“ And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? ”
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the (e) women alive? (e) As though he said, you should have spared none.
The Extermination of the Midianites. This story of a war of extermination, waged to avenge the wiles practised on Israel by Midian (as described in Numbers 25:6-15 ) is marked by various fanciful...
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
Have ye saved all the women alive?— See on chap. Numbers 22:9 .
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? No JFB commentary on these verses.
War against Midian This chapter contains an account of the fulfilment of the decree of extermination passed upon the Midianites as being the occasion of Israel's apostasy in the plains of Moab: se...
Have ye saved all the women alive? — It was the women, as is expressed in the following verse, who had been the cause, at the instigation of Balaam, of the apostacy of the Israelites; and consequen...
WAR AND SETTLEMENT 1. THE WAR WITH MIDIAN Numbers 31:1-54 THE command to vex and smite the Midianites Numbers 25:16-17 has already been considered. Israel had not the spiritual power which w...
the Destruction of the Midianites Numbers 31:1-20 In reading such a chapter as this we must remember that the Bible is the history of the slow advance of a nation toward the knowledge of God, a...
Here we have the story of the end of Balaam. It took place in connection with a war directly resulting from the sin of the people committed through the influence of Balaam. They had corrupted the nat...
It is truly interesting to see the zeal of the faithful. How jealous for the honour of GOD was Moses? In regarding the LORD'S glory, he passeth by all lesser considerations. Angels burn with an holy...
And Moses said unto them, have ye saved all the women alive ?] Which either had been reported to him, or he concluded, by seeing so many with them; and this question is put, not for information, but...
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? Ver. 15. Have ye saved all the women alive. ] By whom ye have so lately sinned, and so lately suffered! "Keep thee far from an evil mat...
VENGEANCE ON MIDIAN (vs.1-11) The Midianites had been guilty of seducing Israel, and God required that account to be settled. This was the last charge laid upon Moses before his death (v.2). His...
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 cap...
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(i) The Sentence Passed and Carried Out on the Local Midianites ( Numbers 31:1-24 ). Analysis. a The command to avenge Yahweh on Midian ( Numbers 31:1-6 ). b The judgment of Yahweh in the def...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Moses had already received command to smite the Midianites ( Numbers 25:16-18 ); and in this chapter we have the order given to him to execute that command, and the na...
Numbers 31:2 . Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites. If it were just to cut off twenty four thousand of the Israelites for the awful feast, apostasy, and fornication at Baal-peor, it wa...
The Manner of Dealing with the Captives
1 Samuel 15:3 ; Deuteronomy 2:34 ; Deuteronomy 20:13 ; Deuteronomy 20:16-18 ; Ezekiel 9:6 ; Jeremiah 48:10 ; Joshua 10:40 ; Joshua 11:14 ; Joshua 6:21 ; Joshua 8:25 ; Psalms 137:8 ; Psalm...