Numbers 31:14

Numbers 31:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
• New International Version (NIV)Moses was angry with the officers of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who returned from the battle.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, who had come from service in the war.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But Moses was angry with the officers of the army, with the captains over thousands and captains over hundreds, who had come from the battle.

Context of Numbers 31:14

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. 13Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the leaders of the congregation went out to meet them outside the camp. Moses 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? 16Behold, these caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, so the plague was among the congregation of the Lord.

Numbers 31:14 word by word

וַיִּקְצֹ֣ף מֹשֶׁ֔ה עַ֖ל פְּקוּדֵ֣י הֶחָ֑יִל שָׂרֵ֤י הָאֲלָפִים֙ וְשָׂרֵ֣י הַמֵּא֔וֹת הַבָּאִ֖ים מִצְּבָ֥א הַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• was angryקָצַףqâtsaph · be angryH7107
• with the officersפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: overseerH6485
• of the armyחַ֫יִלchayil · armyH2428
• the captainsשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• of thousandsאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• of hundredsמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• who had comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• from serviceצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · army: dutyH6635
• in the warמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421

Cross-references for Numbers 31:14

• Numbers 12:3(Now the man Moses was very humble, more than any man who was on the face of the earth.)
• Exodus 32:19It came about, as soon as Moses came near the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing; and Moses’ anger burned, and he threw the tablets from his hands and shattered them at the foot of the mountain.
• Leviticus 10:16But Moses searched carefully for the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up! So he was angry with Aaron’s surviving sons Eleazar and Ithamar, saying,
• 1 Samuel 15:13Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, “Blessed are you of the Lord! I have carried out the command of the Lord.”
• 1 Kings 20:42He said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.’”
• 2 Kings 13:19So the man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck five or six times, then you would have struck Aram until you would have destroyed it. But now you shall strike Aram only three times.”
• Ephesians 4:26Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

Commentaries on Numbers 31:14

• 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. 14-16Moses was angry: God had commanded the Israelites to destroy everything. But the Midianite women who had followed Balaam’s advice were allowed to live. These women had played a major role in leading Israel into sin at Baal Peor.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1814-18. And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host--The displeasure of the great leader, though it appears the ebullition of a fierce and sanguinary temper, arose in reality from a pious and enlightened regard to the best interests of Israel. No order had been given for the slaughter of the women, and in ancient war they were commonly reserved for slaves. By their antecedent conduct, however, the Midianitish women had forfeited all claims to mild or…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 31:14

• Armies
• Captive
• Government
• Moses
• Sanitation
• War

In the dictionaries

• Moses
• Army
• Prey
• Purify
• Abel-Shittim
• Balaam
• Bishop
• 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