Numbers 31:1

Then the Lord said to Moses,

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

In Context

2Give the Midianites punishment for the wrong they did to the children of Israel: and after that you will go to rest with your people.

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Cross References

Judges 6:1And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord gave them up into the hand of Midian for seven years.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 31:1

This chapter belongs to "the book of the wars of the Lord," in which it is probable it was inserted. It is the history of a holy war, a war with Midian. Here is, I. A divine command for the war, ver. 1, 2 . II. The undertaking of the war, ver. 3-6 . III. The glorious success of it, ver. 7-12 . IV. Their triumphant return from the war. 1. The respect Moses paid to the soldiers, ver. 13 . 2. The rebuke he gave them for sparing the women, ver. 14-18 . 3. The directions he gave them for the purifying of themselves and… Read the whole commentary →

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