Numbers 31:1
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...
spake. See note on Numbers 1:1 .
1. And the Lord spake unto Moses. Amongst the other prerogatives which God conferred upon His Church, this one is celebrated, that He armed...
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying— After Moses had repeated to the people the laws in the foregoing Chapter s, God determined, before he took t...
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, The Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Avenge ... of the Midianites - a semi-nomadic people, descended fro...
War against Midian This chapter contains an account of the fulfilment of the decree of extermination passed upon the Midianites as being the occas...
XXXI. (1) Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites. — The time had now come for the fulfilment of the command which had already been give...
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 cons...
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...
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 t...
CONTENTS In this Chapter we have the relation of Israel's war with Midian. The number of the army appointed by the LORD himself; the success of GOD'...
Here we see the fulfillment of that sacred Scripture, which assures us that the judgment of the ungodly lingereth not; for however the LORD may seem...
And the Lord spake unto Moses ,.... After the plague upon Israel for their fornication and idolatry, into which they were drawn by the daughters of...
Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites For their malicious designs and practices against Israel, both by hiring Balaam to curse them, and...
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 c...
The Slaughter of the Midianites. B. C. 1452....
NUMBERS CHAPTER 31 God commanded Moses, before he die, to avenge Israel of the Midianites, Numbers 31:1,2 . he chooses twelve thousand men, and...
(i) The Sentence Passed and Carried Out on the Local Midianites ( Numbers 31:1-24 ). Analysis. a The command to avenge Yahweh on Midian ( Numbe...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Moses had already received command to smite the Midianites ( Numbers 25:16-18 ); and in this chapter we have the orde...
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 fe...
They warred against the Midianites. The vengeance of Jehovah on Midian I. That in the administration of the Divine government the punishment of...
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
The Overthrow of Midian
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,