Numbers 31:13

Numbers 31:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
• New International Version (NIV)Moses, Eleazar the priest and all the leaders of the community went to meet them outside the camp.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the chiefs of the congregation went to meet them outside the camp.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation, went to meet them outside the camp.

Context of Numbers 31:13

11and carried away all the plunder and spoils, both people and animals. 12They brought the captives, spoils, and plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho. And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation went to meet them outside the camp. 14But Moses was angry with the officers of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who were returning from the battle. 15“Have you spared all the women?” he asked them.

Numbers 31:13 word by word

וַיֵּ֨צְא֜וּ מֹשֶׁ֨ה וְאֶלְעָזָ֧ר הַכֹּהֵ֛ן וְכָל־נְשִׂיאֵ֥י הָעֵדָ֖ה לִקְרָאתָ֑ם אֶל־מִח֖וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

• And Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• Eleazarאֶלְעָזָר'el‛âzâr · EleazarH499
• the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• and allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the leadersנָשִׂיאnâώîy' nâώi' · leaderH5387
• of the congregationעֵדָה‛êdâh · congregationH5712
• wentיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• to meet themקָרָאqârâ' · to encounter: meetH7122
• to meet themאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• outsideחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• the campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264

Cross-references for Numbers 31:13

• Genesis 14:17After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).
• 1 Samuel 15:12Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel, and behold, he has set up a monument for himself and has turned and gone down to Gilgal.”
• 1 Samuel 30:21When David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and who were left behind at the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,
• Numbers 31:12They brought the captives, spoils, and plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.
• Numbers 5:2“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body.
• Numbers 19:11Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.

Commentaries on Numbers 31:13

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-18Verses 13-18 The sword of war should spare women and children; but the sword of justice should know no distinction, but that of guilty or not guilty. This war was the execution of a righteous sentence upon a guilty nation, in which the women were the worst criminals. The female children were spared, who, being brought up among the Israelites, would not tempt them to idolatry. The whole history shows the hatefulness of sin, and the guilt of tempting…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13outside the camp: The returning troops probably observed ceremonies to make themselves ceremonially clean. This was to avoid making the Tent of Meeting and the people unclean through contact with dead bodies (31:19–24).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Moses, and Eleazar the priest, ... went forth to meet them without the camp--partly as a token of respect and congratulation on their victory, partly to see how they had executed the Lord's commands, and partly to prevent the defilement of the camp by the entrance of warriors stained with blood.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 31:13

• Captive
• Government
• Sanitation
• War

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Commentaries on Numbers 31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings