Numbers 31:7
They attacked the Midianites, as the Lord had told Moses to do, and they killed all the men.
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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 6:1The Israelites did what was evil in the Lord's sight. So the Lord handed them over to the Midianites for seven years.
Judges 21:11This is what you have to do: Destroy every male and every woman who has had sex with a man.”
1 Kings 11:15Previously, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the Israelite army had gone to bury some of his soldiers who had been killed, and had slaughtered every male in Edom.
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 →