Numbers 31:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males. ”

Numbers 31:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 31:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Numbers 31:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. And they warred against the Midianites. It was a signal example of obedience, that 12,000 men did not refuse to engage in a war which was full of danger, when it was reasonable for them t...
Numbers 31:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
Numbers 31:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And they warred against the Midianites, &c.— The twelve thousand men chosen out by Moses marched against the Midianites. The battle they gave them was less an ordinary combat, than an execution...
Numbers 31:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males. They slew all the males. This was in accordance with a divine order in all such cases ( Deute...
Numbers 31:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 31:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They slew all the males. — The reference appears to be to those who were engaged in the war. The words do not refer to the whole of the male population, as appears from Numbers 31:17 ; and it is p...
Numbers 31:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Numbers 31:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Numbers 31:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Numbers 31:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Reader will not forget to observe that Midian, and not Moab, was first the seat of war; though it is probable, from what we read before, of Midian and Moab acting in conjunction, to get Balaam, t...
Numbers 31:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they warred against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses ,.... Whether the Midianites came out against them with an army, and there was a pitched battle between them, is not certain; howe...
Numbers 31:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They slew all the males That is, they slew those who were in the fight, and who did not save themselves by flight. As a nation they had forfeited their lives to the laws of God, and he, as judge of...
Numbers 31:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 31:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the L ORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males. 8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely,...
Numbers 31:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Namely, all whom they took in that war, or all who lived in those parts; for it is probable (and was then very usual) some colonies of them were sent forth to remoter places, which therefore had no h...
Numbers 31:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

(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...
Numbers 31:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 31:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Numbers 31:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

They warred against the Midianites. The vengeance of Jehovah on Midian I. That in the administration of the Divine government the punishment of sin is certain. 1. The sin which the Midianite...
Numbers 31:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Overthrow of Midian
Numbers 31:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 11:15 ; 1 Kings 11:16 ; 1 Samuel 27:9 ; Deuteronomy 20:13 ; Deuteronomy 20:14 ; Judges 21:11 ; Judges 6:1 ; Judges 6:2 ; Judges 6:33
Numbers 31:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

All the males — Namely all who lived in those parts, for colonies of them, were sent forth to remoter places, which therefore had no hand either in their former sin, or in this present ruling. And...

Numbers 31:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 31:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 31:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 31:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 31:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 31:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 31:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 31:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Numbers 31:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 31:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 31:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 31:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 31:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 31:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 31:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 31:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 31:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 31:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 31:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 31:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 31:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 31:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 31:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 31:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes