Numbers 31:14

Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.

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In The King James Version

And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.

In Context

13Moses and Eleazar the priest, with all the princes of the congregation, went out to meet them outside of the camp.

15Moses said to them, “Have you saved all the women alive?

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Cross References

Exodus 32:22Aaron said, “Don’t let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.

Numbers 12:3Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all the men who were on the surface of the earth.

1 Samuel 15:13Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, “You are blessed by the LORD! I have performed the commandment of the LORD.”

2 Kings 13:19The man of God was angry with him, and said, “You should have struck five or six times. Then you would have struck Syria until you had consumed it, but now you will strike Syria just three times.”

Matthew Henry on Numbers 31:14-25

13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. 14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle. 15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? 16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the… Read the whole commentary →

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