Numbers 31:2
“Take vengeance on the Midianites for what they did to the Israelites. After doing that, you will die and be gathered to your people.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
In Context
1Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
Cross References
Genesis 15:15But you will go to your fathers in peace, and you will be buried in a good old age.
Genesis 25:8Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man with a full life, and he was gathered to his people.
Exodus 2:16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came, drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
Numbers 20:26Take Aaron's priestly garments off him and put them on Eleazar his son. Aaron must die and be gathered to his people there.”
Numbers 25:14Now the name of the Israelite man who was killed with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, a leader of an ancestor's family among the Simeonites.
Numbers 27:13After you have seen it, you, too, must be gathered to your people, like Aaron your brother.
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 →