Common English Bible

Numbers 31:7-14 Common English Bible (CEB)

7. They battled against Midian as the Lord had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

8. They killed the kings of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian, along with others slain. They also killed Balaam, Beor’s son, with the sword.

9. The Israelites took captive the Midianite women, their little ones, all their cattle, their herds, and their possessions.

10. They burned all the cities where they lived and their encampments.

11. They took all the spoils of war and the valuable property, both human and animal,

12. and they brought the captives, the valuable property, and the spoils of war to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the Israelite community, at the camp on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.

13. Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the chiefs of the community went to meet them outside the camp.

14. Moses became angry with the commanders of the army, the officers of thousands and the officers of hundreds, who came back from the battle.