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Numbers 31:16 — Meaning and Application
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" 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 LORD. "
Numbers 31:16
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And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
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 LORD.
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive
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Numbers 31:1
"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"
Numbers 31:2
"Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people."
Numbers 31:3
"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."
Numbers 31:4
"Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war."
Numbers 31:5
"So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war."
Numbers 31:6
"And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand."
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