Judges 21:11; Judges 21:12
Now therefore kill every male among the (g) little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. (g) That is, all the boy childr...
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...
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Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. Kill every male among the little one...
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? No JFB commentary on these verses.
War against Midian This chapter contains an account of the fulfilment of the decree of extermination passed upon the Midianites as being the occas...
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...
It is truly interesting to see the zeal of the faithful. How jealous for the honour of GOD was Moses? In regarding the LORD'S glory, he passeth by al...
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones ,.... Which they had taken and brought captives, Numbers 31:9 and kill every woman that hath...
Kill every male among the little ones Which they were forbidden to do to other people, ( Deuteronomy 20:14 ,) except the Canaanites, to whom this p...
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...
13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. 14 And Moses was w...
Among the little ones, which they were forbidden to do to other people, Deuteronomy 20:14 , except the Canaanites, to whom this people had equal...
(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...
The Manner of Dealing with the Captives
Now, therefore, kill every male among the little ones, to prevent the reestablishment of the nation, and kill every woman that hath known man by lyi...
The little ones — Which they were forbidden to do to other people, Deuteronomy 20:14 , except the Canaanites, to whom this people had equaled them...
17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.b