָא מִתַּעַל בְּנוּרָא תַּעַבְרֻנֵּיהּ בְּמַיָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Anything placed [of these materials] on a fire, you must pass through fire, and it will be purified; however, it must be purified [**sprinkled upon**] with sprinkling water. But anything [of these materials] that was not placed on a fire you may pass through water.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:24
[Onkelos Numbers 31:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:24)

וּתְחַוְּרוּן לְבוּשֵׁיכוֹן בְּיוֹמָא שְׁבִיעָאָה וְתִדְכּוּן וּבָתַר כֵּן תֵּעֲלוּן לְמַשְׁרִיתָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You shall immerse your garments on the seventh day and become purified; afterward you may come into the camp.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:25
[Onkelos Numbers 31:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:25)

וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְמשֶׁה לְמֵימָר:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying:


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:26
[Onkelos Numbers 31:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:26)

קַבֵּל יָת חוּשְׁבַּן דַּבְרַת שַׁבְיָא בֶּאֱנָשָׁא וּבִבְעִירָא אַתְּ וְאֶלְעָזָר כַּהֲנָא וְרֵישֵׁי אֲבָהַת כְּנִשְׁתָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
“Take count of the booty seized, of what was captured of the men and animals—you, together with Elozor the *kohein,* and the leaders of the community.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:27
[Onkelos Numbers 31:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:27)

וּתְפַלֵּג יָת דְּבַרְתָּא בֵּין גַּבְרֵי **מְגִיחֵי קְרָבָא** דִּנְפָקוּ לְחֵילָא וּבֵין כָּל כְּנִשְׁתָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Divide in half the spoils seized among those who took the war in hand [**waged war**], who went into the army, and the entire community.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:28
[Onkelos Numbers 31:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:28)

**וְתַפְרֵשׁ** נְסִיבָא קֳדָם יְיָ מִן גַּבְרֵי מְגִיחֵי קְרָבָא דִּנְפָקוּ לְחֵילָא חַד נַפְשָׁא מֵחֲמֵשׁ מְאָה מִן אֱנָשָׁא וּמִן תּוֹרֵי וּמִן חֲמָרֵי וּמִן עָנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Levy [**separate**] a tribute to Adonoy from the people of the army who went out to war, one living being out of five hundred from the people, cattle, donkeys and sheep.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:29
[Onkelos Numbers 31:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:29)

מִפַּלְגּוּתְהוֹן תִּסְּבוּן וְתִתֵּן לְאֶלְעָזָר כַּהֲנָא אַפְרָשׁוּתָא **קֳדָם** יְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Take this from their half and give it to Elozor the *kohein* as a gift to [**before**] Adonoy.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:30
[Onkelos Numbers 31:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:30)

וּמִפַּלְגּוּת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל תִּסַּב חַד דְּאִתַּחַד מִן חַמְשִׁין מִן אֱנָשָׁא מִן תּוֹרֵי מִן חֲמָרֵי וּמִן עָנָא מִכָּל בְּעִירָא וְתִתֵּן יָתְהוֹן לְלֵוָאֵי נָטְרֵי מַטְּרַת מַשְׁכְּנָא דַיְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And from the half of the Bnei Yisroel, take one part out of fifty, of the people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, and of all the other animals, and give it to the Levites who are entrusted with the *Mishkon* of Adonoy.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:31
[Onkelos Numbers 31:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:31)

וַעֲבַד משֶׁה וְאֶלְעָזָר כַּהֲנָא כְּמָא דִי פַּקִּיד יְיָ יָת משֶׁה:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe and Elozor the *kohein* did as Adonoy commanded Moshe.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:32
[Onkelos Numbers 31:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:32)

וַהֲוָה דְּבַרְתָּא שְׁאָר בִּזָּא דִּי בְזוֹ עַמָּא דִי **נְפָקוּ לְחֵילָא** עָנָא שִׁית מְאָה וְשַׁבְעִין וְחַמְשָׁא אַלְפִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The spoil was—in addition to the booty that was taken by the [**those who served in the**] army: 675,000


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:33
[Onkelos Numbers 31:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:33)

