Numbers 31:1

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

In Context

2'Execute the vengeance of the sons of Israel against the Midianites — afterwards thou art gathered unto thy people.'

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Cross References

Judges 6:1And the sons of Israel do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and Jehovah giveth them into the hand of Midian seven years,

Matthew Henry on Numbers 31:1

This chapter belongs to "the book of the wars of the Lord," in which it is probable it was inserted. It is the history of a holy war, a war with Midian. Here is, I. A divine command for the war, ver. 1, 2 . II. The undertaking of the war, ver. 3-6 . III. The glorious success of it, ver. 7-12 . IV. Their triumphant return from the war. 1. The respect Moses paid to the soldiers, ver. 13 . 2. The rebuke he gave them for sparing the women, ver. 14-18 . 3. The directions he gave them for the purifying of themselves and… Read the whole commentary →

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