Numbers 31:2

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

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.

In Context

1And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

3And Moses speaketh unto the people, saying, 'Be ye armed some of you for the host, and they are against Midian, to put the vengeance of Jehovah on Midian;

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Cross References

Genesis 15:15and thou — thou comest in unto thy fathers in peace; thou art buried in a good old age;

Genesis 25:8and Abraham expireth, and dieth in a good old age, aged and satisfied, and is gathered unto his people.

Exodus 2:16And to a priest of Midian [are] seven daughters, and they come and draw, and fill the troughs, to water the flock of their father,

Numbers 20:26and strip Aaron of his garments, and thou hast clothed [with] them Eleazar his son, and Aaron is gathered, and doth die there.'

Numbers 25:14And the name of the man of Israel who is smitten, who hath been smitten with the Midianitess, [is] Zimri son of Salu, prince of the house of a father of the Simeonite;

Numbers 27:13and thou hast seen it, and thou hast been gathered unto thy people, also thou, as Aaron thy brother hath been gathered,

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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