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.
Related Commentaries of Numbers 31:14
Numbers 31:14
14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.a