Book of Jasher 86
Chapter 86
1.
At that time after the pestilence,
the Lord said to Moses, and to Elazer the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
2.
Number the heads of the whole
community of the children of
years old and upward, all that went forth in the army.
3.
And Moses and Elazer numbered the
children of
families, and the number of all
hundred thousand, seven hundred and thirty.
4.
And the number of the children of
Levi, from one month old and upward, was twenty-three thousand, and amongst
these there was not a man of those numbered by Moses and Aaron in the
wilderness of Sinai.
5.
For the Lord had told them that they
would die in the wilderness, so they all died, and not one had been left of
them excepting Caleb the son of Jephuneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
6.
And it was after this that the Lord said
to Moses, Say unto the children of
upon Midian the cause of their brethren the children of
7.
And Moses did so, and the children of
amongst them twelve thousand men, being one thousand to a tribe, and they went to
Midian.
8.
And the children of
against Midian, and they slew every male, also the five princes of Midian, and
Balaam the son of Beor did they slay with the sword.
9.
And the children of
wives of Midian captive, with their little ones and their cattle, and all
belonging to them.
10.
And they took all the spoil and all
the prey, and they brought it to Moses and to Elazer to the plains of
11.
And Moses and Elazer and all the
princes of the congregation went forth to meet them with joy.
12.
And they divided all the spoil of
Midian, and the children of
revenged upon Midian for the cause of their brethren the children of
