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

11They took all the spoil and all the prey, both of man and of beast. 12They brought the captives and the prey and the spoil to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest and to the congregation of the sons of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan opposite Jericho. Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the leaders of the congregation went out to meet them outside the camp. 14Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who had come from service in the war. 15And Moses said to them, “Have you spared all the women?

Numbers 31:13 word by word

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

• Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• and 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
• out to meetקָרָאqârâ' · to encounter: meetH7122
• them outsideאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• them outsideמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• them outsideחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• the campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264

Cross-references for Numbers 31:13

• Genesis 14:17Then after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).
• 1 Samuel 15:12Samuel rose early in the morning to meet Saul; and it was told Samuel, saying, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, then turned and proceeded on down to Gilgal.”
• 1 Samuel 30:21When David came to the two hundred men who were too exhausted to follow David, who had also been left at the brook Besor, and they went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him, then David approached the people and greeted them.
• Numbers 31:12They brought the captives and the prey and the spoil to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest and to the congregation of the sons of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan opposite Jericho.
• Numbers 5:2“Command the sons of Israel that they send away from the camp every leper and everyone having a discharge and everyone who is unclean because of a dead person.
• Numbers 19:11‘The one who touches the corpse of any person shall 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

In the dictionaries

• Eleazar
• Moses
• Prey
• Purify
• Abel-Shittim
• Balaam
• Numbers, Book of
• Slave; Slavery
• Zimri (1)

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