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Numbers 31:2 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people. "
Numbers 31:2
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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.
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Numbers 31:1
"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"
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."
Numbers 31:7
"And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males."
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