Numbers 31:2
“Punish the Midianites because of what they did to the Israelites. After that you will join your forefathers in death.”
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 15:15But as for you, you will die in peace and be buried, having lived a good long life.
Genesis 25:8when he breathed his last and died at a good old age. He had lived a full life, and now he joined his forefathers in death.
Exodus 2:16the Midianite priest's seven daughters came to fetch water to fill up the troughs so their father's flock could drink.
Numbers 20:26Take off Aaron's priestly clothes and put them on his son Eleazar. Aaron is going to die there and join his forefathers in death.”
Numbers 25:14The name of the Israelite who was killed with the Midianite woman was Zimri, son of Salu, a family leader of the tribe of Simeon.
Numbers 27:13After you have seen it, you will also join your forefathers in death, just as your brother Aaron did,
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 →