וְתוֹרֵי שַׁבְעִין וּתְרֵין אַלְפִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
72,000 cattle,


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:34
[Onkelos Numbers 31:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:34)

וַחֲמָרֵי שִׁתִּין וְחַד אַלְפִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
61,000 donkeys,


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:35
[Onkelos Numbers 31:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:35)

וְנַפְשָׁא דֶאֱנָשָׁא מִן נְשַׁיָּא דִּי לָא יְדָעָא מִשְׁכְּבֵי דְכוּרָא כָּל נַפְשָׁתָא תְּלָתִין וּתְרֵין אַלְפִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And the number of women who did not have intimate relations with a man all the souls amounted to 32,000.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:36
[Onkelos Numbers 31:36](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:36)

וַהֲוַת פַּלְגּוּתָא חוּלַק גֻּבְרַיָּא דִּי נְפָקוּ לְחֵילָא מִנְיַן עָנָא תְּלַת מְאָה וּתְלָתִין וּשְׁבַע אַלְפִין וַחֲמֵשׁ מְאָה:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The half-portion of those who went in the army, the amount of sheep [was] 337,500


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:37
[Onkelos Numbers 31:37](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:37)

וַהֲוָה נְסִיבָא **קֳדָם** יְיָ מִן עָנָא שִׁית מְאָה שַׁבְעִין וְחָמֵשׁ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The tribute to [**before**] Adonoy from the sheep, amounted to 675.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:38
[Onkelos Numbers 31:38](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:38)

וְתוֹרֵי תְּלָתִין וְשִׁתָּא אַלְפִין וּנְסִיבְהוֹן **קֳדָם** יְיָ שַׁבְעִין וּתְרֵין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
From the 36,000 cattle the tribute to [**before**] Adonoy amounted to 72.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:39
[Onkelos Numbers 31:39](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:39)

וַחֲמָרֵי תְּלָתִין אַלְפִין וַחֲמֵשׁ מְאָה וּנְסִיבְהוֹן **קֳדָם** יְיָ שִׁתִּין וְחָד:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
From the 30,500 donkeys the tribute to [**before**] Adonoy amounted to 61.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:40
[Onkelos Numbers 31:40](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:40)

וְנַפְשָׁא דֶאֱנָשָׁא שִׁתָּא עֲשַׂר אַלְפִין וּנְסִיבְהוֹן **קֳדָם** יְיָ תְּלָתִין וּתְרֵין נַפְשִׁין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
From the 16,000 people the tribute to [**before**] Adonoy amounted to 32 people.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:41
[Onkelos Numbers 31:41](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:41)

וִיהַב משֶׁה יָת נְסִיב אַפְרָשׁוּתָא **קֳדָם** יְיָ לְאֶלְעָזָר כַּהֲנָא כְּמָא דִי פַּקִּיד יְיָ יָת משֶׁה:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe gave the tribute as a gift to [**before**] Adonoy, to Elozor the *kohein,* as Adonoy had commanded Moshe.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:42
[Onkelos Numbers 31:42](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:42)

וּמִפַּלְגּוּת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל דִּי פְּלַג משֶׁה מִן גַּבְרַיָּא דִּי **נְפָקוּ לְחֵילָא**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
From the half [designated] for Bnei Yisroel that Moshe divided from the men of the [**who served in the**] army:


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:43
[Onkelos Numbers 31:43](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:43)

וַהֲוַת פַּלְגּוּת כְּנִשְׁתָּא מִן עָנָא תְּלַת מְאָה וּתְלָתִין וְשַׁבְעָא אַלְפִין וַחֲמֵשׁ מְאָה:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The community’s half consisted of 337,500 sheep,


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:44
[Onkelos Numbers 31:44](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:44)

וְתוֹרֵי תְּלָתִין וְשִׁתָּא אַלְפִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
36,000 cattle,


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:45
[Onkelos Numbers 31:45](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:45)

וַחֲמָרֵי תְּלָתִין אַלְפִין וַחֲמֵשׁ מְאָה:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
30,500 donkeys,


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:46
[Onkelos Numbers 31:46](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:46)

