Numbers 31:14

and Moses is wroth against the inspectors of the force, chiefs of the thousands, and chiefs of the hundreds, who are coming in from the host of the battle.

Young's Literal Translation

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

13And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the company, go out to meet them, unto the outside of the camp,

15And Moses saith unto them, 'Have ye kept alive every female?

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Cross References

Exodus 32:22and Aaron saith, 'Let not the anger of my lord burn; thou — thou hast known the people that it [is] in evil;

Numbers 12:3And the man Moses [is] very humble, more than any of the men who [are] on the face of the ground.

1 Samuel 15:13And Samuel cometh in unto Saul, and Saul saith to him, 'Blessed [art] thou of Jehovah; I have performed the word of Jehovah.'

2 Kings 13:19And the man of God is wroth against him, and saith, 'By smiting five or six times then thou hadst smitten Aram till consuming; and now, three times thou dost smite Aram.'

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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