Numbers 31:7
And when they had fought against the Midianites and had prevailed, they killed all the men.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
In Context
Cross References
Judges 6:1Then the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, who delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years.
Judges 21:11And this shall be what you ought to do: “Every one of the male gender, as well as all the women who have known men, shall be put to death. But the virgins you shall reserve.”
1 Kings 11:15For when David was in Idumea, Joab, the leader of the military, had ascended to bury those who had been killed, and he had killed every male in Idumea.
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 →