Numbers 31:2
Revenge first the children of Israel on the Madianites, and so thou shalt be gathered to thy people.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
In Context
1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Cross References
Genesis 15:15And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace, and be buried in a good old age.
Genesis 25:8And decaying he died in a good old age, and having lived a long time, and being full of days: and was gathered to his people.
Exodus 2:16And the priest of Madian had seven daughters, who came to draw water: and when the troughs were filled, desired to water their father's flocks.
Numbers 20:26And when thou hast stripped the father of his vesture, thou shalt vest therewith Eleazar his son: Aaron shall be gathered to his people, and die there.
Numbers 25:14And the name of the Israelite, was slain with the woman of Madian, was Zambri the son of Salu, a prince the kindred and tribe of Simeon.
Numbers 27:13And when thou shalt have seen it, thou also shalt go to thy people, as thy brother Aaron is gone:
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 →