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Numbers 31:1 open_in_new
spake. See note on Numbers 1:1.
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Numbers 31:2 open_in_new
Avenge. Hebrew revenge the revengement. Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6).. execute due vengeance.
children. sons.
afterward. Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, read "and afterward".
be gathered, &c. Compare Numbers 27:13.
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Numbers 31:3 open_in_new
avenge the LORD of Midian. render the vengeance of Jehovah upon Midian. Compare Ch. Numbers 25:17.
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Numbers 31:5 open_in_new
armed. assigned to or for, &c.
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Numbers 31:6 open_in_new
Phinehas. Compare Numbers 25:7-15.
instruments. vessels.
trumpets. alarm trumpets, which were also prayer trumpets. Compare Numbers 10:9; Numbers 10:10.
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Numbers 31:7 open_in_new
as. according as.
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Numbers 31:8 open_in_new
Evi. Compare Joshua 13:21.
five kings: called princes or dukes of Sihon, Joshua 13:21.
Balaam. Compare Joshua 13:22.
slew. Balaam thus did not "die the death of the righteous". Compare Numbers 23:10.
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Numbers 31:10 open_in_new
burnt. burnt up, or down. Hebrew. saraph. App-43. The same judgment is in store for spiritual fornication. Revelation 17:16; Revelation 18:8.
castles. fortified places.
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Numbers 31:11 open_in_new
prey. booty. Hebrew. malkoah. First occurrence. Always used of animated prey. Compare Numbers 31:32.
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Numbers 31:12 open_in_new
captives. Hebrew captivity.
the. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "all the".
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Numbers 31:13 open_in_new
meet them: as Melchizedek met Abram (Genesis 14:17).
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Numbers 31:14 open_in_new
wroth. Moses meek in his own matters, but not in Jehovah's. In these there was. "godly jealousy".
battle. Hebrew battle of the war. "the [battle] array (or host) of the war", or martial host.
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Numbers 31:16 open_in_new
these. Compare Numbers 25:2.
counsel. word, or doctrine (Revelation 2:14).
trespass. Hebrew. ma'al. Compare App-44.
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Numbers 31:17 open_in_new
him. male.
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Numbers 31:19 open_in_new
person. soul. Hebrew. nephesh (App-13).
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Numbers 31:21 open_in_new
went. came, or had come
ordinance. statute.
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Numbers 31:22 open_in_new
the. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and the" in each of these three instances, making the Figure of speech Polysyndeton.
iron. Found in Egypt as early as 2800 B.C.
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Numbers 31:23 open_in_new
water of separation. See Numbers 19.
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Numbers 31:25 open_in_new
spake. See note on Numbers 1:1.
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Numbers 31:28 open_in_new
tribute. computed value, assigned to Jehovah. Hebrew. mekes. Occurs only in this chapter.
soul. Hebrew. nephesh.
persons. men. Hebrew. 'adam.
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Numbers 31:29 open_in_new
give it. An extra portion in addition to Deuteronomy 18:1; Deuteronomy 18:2 and Numbers 18:19. So Abram, Genesis 14:20.
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Numbers 31:30 open_in_new
of the. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and of the".
tabernacle. habitation. Hebrew. mishkan. App-40.
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Numbers 31:31 open_in_new
as. according as.
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Numbers 31:33 open_in_new
beeves. Old English (from the French), for oxen.
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Numbers 31:35 open_in_new
persons. Hebrew, plural of nephesh.
man. male.
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Numbers 31:36 open_in_new
to war. to, or, for the host.
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Numbers 31:40 open_in_new
And the persons. Figure of speech Epanadiplosis. App-6.
persons. souls. Hebrew. nephesh (plural) App-13. Literally soul of man.
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Numbers 31:47 open_in_new
gave them. See 1 Chronicles 9:2. Hebrew. nathan, to give. Hence their name, "Nethinim. "
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Numbers 31:50 open_in_new
oblation. This was voluntary. The levy in Numbers 31:25, &c, was commanded. See Leviticus 2:4.
jewels. instruments or vessels.
atonement. See note on Exodus 29:33.
souls. Hebrew, plural of nephesh. App-13.
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Numbers 31:52 open_in_new
offering. heave offering. See App-43, and note on Exodus 29:27.
offered up. heaved.
shekels. See App-51.
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Numbers 31:54 open_in_new
tabernacle. tent. Hebrew. 'ohel. See App-40.