Numbers 31
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Numbers 31:2-10

2“1TakeH5358 vengeanceH5360 on the MidianitesH4084 for the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478; afterwardH310 you will be 2gatheredH622 to your peopleH5971.”

3So MosesH4872 spokeH1696 to the peopleH5971, sayingH559, “ArmH2502 menH376 from amongH854 you for the warH6635, so that they may 3goH1961 againstH5921 MidianH4080 to executeH5414 4the Lord’sH3068 vengeanceH5360 on MidianH4080.

4You shall sendH7971 a thousandH505 from each tribeH4294 of allH3605 the tribesH4294 of IsraelH3478 to the warH6635.”

5So there were selectedH4560 from the thousandsH505 of IsraelH3478, a thousandH505 from each tribeH4294, twelveH8147H6240 thousandH505 armedH2502 for warH6635.

6And MosesH4872 sentH7971 them, a thousandH505 from each tribeH4294, to the warH6635, and PhinehasH6372 the sonH1121 of EleazarH499 the priestH3548, to the warH6635 with them, 5and the holyH6944 implementsH3627 and 6the trumpetsH2689 for the alarmH8643 in his handH3027.

7So they madeH6633 warH6633 againstH5921 MidianH4080, justH3512 asH3512 the LordH3068 had commandedH6680 MosesH4872, and 7they killedH2026 everyH3605 maleH2145.

8They killedH2026 the kingsH4428 of MidianH4080 alongH5921 withH5921 the rest of those killedH2491: 8EviH189, RekemH7552, 9ZurH6698, HurH2354, and RebaH7254, the fiveH2568 kingsH4428 of MidianH4080. They also killedH2026 10BalaamH1109 the sonH1121 of BeorH1160 with the swordH2719.

9And the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 tookH7617 captiveH7617 the womenH802 of MidianH4080 and their littleH2945 onesH2945; and they plunderedH962 allH3605 their cattleH929, allH3605 their flocksH4735, and allH3605 their propertyH2428.

10Then they 11burnedH8313 allH3605 their citiesH5892 whereH4186 they livedH4186 and allH3605 their encampmentsH2918.

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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 31:6 Num 14:44 ↩
  6. 6. Numbers 31:6 Num 10:8, 9 ↩
  7. 7. Numbers 31:7 Deut 20:13; Judg 21:11; 1 Kin 11:15, 16 ↩
  8. 8. Numbers 31:8 Josh 13:21 ↩
  9. 9. Numbers 31:8 Num 25:15 ↩
  10. 10. Numbers 31:8 Num 31:16; Josh 13:22 ↩
  11. 11. Numbers 31:10 Lit burned with fire ↩

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