Numbers 31:6

And Moses sent them with Phinees the son of Eleazar the priest, and he delivered to him the holy vessels, and the trumpets to sound.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.

In Context

5And they gave a thousand of every tribe, that is to say, twelve thousand men well appointed for battle.

7And when they had fought against the Madianites and had overcome them, they slew all the men.

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Cross References

Numbers 10:8And the sons of Aaron the priest shall sound the trumpets: and this shall be an ordinance for ever in your generations.

Numbers 14:44But they being blinded went up to the top of the mountain. But the ark of the testament of the Lord and Moses departed not from the camp.

Numbers 33:20And they departed from thence and came to Lebna.

Joshua 6:4And on the seventh day the priests shall take the seven trumpets, which are used in the jubilee, and shall go before the ark of the covenant: and you shall go about the city seven times, and the priests shall sound the trumpets.

1 Samuel 4:4So the people sent to Silo, and they brought from thence the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts sitting upon the cherubims: and the two sons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees, were with the ark of the covenant of God.

1 Samuel 14:18And Saul said to Achias: Bring the ark of the Lord. (For the ark of God was there that day with the children of Israel.)

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 →

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