“ (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.) ”
This verse seems to imply that the soldiers, as distinct from the officers (compare Numbers 31:49 ), did not make any offering from their plunder. Of course besides the gold there would be much sp...
([For] the men of war had taken spoil, every man for (r) himself.) (r) And gave no portion to their captains.
The Division of the Booty. The principle of equal division between those who went forth to fight, and those who remained in the camp was observed by David ( 1 Samuel 30:22-25 ), who seems to have b...
( For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
Numbers 31:53 . ( For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself )— But the men of war had every one their own booty. Houbigant; or, had reserved the spoil, every man for himself: s...
And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses: Officers ... said ... there lacketh not one man of us. A vic...
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...
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 Disposition of the Spoils of War Numbers 31:21-54 This law, which subjected the victors to a whole week of separation and to special purification, instead of an immediate welcome into the c...
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...
I class all these verses together, because they are connected in the history, and because the improvements they suggest are all united. We have in them the pious reflections of the officers in Israel...
For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself. And which he kept for himself, and did not deliver in with the prey or booty, which was brought to Moses and Eleazar, the sum of which was...
Numbers 31:53 ([For] the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.) Ver. 53. For the men of war had taken spoil. ] And kept what they caught to themselves. The Turks, when they had take...
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...
48 And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses: 49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken...
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The Sum of The Surviving Men of War and Their Freewill Gift to The Sanctuary Of Their Personal Spoil ( Numbers 31:48-54 ). a The assessing of the men of war, not one is missing (num 8-49). b Th...
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 Gifts Consecrated to the Lord
Deuteronomy 20:14