Numbers 31:3
And Moshe spoke unto HaAm, saying, Arm some of your anashim unto war, let them go against Midyan, and avenge Hashem of Midyan.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2Avenge the Bnei Yisroel of the Midyanim; afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
4Of every matteh a thousand, throughout kol mattot Yisroel, shall ye send to war.
Cross References
Exodus 17:16For he said, Because a yad has been against the kes Hashem (throne of Hashem), Hashem hath milchamah against Amalek from dor to dor.
Numbers 25:11Pinchas ben El'azar ben Aharon HaKohen, hath turned My wrath away from the Bnei Yisroel, when he had kanous (zealousness) with My kanous among them, that I consumed not the Bnei Yisroel in My kina (jealousy, zeal, vengeance).
Judges 5:2Barachu Hashem that 1 the strong in Yisroel put forth strength, 1 that the people willingly offered themselves. 1
2 Kings 9:7And thou shalt strike down the Bais Ach'av adoneicha, that I may avenge the dahm of My avadim the Nevi'im, and the dahm of kol avdei Hashem, shed by Izevel.
Jeremiah 46:10For this is the Yom Adonoi Hashem Tzva'os, 1 a day of vengeance, 1 that He may avenge Him on His adversaries; 1 and the cherev shall devour, and it shall be satiate 1 and made drunk with their dahm; 1 for Adonoi Hashem Tzva'os hath a zevach 1 in eretz tzafon by the river Euphrates. 1
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 →