Numbers 31:1
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
In Context
2Revenge first the children of Israel on the Madianites, and so thou shalt be gathered to thy people.
Cross References
Judges 6:1And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord: and he delivered them into the hand of Madian 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 →