Numbers 31:2
Avenge the sons of Israel of the Midianites. Afterward thou shall be gathered to thy people.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
In Context
1And LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Cross References
Genesis 15:15But thou will go to thy fathers in peace; thou will be buried in a good old age.
Genesis 25:8And Abraham gave up the spirit, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full [of years], and was gathered to his people.
Exodus 2:16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. And they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
Numbers 20:26and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son. And Aaron shall be gathered, and shall die there.
Numbers 25:14Now the name of the man of Israel who was slain, who was slain with the Midianite woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a ruler of a fathers' house among the Simeonites.
Numbers 27:13And when thou have seen it, thou also shall be gathered to thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered,
Matthew Henry on Numbers 31:2-7
The Slaughter of the Midianites. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people. 3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the Lord of Midian. 4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war. 5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe,… Read the whole commentary →