Numbers 31
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Numbers 31:1-18

1Then the LordH3068 spokeH1696 to MosesH4872, sayingH559, 2“1TakeH5358 fullH5360 vengeanceH5360 for the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 on the MidianitesH4084; afterwardH310 you will be 2gatheredH622 to your peopleH5971.” 3MosesH4872 spokeH1696 to the peopleH5971, sayingH559, “ArmH2502 menH376 from amongH854 you for the warH6635, that they may 3goH1961 againstH5921 MidianH4080 to executeH5414 4the Lord’sH3068 vengeanceH5360 on MidianH4080. 4A thousandH505 from each tribeH4294 of allH3605 the tribesH4294 of IsraelH3478 you shall sendH7971 to the warH6635.” 5So there were 5furnishedH4560 from the thousandsH505 of IsraelH3478, a thousandH505 from each tribeH4294, twelveH8147H6240 thousandH505 armedH2502 for warH6635. 6MosesH4872 sentH7971 them, a thousandH505 from each tribeH4294, to the warH6635, and PhinehasH6372 the sonH1121 of EleazarH499 the priestH3548, to the warH6635 with them, 6and the holyH6944 vesselsH3627 and 7the trumpetsH2689 for the alarmH8643 in his handH3027. 7So they madeH6633 warH6633 againstH5921 MidianH4080, justH3512 as the LordH3068 had commandedH6680 MosesH4872, and 8they killedH2026 everyH3605 maleH2145. 8They killedH2026 the kingsH4428 of MidianH4080 alongH5921 with the rest of their slainH2491: 9EviH189 and RekemH7552 and 10ZurH6698 and HurH2354 and RebaH7254, the fiveH2568 kingsH4428 of MidianH4080; they also killedH2026 11BalaamH1109 the sonH1121 of BeorH1160 with the swordH2719. 9The sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 capturedH7617 the womenH802 of MidianH4080 and their littleH2945 onesH2945; and allH3605 their cattleH929 and allH3605 their flocksH4735 and allH3605 their goodsH2428 they plunderedH962. 10Then they burnedH8313 allH3605 their citiesH5892 whereH4186 they livedH4186 and allH3605 their campsH2918 with fireH784. 1112They tookH3947 allH3605 the spoilH7998 and allH3605 the preyH4455, both of manH120 and of beastH929. 12They broughtH935 the captivesH7628 and the preyH4455 and the spoilH7998 to MosesH4872, and to EleazarH499 the priestH3548 and to the congregationH5712 of the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478, to the campH4264 at the plainsH6160 of MoabH4124, whichH834 are by the JordanH3383 opposite JerichoH3405.

13MosesH4872 and EleazarH499 the priestH3548 and allH3605 the leadersH5387 of the congregationH5712 wentH3318 out to meetH7122 them outsideH413H4480H2351 the campH4264. 14MosesH4872 was angryH7107 with the officersH6485 of the armyH2428, the captainsH8269 of thousandsH505 and the captainsH8269 of hundredsH3967, who had comeH935 from serviceH6635 in the warH4421. 15And MosesH4872 saidH559 to them, “Have you 13sparedH2421 14allH3605 the womenH5347? 1615BeholdH2005, theseH2007 16causedH1961 the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478, through the 17counselH1697 of 18BalaamH1109, to 19trespassH4560H4604 against the LordH3068 in the matterH1697 of PeorH6465, so the plagueH4046 was among the congregationH5712 of the LordH3068. 1720NowH6258 therefore, killH2026 everyH3605 maleH2145 among the littleH2945 onesH2945, and killH2026 everyH3605 womanH802 who has knownH3045 manH376 21intimatelyH4904H2145. 18But allH3605 the 22girlsH2945H802 whoH834 have not knownH3045 manH2145 23intimatelyH4904H2145, 24spareH2421 for yourselves.

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Notes

  1. 1. Numbers 31:2 Num 25:1, 16, 17 ↩
  2. 2. Numbers 31:2 Num 20:24, 26; 27:13 ↩
  3. 3. Numbers 31:3 Lit be ↩
  4. 4. Numbers 31:3 Lev 26:25 ↩
  5. 5. Numbers 31:5 Lit delivered ↩
  6. 6. Numbers 31:6 Num 14:44 ↩
  7. 7. Numbers 31:6 Num 10:8, 9 ↩
  8. 8. Numbers 31:7 Deut 20:13; Judg 21:11; 1 Kin 11:15, 16 ↩
  9. 9. Numbers 31:8 Josh 13:21 ↩
  10. 10. Numbers 31:8 Num 25:15 ↩
  11. 11. Numbers 31:8 Num 31:16; Josh 13:22 ↩
  12. 12. Numbers 31:11 Deut 20:14 ↩
  13. 13. Numbers 31:15 Lit let...live ↩
  14. 14. Numbers 31:15 Deut 20:14 ↩
  15. 15. Numbers 31:16 Num 25:1-9 ↩
  16. 16. Numbers 31:16 Lit were to ↩
  17. 17. Numbers 31:16 Lit word ↩
  18. 18. Numbers 31:16 Num 31:8 ↩
  19. 19. Numbers 31:16 Possibly defect from the Lord ↩
  20. 20. Numbers 31:17 Deut 7:2; 20:16-18 ↩
  21. 21. Numbers 31:17 Lit by lying with a man ↩
  22. 22. Numbers 31:18 Lit female children ↩
  23. 23. Numbers 31:18 Lit by lying with a man ↩
  24. 24. Numbers 31:18 Lit keep alive ↩

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