Numbers 31:7

They fought against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses. They killed every male.

World Messianic Bible British

In The King James Version

And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.

In Context

6Moses sent them, one thousand of every tribe, to the war with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the shofars for the alarm in his hand.

8They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.

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Cross References

Judges 6:1The children of Israel did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.

Judges 21:11This is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has lain with a man.”

1 Kings 11:15For when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the army had gone up to bury the slain, and had struck 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 →

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