וְנַפְשָׁא דֶאֱנָשָׁא שִׁתָּא עֲשַׂר אַלְפִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
and 16,000 people.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:47
[Onkelos Numbers 31:47](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:47)

וּנְסִיב משֶׁה מִפַּלְגּוּת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל יָת דְּאִתַּחַד חַד מִן חַמְשִׁין מִן אֱנָשָׁא וּמִן בְּעִירָא וִיהַב יָתְהוֹן לְלֵוָאֵי נָטְרֵי מַטְּרַת מַשְׁכְּנָא דַיְיָ כְּמָא דִי פַּקִּיד יְיָ יָת משֶׁה:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe took from Bnei Yisroel’s half, one part out of the fifty, from the people and from the animals, and gave them to the Levites who are entrusted with the *Mishkon* of Adonoy; as Adonoy had commanded Moshe.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:48
[Onkelos Numbers 31:48](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:48)

וְקָרִיבוּ לְוָת משֶׁה דִּי מְמַנַּן עַל אַלְפֵי חֵילָא רַבָּנֵי אַלְפִין וְרַבָּנֵי מָאֲוָתָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The army officers approached Moshe—the officers who were over divisions of the thousands and the officers of the thousands, and the officers of the hundreds.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:49
[Onkelos Numbers 31:49](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:49)

וַאֲמָרוּ לְמשֶׁה עַבְדָּיךְ קַבִּילוּ יָת חֻשְׁבַּן גַּבְרֵי מְגִיחֵי קְרָבָא **דִּי עִמָּנָא** וְלָא שְׁגָא מִנָּנָא אֱנָשׁ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And they said to Moshe: “Your servants have taken a census of the soldiers who went out to war [**who are with us**] and not one of us is missing.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:50
[Onkelos Numbers 31:50](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:50)

וְקָרֶבְנָא יָת קוּרְבָּנָא דַיְיָ גְּבַר דְּאַשְׁכַּח מַאן דִּדְהָב שִׁירִין וְשִׁבְּכִין עִזְקָן קַדָּשִׁין וּמָחוֹךְ לְכַפָּרָא עַל נַפְשָׁתָנָא קֳדָם יְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
We have therefore brought an offering for Adonoy. Any man who found a gold article—an anklet, or a bracelet, a ring, earring or clasp [has dedicated it for Adonoy] to atone for ourselves before Adonoy.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:51
[Onkelos Numbers 31:51](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:51)

וּנְסִיב משֶׁה וְאֶלְעָזָר כַּהֲנָא יָת דַּהֲבָא מִנְּהוֹן כָּל מַאן דְּעוֹבָדָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe and Elozor the *kohein* took the gold from them, every fashioned article.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:52
[Onkelos Numbers 31:52](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:52)

וַהֲוָה כָּל דְּהַב אַפְרָשׁוּתָא דִּי אַפְרִישׁוּ קֳדָם יְיָ שִׁתָּא עֲשַׂר אַלְפִין שְׁבַע מְאָה וְחַמְשִׁין סִלְעִין מִן רַבָּנֵי אַלְפִין וּמִן רַבָּנֵי מָאֲוָתָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
All the gold of the offering that they set apart for Adonoy was 16,750 *shekolim,* from the officers who were over divisions of the thousands and from the officers who were over divisions of the hundreds.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:53
[Onkelos Numbers 31:53](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:53)

גַּבְרֵי דְּחֵילָא בָּזוּ גְּבַר לְנַפְשֵׁיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The men of war, took booty for themselves.


###### Onkelos Numbers 31:54
[Onkelos Numbers 31:54](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/31:54)

וּנְסִיב משֶׁה וְאֶלְעָזָר כַּהֲנָא יָת דַּהֲבָא מִן רַבָּנֵי אַלְפִין וּמָאֲוָתָא וְאַיְתִיאוּ יָתֵיהּ לְמַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא דָּכְרָנָא לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל קֳדָם יְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe and Elozor the *kohein* took the gold from the officers who were over divisions of the thousands and the hundreds, and they brought it to the Tent of Meeting as a remembrance for Bnei Yisroel before Adonoy.