Numbers 31
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Numbers 31:2-10

2AvengeH5360H5358 the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 of the MidianitesH4084: afterwardH310 shalt thou be gatheredH622 unto thy peopleH5971.

3And MosesH4872 spakeH1696 unto the peopleH5971, sayingH559, ArmH2502 someH582 of yourselves unto the warH6635, and let them go against the MidianitesH4080, and avengeH5360H5414 YhwhH3068 of MidianH4080.

4Of every tribeH4294 a thousandH505, throughout all the tribesH4294 of IsraelH3478, shall ye sendH7971 to the warH6635.1

5So there were deliveredH4560 out of the thousandsH505 of IsraelH3478, a thousandH505 of every tribeH4294, twelveH6240H8147 thousandH505 armedH2502 for warH6635.

6And MosesH4872 sentH7971 them to the warH6635, a thousandH505 of every tribeH4294, them and PhinehasH6372 the sonH1121 of EleazarH499 the priestH3548, to the warH6635, with the holyH6944 instrumentsH3627, and the trumpetsH2689 to blowH8643 in his handH3027.

7And they warredH6633 against the MidianitesH4080, as YhwhH3068 commandedH6680 MosesH4872; and they slewH2026 all the malesH2145.

8And they slewH2026 the kingsH4428 of MidianH4080, besideH5921 the rest of them that were slainH2491; namely, EviH189, and RekemH7552, and ZurH6698, and HurH2354, and RebaH7254, fiveH2568 kingsH4428 of MidianH4080: BalaamH1109 also the sonH1121 of BeorH1160 they slewH2026 with the swordH2719.

9And the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 took all the womenH802 of MidianH4080 captivesH7617, and their little onesH2945, and took the spoilH962 of all their cattleH929, and all their flocksH4735, and all their goodsH2428.

10And they burntH8313 all their citiesH5892 wherein they dweltH4186, and all their goodly castlesH2918, with fireH784.

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Notes

  1. 1. Numbers 31:4 Of…: Heb. A thousand of a tribe, a thousand of a tribe. ↩

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